Data Governance Scientist

Job Summary

To support mission requirements for a DoD customer, the full-time Data Governance & Metadata Scientist will establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks, develop automated tagging processes, and implement data governance workflows in a remote environment.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks ensuring compliance with DoD data management policies
• Develop automated metadata tagging processes to enhance data discoverability and lineage tracking
• Implement and manage data governance workflows, integrating with OpenLineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Information Management, GIS, or a related field, or five years of equivalent experience
• Proficiency in metadata management, data lineage tracking, and governance best practices
• Expertise in geospatial data standards and compliance with DoD metadata policies
• Experience implementing metadata governance frameworks in cloud-based environments
• Familiarity with tools like OpenLineage or Apache Atlas for metadata and data lineage management