Senior Data Architect at Aptive
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Jun 30, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior data architecture role supporting a federal electronic health record modernization program, focused on designing and governing enterprise data models, integration pipelines, and analytics platforms for a large healthcare system. The work spans data governance, ETL and API frameworks, cloud infrastructure, and BI environments, in close collaboration with reporting, analytics, and tooling teams. Best suited to a seasoned architect with federal or healthcare program experience.
Senior level · 10+ years · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 40 people in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 25–60
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $166,452 (middle half $130,866–$200,954).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The JD requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree but explicitly lists both as options with no stated minimum between them, and the field is broad ('or a related technical field'). Because no single minimum degree is firmly gated, the degree requirement is set to None.
The posting requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance — this is a suitability determination, not a US security clearance (Confidential/Secret/TS), so the clearance requirement is set to None.
Power BI, PowerApps, and ServiceNow appear in the introductory narrative describing the Tooling Team context, not in a requirements section; they are treated as preferred/stack context rather than hard gates.
TOGAF and equivalent certifications (FEAC, CDMP) appear under Desired Qualifications and are preferred.
Data virtualization appears under Desired Qualifications and is preferred.
The role is based in Alexandria, VA supporting VHA/federal clients; no remote option is stated.
10+ years is stated at the role level ('relevant experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data systems') and is captured as the overall experience minimum, not tied to any single technology.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): data governance, metadata management.
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