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# Cloud Data Architect at Oddball

- **Company:** Oddball
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/oddball/jobs/7835835003

## Job description

Oddball believes that we can bring change and improve the daily lives of millions by bringing quality software to the federal space. Our team is full of experienced engineering, product, and user experience professionals who love bringing scalable solutions to life as much as they love working with clients to solve problems. We value learning, growth, and the ability to make a big impact at a rapidly growing company.

We're looking for a Cloud Data Architect to join our VA team, designing and owning the technical architecture of an enterprise-scale, multi-cloud data and analytics platform serving thousands of VA users and mission-critical Veteran data.

What you'll be doing:

- Own and document cloud data architecture across a multi-cloud environment with a primary focus on Azure and Azure Databricks
- Lead data architecture modernization efforts including migration strategy, data modeling, and platform engineering
- Design and implement governance, security, and compliance strategies for a platform handling sensitive Veteran PII and PHI
- Enable data science and AI/ML capabilities on the platform including model deployment infrastructure and data pipelines
- Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and VA stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and consumable data products
- Support data ingestion, curation, and interoperability across disparate VA source systems
- Build and maintain technical architecture documentation, security strategies, and compliance artifacts

What you’ll bring:

- Proven experience designing and managing enterprise cloud data architectures in Azure
- Hands-on experience with Azure Databricks for data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML workloads
- Experience with Power BI or similar visualization platforms
- Familiarity with AWS data services is a plus given the multi-cloud environment
- Strong background in data governance, security compliance, and federal data standards including FISMA and NIST 800-53
- Experience with large-scale data migration and architecture modernization efforts
- Ability to produce clear, detailed technical architecture documentation
- Thrives in a remote, collaborative Agile environment and genuinely enjoys working across engineering, product, and government stakeholder teams
- Communicates clearly and openly, whether presenting architecture decisions to leadership or working through integration design with engineers
- Performs other related duties as assigned

Requirements:

- Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. In alignment with federal contract requirements, certain roles may also require U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a federal background investigation and/or a security clearance.

Education:

- Bachelor's Degree

Benefits:

- Fully remote
- Tech & Education Stipend
- Comprehensive Benefits Package
- Company Match 401(k) plan
- Flexible PTO, Paid Holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities:

Oddball is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against applicants based on race, religion, color, disability, medical condition, legally protected genetic information, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), age, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. Any applicant with a mental or physical disability who requires an accommodation during the application process should contact an Oddball HR representative to request such an accommodation by emailing hello@Oddball.io

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

Compensation:

At Oddball, it’s important each employee is compensated competitively and fairly. In alignment with state legal requirements. A range for the included position is listed below. Be advised, actual offer details are determined by job category, job location, and candidate skill level.

United States Wage Range: $150,000 - $180,000

## About Oddball

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: A digital services agency that transforms and modernizes how federal government agencies interact with citizens through scalable, human-centered software solutions.
- **Entity Type**: Private (growth equity-backed; received a strategic investment from Falfurrias Management Partners in January 2025)
- **Headquarters**: McLean, Virginia, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Travis Sorensen (CEO) and Rob Wilkinson (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Government digital services, federal IT modernization, software development, DevSecOps, human-centered design.
- **Target customers**: U.S. federal government agencies (e.g., Department of Veterans Affairs, DoD, etc.) – primarily B2G (business-to-government).
- **Mission**: To drive innovation in government digital services by building “purpose-built, scalable solutions” that make government services more accessible and efficient for citizens and the workforces they empower.

## Products & Services
- **Software Engineering & Development**: Full-stack development (Node, Angular, React, MongoDB, SQL/NoSQL), custom web applications, mobile apps, and RESTful APIs.
- **DevSecOps & Cloud Migration**: Continuous integration/continuous delivery, enterprise DevOps, cloud migration, containerization (Docker, Helm, Jenkins).
- **Human-Centered Design & UX**: UI/UX design, responsive web design, material design, user research, and accessibility-focused interfaces.
- **Product & Project Management**: Agile/Scrum/Lean delivery, strategic consulting, SWOT analysis, pitch decks, market research, and discounted cash-flow analysis.
- **Legacy Modernization**: Bringing modern, secure, and scalable solutions to replace aging government systems.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding amount not public; recent private equity round led by Falfurrias Management Partners (Falfurrias Capital Partners V fund).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Falfurrias Management Partners (lead investor), Board members include Marybeth Wootton (Falfurrias Executive Advisor), Joe Price, Grant Hundley.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 269 employees as of mid-2026 (+16.4% year-over-year).
  - 100% remote workforce model that attracts top talent.
  - High retention of key clients and strong Glassdoor-style rating (4.5/5 on LinkedIn, 69 reviews).
  - Recent strategic growth partnership positions the company for accelerated growth.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep federal specialization**: Decades of combined experience in government contracting – understanding of VA, DoD, and other agencies’ unique compliance, security, and mission requirements.
- **End-to-end capability**: From discovery and design through deployment and ongoing DevSecOps – a rare “whole product” offering in the government digital services space.
- **“Strangely human” culture**: Emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and real understanding of the citizen experience, differentiating from more transactional government contractors.
- **100% remote-first model**: Attracts and retains top commercial tech talent who might otherwise avoid government work; lower overhead and higher employee satisfaction.
- **Proven delivery record**: Consistent track record of successful modernization projects for high-stakes federal clients.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling after PE investment**: Leveraging Falfurrias’ operational expertise, capital, and network to win larger contracts, expand into new agencies, and deepen existing client relationships.
- **Modernization of government services**: Continue driving cloud migration, data modernization, and user-centered design across federal IT.
- **Talent acquisition**: Maintaining remote culture while growing the team selectively to preserve quality and culture.
- **Expanding service lines**: Likely increasing capabilities in AI/automation, data analytics, and cybersecurity to meet evolving government needs.

## Why Work Here
- **Fully remote**: Permanent remote-first policy – no mandatory office days. Yearly company retreat.
- **Strong culture**: Described as “strangely human” – collaborative, growth-oriented, client-first, with a focus on big-picture impact.
- **Compensation & benefits**: Competitive salaries (e.g., Senior Product Manager ~$142k, Engineer ~$100k). Comprehensive benefits include health, dental, vision, life insurance, company-match 401(k), flexible PTO, paid holidays, fitness reimbursement, FSA/HSA.
- **Perks**: Yearly stipend, monthly “Lunch and Learns,” professional development support.
- **Work-life balance**: Rated 4.7/5 on LinkedIn for work-life balance; 4.5/5 for culture and compensation.
- **Meaningful work**: Directly improving the daily lives of millions of citizens (veterans, public health, etc.) by modernizing government digital services.
- **Growth opportunities**: Access to senior leadership, exposure to high-impact projects, and room to shape solutions in a mid-size company (~269 people).

## Sources
1. [oddball.io – Homepage](https://oddball.io/)
2. [oddball.io – Careers Page](https://oddball.io/jobs/)
3. [oddball.io – About/Leadership](https://oddball.io/about/)
4. [linkedin.com – Oddball Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/oddball.io)
5. [oddball.io – Falfurrias Partnership Announcement](https://oddball.io/falfurrias-strategic-growth-partnership/)

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