Summary

The Supervisory IT Specialist (Chief Data Platform Architect) position is in the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Case Management Modernization Office (CMM). CMM drives change management and adoption practices to achieve delivery of a modernized, efficient, and secure case management environment.

Duties

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The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts is seeking an experienced Chief Data Platform Architect to lead the design, architecture, and governance of the Judiciary's enterprise data platform. The incumbent oversees the transformation of internal and external data sources into a secure, scalable, cloud-based environment that supports analytics, data products, and master data management (MDM).

This position supervises teams of data and cloud engineers responsible for implementing data schemas; extract, transform, load (ETL) and extract, load, transform (ELT) pipelines; and integration frameworks within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment, ensuring alignment with Judiciary standards for security, privacy, and performance. The Chief Data Platform Architect works collaboratively with cybersecurity, infrastructure, and product management teams to deliver a resilient, compliant, and high-performing enterprise data platform.

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Leading the architecture and design of the enterprise data platform in AWS to support analytics, reporting, and data consumers through storage, compute, data lake, data warehouse, reporting, and data consumption services.
• Defining and managing enterprise data schemas and change data capture (CDC) pipelines.
• Establishing, operationalizing, and governing MDM and data governance frameworks, including data stewardship, data quality, and reference and master data standards.
• Directing teams of data engineers and developers in implementing data pipelines, cloud-based integrations, and application programming interfaces (APIs).
• Collaborating with security, privacy, and risk management teams to ensure compliance with Judiciary security, privacy, and data protection requirements.
• Monitoring data platform health, performance, and cost while driving continuous improvement in scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Defining platform architecture standards, reusable reference architectures, and review criteria used across data platform teams.
• Coaching data architects and engineers through communities of practice and technical forums to improve consistency, reuse, and delivery quality across the data platform workstream.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

1. All information is subject to verification. Applicants are advised that false answers or omissions of information on application materials or inability to meet the following conditions may be grounds for non-selection, withdrawal of an offer of employment, or dismissal after being employed.
2. Selection for this position is contingent upon completion of OF-306, Declaration of Federal Employment during the pre-employment process and proof of U.S. citizenship for competitive status positions or conversion to a competitive status position with the AO. If non-citizens are considered for hire into a temporary or any other position with non-competitive status or when it is confirmed by the AO Human Resources Office there are no qualified U.S. citizens for a competitive status position (unless prohibited by a law or statue), non-citizens must provide proof of authorization to work in the U.S. and proof of entitlement to receive compensation. Additional information on the employment of non-citizens can be found at USAJOBS Help Center | Employment of non-citizens/. For a list of documents that may be used to provide proof of citizenship or authorization to work in the United States, please refer to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
3. All new AO employees will be required to complete an FBI fingerprint-based national criminal database and records check and pass a public trust suitability check.
4. New employees to the AO will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights/responsibilities, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/.
5. All new AO employees are required to identify a financial institution for direct deposit of pay before appointment.
6. You will be required to serve a trial period if selected for a first-time appointment to the Federal government, transferring from another Federal agency, or serving as a first-time supervisor. Failure to successfully complete the trial period may result in termination of employment.
7. If appointed to a temporary position, management may have the discretion of converting the position to permanent depending upon funding and staffing allocation.

Qualifications

Applicants must have demonstrated experience as listed below. This requirement is according to the AO Classification, Compensation, and Recruitment Systems which include interpretive guidance and reference to the OPM Operating Manual for Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions.

Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience which is in or directly related to the line of work of this position. Specialized experience must demonstrate experience in ALL areas defined below:

• Leading enterprise data platform modernization for large-scale analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and cloud operations.
• Directing cross-functional teams in designing scalable and secure enterprise data ecosystems.
• Advising executive leadership on data strategy, governance, and modernization initiatives.
• Developing enterprise architecture standards and cloud adoption strategies aligned with organizational goals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (Master's preferred).
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in data architecture, database design, or cloud data engineering, including 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Deep expertise with Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud data services and data transformations.
• Proven experience managing high-sensitivity or regulated data (e.g., judicial, law enforcement, or Personally Identifiable Information (PII)).
• Strong knowledge of Master Data Management (MDM), data access management, and Change Data Capture (CDC) methods.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business functions.

Education

This position does not require education to qualify; however, a bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from a four-year college or university in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field is highly desired (Master's preferred).

Additional information

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

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