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Senior Federal Enterprise Solution Architect
- Remote from
- USA
- Salary
- USD 152k–190k / yr
- Department
- Software Engineering
- Employment
- Full Time
- Experience
- Director
- Published
- Apply before
- 6 Dec 2026
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About this role.
Joining Collibra’s Public Sector team
At Collibra Public Sector, our Professional Services team relies on Federal Solution Architects to deliver on customer expectations for the services we sell, working directly with customer key projects stakeholders throughout the entire customer journey. Ensuring growth, adoption and renewal, Federal Solution Architects act as customer champions, ensuring customers are onboarded and realizing value rapidly.
Senior Enterprise Solution Architects at Collibra Public Sector are responsible for
- Supporting federal customer engagements by delivering mission-aligned architectural design and execution of Collibra products that adhere to Collibra Public Sector’s Delivery Models, Engagement Processes, Methodologies, and Artifacts, while ensuring compliance with applicable government regulations and security standards (e.g., FedRAMP, FISMA, GovCloud).
- Providing federal agencies with tailored data governance strategies that incorporate best practices, enable knowledge transfer, and drive measurable business and mission outcomes.
- Partnering cross-functionally with Collibra Sales, Customer Engineering, Product, Support, and Executive teams to ensure alignment with federal acquisition cycles and stakeholder priorities.
- Identifying opportunities to expand Collibra’s footprint within agencies by aligning product capabilities to evolving agency mandates, modernization efforts, and compliance requirements.
- Meeting or exceeding utilization goals in support of federal client success, long-term program engagement, and repeatable delivery excellence.
- Contributing to the growth of Collibra’s public sector services and licensing business through account expansion, strategic planning, and customer advocacy.
You have
- Because this role supports the U.S. government, it is required that the candidate be a US citizen who resides on US soil candidate and holds an active Top Secret Polygraph Lifestyle Security Clearance
- Located in Chantilly, Virginia or the surrounding area.
- Willing to be on site 100% of the time.
- 3+ years of consulting experience supporting U.S. federal agencies with knowledge in the areas of Data Governance or Data Management.
- An understanding of the leading PaaS providers, Data Lakes, Databases, and Integration platforms commonly adopted by federal agencies.
- A minimum of 2 years of experience working with cloud platforms, network-based API integration (REST/JSON), and deployment automation.
- Linux CLI proficiency.
- Hands-on experience with AWS/Azure, Kubernetes, infrastructure and platform.
- Experience with big data technologies such as Spark, and Hadoop.
- Familiarity in enterprise security solutions such as LDAP or Kerberos.
- Hands-on experience with Data Quality, Data Pipelines, Data Orchestration, and/or Job Control tools.
- Knowledgeable of at least least two or three of the following: data management processes, including data governance, data stewardship, master data management, data cataloging, and business rules management
- Proficiency in leveraging APIs via Java, Python, or similar scripting language for custom software implementations in Enterprise Linux or Unix environments.
- Experience with data warehousing, ETL, data integration.
- Skilled in developing functional and technical specifications.
- Experienced with Collibra or comparable technologies.
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent related working experience is required.
You are
- An effective communicator across business and technical stakeholders and able to tailor to different audiences.
- Always customer-focused and personally hold yourself accountable for the customer’s success.
- Masterful at troubleshooting, navigating, and facilitating resolution of challenging client connectivity and technical software issues.
- Self-starting and interested in learning new software skills to support intricacies of Collibra’s application stack.
- Able to work with business and IT owners to identify and align on solutions to data challenges, advocating for the importance of preserving data governance and quality.
- Able to lead blueprinting, design workshops, and requirements gathering activities.
Measures of success
- Within the first 30 days of employment, be able to
- Present the services offered to your manager understanding the different deliverables and the value provided.
- Present the Customer Journey framework to your manager understanding the different phases and roles and responsibilities within each phase.
- Clearly understand the roles and responsibilities of all delivery personnel including an Engagement Manager, Solution Architect, Account Program Manager, Premium Support Engineer, Sales Engineer and Account Executive.
- Work with the account team to build project plans aligned to each assigned account.
- Have a baseline understanding of the Collibra product and associated features.
- Within the first 60 days of employment
- Clearly understand and present the functions and features of the product with your manager.
- Show an intermediate understanding of the product with the ability to architect solutions.
- Within the first 90 days of employment be able to
- Execute on customer project plans based on product knowledge for assigned customers.
- Understand and convey to customers how Collibra’s suite product capabilities and the projects being delivered provide value to customers.
- Design architectural solutions aligned with customer initiatives.
Compensation for this role
The standard base salary range for this position is $152,000 – 190,000 per year. This position is eligible for additional commission-based compensation. Salary offers are based on a combination of factors, including, but not limited to, experience, skills, and location.
In addition to base salary, we offer a competitive total rewards package, including bonus potential, equity for eligible roles, a Flex Fund monthly stipend, pension/401k plans, and more.
Benefits at Collibra
Collibra recognizes and values that everyone has different needs, interests, and life goals. We built our benefits program with flexibility in mind to support you and your loved ones through a diverse range of circumstances and life events. These flexible offerings sit on a foundation of competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about Collibra’s benefits.
We create inclusion and belonging through how we onboard, meet, connect, engage, and communicate. Learn more about diversity, equity, and inclusion at Collibra.
At Collibra, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone.
With this, we proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category. If you have a need that requires accommodation, let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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Sample interview questions
I would begin with stakeholder discovery to define mission objectives, data domains, ownership, classification, and compliance constraints. I would then create a phased architecture covering cataloging, stewardship workflows, metadata integration, access controls, auditability, and measurable adoption outcomes aligned with applicable FedRAMP and FISMA controls.
I would assess source systems, identity patterns, network boundaries, API capabilities, metadata quality, and operational ownership. I would design secure integrations using documented REST APIs, automation, service accounts, and controlled deployment pipelines, then validate them through iterative testing and clear operational handoff documentation.
I establish the workshop goals, decisions needed, and success measures in advance, then tailor discussion depth for each audience. I use current-state and target-state artifacts to align stakeholders, capture assumptions and risks, and finish with prioritized requirements, owners, and an actionable delivery plan.
I would explain hands-on experience designing or supporting workloads on AWS or Azure, including Kubernetes-based deployment patterns, networking, identity, observability, and automation. I would also describe how I balance platform standards with customer-specific security and operational constraints.
I would first isolate whether the issue originates in source data, transformation logic, orchestration, integration connectivity, or governance ownership. I would implement monitoring and remediation controls, define accountable data owners and quality rules, and communicate a phased recovery plan that resolves the immediate issue while preventing recurrence.
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