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Data Governance & Metadata Scientist

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-25

Core

Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks, automate metadata tagging, and implement data governance workflows to enhance interoperability and mission-driven analytics for a DoD customer.

Role type

Data Governance & Metadata Scientist

Builds

Scalable, federated data ecosystem with real-time information sharing and dynamic data integration capabilities

Domain

Defense / Geospatial Data / Data Governance

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

metadata management, data lineage tracking, schema alignment, geospatial data standards, data cataloging, compliance with DoD metadata policies, cloud-based environment implementation, metadata synchronization

Preferred skills

Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), DAMA Certified Data Governance Professional (DGSP), ESRI Geospatial Data Management Certification

Technologies

Unity Catalog, OpenLineage, Apache Atlas, ESRI Kubernetes, Data Catalog, GIS

Responsibilities

Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks ensuring compliance with DoD policies; develop automated metadata tagging processes for data discoverability and classification; implement and manage data governance workflows integrating with OpenLineage and Unity Catalog; submit Metadata & Data Governance Compliance Reports detailing lineage and security enhancements

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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