Role: Data Architect - Active Metadata
Location: Menlo Park, CA (Remote)
Role Type: Contract
Experience: 12+ Years
Job Description
Role Overview:
We are seeking a visionary to architect a Self-Healing, Autonomous Data Fabric.
You will replace legacy ETL with a "nervous system" where metadata is active, governance is computational, and data sharing is zero-copy.
Mandatory Skills: - Active Metadata: Experience building closed-loop automation (e.g., metadata-triggered autonomous schema repair). - Semantic Engineering: Mastery of RDF, OWL, and SHACL for ontology-first modeling and SPARQL reasoning. - Production-level Open Policy Agent (OPA)/ Policy-as-Code(Zero-Trust) for dynamic, context-aware access control.
Other Technical Skills: -
Advanced Privacy: Implementation of Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) or SMPC for analytics on encrypted PII.
- Zero-Copy Architecture: Expertise in Delta Sharing for cross-cloud analytics without egress.
- Compute: Trino (GraalVM), StarRocks, DuckDB (WASM).
- Orchestration: Dagster, Airflow (Provider-level).
- Semantic Layer: Stardog, Apache Jena, GraphQL Federation.
- System Languages: Rust, Clojure, or Java.
Note
Education M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science (Formal Methods/Logic) or Computational Mathematics.
Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- Experience building closed-loop automation and operational metadata
- Mastery of RDF, OWL, and SHACL for ontology-first modeling
- Production-level Open Policy Agent for dynamic access control
- Implementation of Homomorphic Encryption for PII analytics
- Expertise in Delta Sharing for zero-copy architecture
- Experience with orchestration tools like Dagster or Airflow
- Familiarity with System Languages like Rust, Clojure, or Java
What We Do
Technology Management Solutions (TMS, LLC), headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, is a premier IT company specializing in digital product engineering and innovative technology solutions. Since our inception in 2021, we have empowered businesses across industries—Financial Services, Retail, Medical, Entertainment, Manufacturing, and Automotive—to achieve their digital transformation goals. Our mission is to design and deliver cutting-edge solutions that drive growth, streamline operations, and enhance modern digital experiences.At TMS, we partner with our clients throughout the entire product development lifecycle, from ideation to commercialization. Our expertise spans next-generation technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), and custom software development. With tailored engagement models, we accelerate product development, ensuring faster time-to-market and measurable success.
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