Principal Data Architect

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The Presidio Trust is seeking a Principal Data Architect to join the IT Department. The Presidio Trust is an innovative federal agency that stewards and shares the history, beauty, and wonder of the Presidio for everyone to enjoy forever. The ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone, the Presidio was once a military post under three flags. Today, it is a surprising national park site spanning 1,500 acres at the Golden Gate. It\'s rare natural habits, inspiring views, and world-class trails are a local and global attraction. It is among the most biologically diverse parks in America and a popular destination with beaches, museums, restaurants, hotels, homes, and offices.

Reporting to the Director of Information Technology, the Principal Data Architect provides strategic leadership in the direction, design, and governance of the Agency’s enterprise data architecture. Overseeing data management across 160+ business applications, this role ensures scalable integration, lifecycle oversight, and compliance with standards such as SOC 2, FedRAMP, FISMA / NIST. Key responsibilities include developing and executing enterprise data strategies, implementing data governance frameworks, optimizing SharePoint, Azure and Microsoft 365 data infrastructure, and leading a small team of business applications analysts. This position requires expertise in data architecture, governance, and cross-functional collaboration to drive measurable business value through effective data management.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in data governance, application data management, and modern data infrastructure design / optimization within a Microsoft SharePoint / O365 environment.

This is a full-time position with benefits, and a starting pay range of $167,110 to $182,855 if based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The starting base salary is dependent on the experience and qualifications of the candidate. Applications received by October 3, 2025 will receive first consideration.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of the comprehensive enterprise-wide data architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, technology roadmaps, and regulatory requirements.
• Design, implement and maintain and oversee data governance frameworks - including policies, standards, and procedures - to ensure consistent data quality, security, privacy, compliance, and lifecycle management across the organization.
• Maintain a complete and current inventory of enterprise data management across 160+ business applications (inventory, ownership / stewardship, data flows, integration points, lifecycle status, and supporting documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to document business requirements and define scalable, secure data solutions and reference architectures.
• Provide technical oversight and review on data management practices, including integration (APIs / ETL / ELT), migration strategies, data warehousing / lakehouse architecture, analytics, and reporting systems to ensure alignment with best practices.
• Lead and mentor a small team of business applications analysts by setting and managing priorities, maintaining a structured backlog, establishing SLAs / runbooks / standards, and delivering continuous improvement in support services.
• Implement and maintain standards for data modeling, taxonomy, metadata management, lineage tracking, and master data management (MDM), including documentation and operational stewardship models.
• Design and optimize data infrastructure (e.g., Azure-based warehouse / lake, storage, pipelines, orchestration) that meet performance, scalability, and cost efficiency goals, along with documented architecture and operational runbooks.
• Manage, govern and enhance enterprise data collaboration environments on Microsoft SharePoint / O365 (SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Teams, Power Platform), including permissions, retention, DLP, and information architecture.
• Evaluate and report on emerging data technologies and methodologies, providing recommendations for innovation, adoption, or optimization.
• Ensure compliance with risk mitigation by partnering with Cybersecurity and Compliance teams to implement best practices and monitor controls for data security, privacy, and disaster recovery; enforce SOC 2, FedRAMP / FISMA / NIST, and internal data security policies.
• Prepare and present regular reports, dashboards, and executive briefings on data strategy execution, program performance, risks, and outcomes using defined KPIs and delivery maps.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Required Qualifications

Desired Qualifications

Background Check

This position is subject to an employment background check which shall consist of a review of applicable county, state and Federal criminal and civil records, state bankruptcy indexes, driver’s license, education, and employment history. An individual’s granting of a background check and resulting report is voluntary. However, employment is contingent upon the successful completion of an employment background check. The Presidio Trust may refuse to hire an individual, may rescind an offer of employment to an individual, or may review and terminate the employment of a current employee not successfully completing the background check.

Financial Disclosure

This position will require the completion of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Form 278, Public Financial Disclosure Report , both as a New Entrant into the position and annually thereafter. The purpose of the financial disclosure system is to assist employees and their agencies in avoiding conflicts between official duties and private financial interests or affiliations.

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