Senior Federal Data Architect at Collibra | $160k+ in Columbus

Joining Collibra's Public Sector Team

At Collibra Public Sector, our Professional Services team relies on Federal Solution Architects to deliver on customer expectations for the services we sell, working directly with customer key project stakeholders throughout the entire customer journey. Ensuring growth, adoption and renewal, Federal Solution Architects act as customer champions, ensuring customers are onboarded and realizing value rapidly.

Federal Enterprise Solution Architects at Collibra Public Sector are responsible for

• Supporting federal customer engagements by delivering mission-aligned architectural design and execution of Collibra products that adhere to Collibra Public Sector's Delivery Models, Engagement Processes, Methodologies, and Artifacts, while ensuring compliance with applicable government regulations and security standards (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA, GovCloud).
• Providing federal agencies with tailored data governance strategies that incorporate best practices, enable knowledge transfer, and drive measurable business and mission outcomes.
• Partnering cross-functionally with Collibra Sales, Customer Engineering, Product, Support, and Executive teams to ensure alignment with federal acquisition cycles and stakeholder priorities.
• Identifying opportunities to expand Collibra's footprint within agencies by aligning product capabilities to evolving agency mandates, modernization efforts, and compliance requirements.
• Meeting or exceeding utilization goals in support of federal client success, long-term program engagement, and repeatable delivery excellence.
• Contributing to the growth of Collibra's public sector services and licensing business through account expansion, strategic planning, and customer advocacy.

You Have

• 5–10 years of consulting experience supporting U.S. federal agencies with knowledge in Data Governance, Data Management, or Data Quality.
• An understanding of leading PaaS providers, Data Lakes, Databases, and Integration platforms commonly adopted by federal agencies.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience working with cloud platforms, network-based API integration (REST/JSON), and deployment automation.
• Linux CLI proficiency.
• Hands-on experience with AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, infrastructure, and platform.
• Experience with big data technologies such as Spark and Hadoop.
• Must be a U.S. citizen residing on U.S. soil and hold active security clearance (Secret/TS/TS-SCI).
• Familiarity with enterprise security solutions such as LDAP or Kerberos.
• Hands-on experience with Data Quality, Data Pipelines, Data Orchestration, and/or Job Control tools.
• Knowledge of at least two or three of the following: data management processes including data governance, data stewardship, master data management, data cataloging, and business rules management.
• Proficiency in leveraging APIs via Java, Python, or similar scripting language for custom software implementations in Enterprise Linux or Unix environments.
• Experience with data warehousing, ETL, and data integration.
• Skilled in developing functional and technical specifications.
• Experience with Collibra or comparable technologies.

You Are

• Preferably located in the Washington, D.C. metro area to support in-person federal customer engagements, with an on-site requirement of up to 25%.
• An effective communicator across business and technical stakeholders, able to tailor messaging to different audiences.
• Always customer-focused and personally accountable for customer success.
• Masterful at troubleshooting, navigating, and facilitating resolution of challenging client connectivity and technical software issues.
• Self-starting and interested in learning new software skills to support the intricacies of Collibra's application stack.
• Able to work with business and IT owners to identify and align on solutions to data challenges, advocating for the importance of preserving data governance and quality.
• Able to lead blueprinting, design workshops, and requirements gathering activities.

Measures of Success

• Within the first 30 days:
  • Present the services offering to your manager, understanding the different deliverables and value provided.
  • Present the Customer Journey framework, understanding the phases and roles/responsibilities within each phase.
  • Clearly understand the roles of all delivery personnel: Engagement Manager, Solution Architect, Account Program Manager, Premium Support Engineer, Sales Engineer, and Account Executive.
  • Work with the account team to build project plans aligned to each assigned account.
  • Have a baseline understanding of the Collibra product and associated features.
• Within the first 60 days:
  • Clearly understand and present the functions and features of the product to your manager.
  • Show an intermediate understanding of the product with the ability to architect solutions.
• Within the first 90 days:
  • Execute on customer project plans based on product knowledge for assigned customers.
  • Understand and convey to customers how Collibra's suite of product capabilities and delivered projects provide value.
  • Design architectural solutions aligned with customer initiatives.

Compensation for This Role

The standard base salary range for this position is $128,000 – $160,000 per year. This position is eligible for additional commission-based compensation. Salary offers are based on a combination of factors, including but not limited to experience, skills, and location.

In addition to base salary, we offer a competitive total rewards package including bonus potential, equity for eligible roles, a Flex Fund monthly stipend, pension/401k plans, and more.

Benefits at Collibra

Collibra recognizes and values that everyone has different needs, interests, and life goals. We built our benefits program with flexibility in mind to support you and your loved ones through a diverse range of circumstances and life events. These flexible offerings sit on a foundation of competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about Collibra's benefits.

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At Collibra, we're proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone.

We proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other legally protected category. If you have a need that requires accommodation, let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.