This is a fully remote position. 

Work on things that matter

Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to design and engineer government systems that connect Veterans with services, bring affordable health care to millions of people, and support important programs like Head Start. And as we work to make critical government services intuitive, accessible, and human-centered, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology. If you thrive on change, want to help close the gap between consumer expectations and government services, and can see the possibilities in ambiguity, then we want you here with us. 

What matters most

Ad Hoc operates according to our commitment to inclusivity, acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We believe in missions larger than our individual selves and leave our egos at the door, learn from our mistakes, and iterate in order to better serve the people in our country. We prioritize building teams that represent the diversity of the people our government serves. We love the challenge of government-size projects. We want to bring skills to federal agencies, help them better meet the needs of their users, and close the gap between consumer expectations and government. 

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 distributed team since the beginning. Being remote by design allows Ad Hoc to be thoughtful and intentional about creating diverse teams and supporting them with a work environment that fits their lives. With a generous PTO policy and Slack channels for every interest (from bird watching to space nerds to parenting) our culture embraces the things happening in your life. Maybe you need to adjust your schedule to care for your family or take a bike ride. At Ad Hoc, that’s embraced. 

The Federal Civilian business unit supports a wide range of customers that span the federal, commercial, and non-profit space. Our customers include the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, PAN Foundation, Library of Congress, Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services and the USDA US Forest Service. 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 by applying approaches proven in consumer technology.

Primary Responsibilities: 

In this role, you will serve as an experienced subject matter expert, while serving as an individual contributor that provides strategic mentorship among the data architecture discipline. A Senior Principal Data Architect exhibits full autonomy, with the ability to utilize 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 serve as the champion of the data architecture discipline, overseeing the integration of industry data/architecture trends and adoption within programs, as well as the business unit and organization. A Senior Principal Data Architect serves as a representative of the business unit or organization, effectively communicating architecture strategies to a diverse audience. Primary expectations of a Senior Principal Data Architect include: 

• Leads Data Architecture discipline for the company, driving and evolving next generation data and analytics platforms
• Works with current and emerging data technologies, guiding all 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 company
• 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 customer-facing communications
• Champions collaboration with teams across the company to identify data needs and delivers solutions to advance medium and long-term technology goals
• 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
• Works cross-functionally to support the data architecture discipline across the organization 
• Understanding of the business unit’s current labor mix, with the ability to identify primary skills and experiences; supports the key personnel identification process
• Extensive understanding of government and practice market conditions in order to drive organizational improvements and innovation 

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience
• Experience with Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage, StreamSets, Azure Data Factory, Databricks Machine Learning (ML), Databricks SQL Warehouse, GitLab
• Experience with Databricks Unity Catalog, Immuta, Alation, Azure Key Vault, Databricks Delta Sharing, and Camunda
• Experience with Tableau, Power BI, Microsoft Excel, and ArcGIS
• 6+ years of experience in a data architect or similar role
• Previous Government Contracting experience
• Expertise with modern data architecture practices and emerging technologies in streaming, large-scale data processing, databases, ML, applied statistics, and visualization technologies
• Track record of proactive relationship-building with partners across the business to drive collaboration and diversity in viewpoints

Preferred Qualifications: 

• AWS Certifications
• Databricks Certifications

Benefits

• Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Fidelity 401K Plan
• Use what you need vacation policy
• Parental leave after one year of tenure

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

In support of the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $144,854 - $175,564 and information on benefits offered is here. Our recruiters will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.