Principal Data Architect

Principal Data Architect 

This is a remote position.    

We are continuously sourcing for talent while we await anticipated job openings.  Candidates who apply to this role understand we may not have an immediate opening and wish to be considered for future opportunities. 

Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.    

Work on things that matter

Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology. 

Built for a remote life

Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s welcomed. 

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports many customers spanning the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include NASA, the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, the Library of Congress, Health & Human Services, and the FDIC. We partner with these agencies to build new capabilities, deliver products, establish data as a strategic asset for informed decision-making, modernize legacy systems, and build the digital service infrastructure necessary to scale their mission impact.

Primary Responsibilities: 

In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that provides mentorship associated with data competencies. A Principal Data Architect exhibits influential skills to shape future work streams within the current customer base, while maintaining a strategic vision to successfully pursue new business opportunities. With limited oversight from leadership, you will be responsible for cohesively integrating industry data architecture trends and devising a plan for adoption within programs, as well as the business unit. A Principal Data Architect serves as a representative of the business unit, effectively communicating data architecture strategies to a diverse audience. Primary expectations of a Principal Data Architect include: 

• Leads Data Architecture discipline for the business unit, driving and evolving next generation data and analytics platforms

• Works with current and emerging data technologies, guiding business unit teams to deliver scalable data architectures

• Identifies and delivers major strategic data projects and initiatives that drive business impact

• Mentors, guides, and coaches other Data Architects at the company, with a focus on improving the discipline as a whole

• Stays current on data architecture and technology trends relevant to the business unit

• Effectively communicates on existing systems, design decisions, past performance, and a major history of the projects that they’ve been part of for bid-writing, tech demos, and other potentially client-facing communications

• Champions collaboration with teams across the business unit to identify data needs and delivers solutions to advance medium and long-term technology goals

• Leads adoption of best practices, principals, and values that are important to the health and quality of the engineering practice and to customers

• May support hiring, onboarding and career development activities

• May represent the company publicly inclusive of writing blog posts, generating marketing materials, presenting at conferences, and taking part in panel discussions

• May work cross-functionally to support data architecture activities within other business units

• Understanding of the business unit’s current labor mix, with the abi