Cloud Data Architect - AWS (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

***Active TS clearance required; must be eligible for CI Polygraph. Applicants without an active TS clearance will not be considered.. ***

North Point Technology is looking to hire a Data Architect to design and build classified data lake solutions within AWS classified (ADC) regions. The qualified candidate must have an active TS/SCI security clearance and will architect scalable, secure data platforms that turn diverse mission data into analytics-ready assets for the intelligence community. The ideal candidate has deep AWS data engineering expertise, a strong grasp of data governance and protection, and a drive to solve hard data problems at scale in support of the mission.

Responsibilities:

This position involves designing and implementing scalable data lake architectures on AWS - including S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation - within classified (ADC) regions. Duties include building ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest classified data from diverse sources such as databases, APIs, streaming, and flat files; architecting data governance frameworks for cataloging, lineage, access control, and classification/tagging aligned to IC data handling policies; implementing analytics and query layers with Athena, Redshift, and EMR in isolated environments; designing cross-domain data transfer workflows with appropriate security controls and approval mechanisms; and ensuring end-to-end data protection through FIPS-validated encryption, fine-grained access, compartmentalization, and audit logging.

Required Skills/Experience:

Designing and implementing scalable data lake architectures using Amazon S3, AWS Glue, and Lake Formation

Building ETL/ELT pipelines for data ingestion from diverse sources (databases, APIs, streaming, and flat files)

Data governance implementation - cataloging, data lineage, access control, and classification/tagging

Analytics and query layer development using Amazon Athena, Redshift, and EMR

Data protection using FIPS-validated encryption, fine-grained access controls, and audit logging

Preferred Skills/Experience:

Hands-on experience within AWS classified (ADC) regions

Cross-domain solution (CDS) and cross-domain data transfer workflow design

Familiarity with IC data handling, classification/tagging, and compartmentalization policies

Qualifications:

Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance