Cloud Data Architect at BDR Solutions LLC
Herndon, VA
$150,000–$190,000from the description
Aug 17, 2026
Herndon, VA
Aug 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Cloud Data Architect role supporting a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs data platform program, responsible for owning enterprise architecture, security baselines, and ATO-compliant provisioning across Azure-based data platforms (Summit, CXI, AHI). The role spans Lakehouse design, Zero Trust and RMF/ATO governance, DevSecOps standards, interoperability specifications, and cloud cost management, serving as the technical authority that all other platform workstreams build against.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $106,921 (middle half $81,361–$138,439). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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The posting requires a 'Tier 2 (Moderate Risk) background investigation' and separately states that 'select applicants will be subject to a government security investigation' and 'must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance.' The Tier 2 investigation is a federal suitability/public-trust determination, not a formal security clearance; however, the additional language about classified information access suggests a Secret-level clearance may be required. Clearance is set to Secret to reflect the harder gate implied by the classified-information language.
The role title is 'Cloud Data Architect' with no seniority level in the title; advertised seniority is therefore Unspecified. The 8–10 year minimum and scope of responsibilities support a Senior classification.
Unity Catalog and Microsoft Purview are listed together as examples of 'unified data governance tooling' in the required qualifications; they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for that requirement. Immuta and Purview/Unity Catalog also appear separately under Nice to Have as catalog tooling.
CI/CD appears only in the responsibilities narrative (DevSecOps standards section), not in a formal qualifications block, so it is marked as preferred.
The role is described as remote-office eligible with core East Coast hours and occasional CONUS travel; remote is set to true.
This position is contingent upon contract award, which may affect actual hiring timing.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Zero Trust Architecture, Azure Solutions Architect Expert.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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