Data Governance & Metadata Scientist-WO-005

The Sos
Seattle, United States of America
6 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Remote
Seattle, United States of America

Tech stack

Geographic Information Systems
Apache HTTP Server
Cloud Computing
Data Governance
Information Management
Interoperability
Metadata
Meta-Data Management
Metadata Repositories
Metadata Standards
Unstructured Data
Esri GIS (Software)
Data Lake
Kubernetes
Data Lineage
Data Management

Job description

  • The contractor shall establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with DoD data management policies and interoperability with Data Catalog.

  • The contractor shall develop automated metadata tagging processes to improve data discoverability, classification, and lineage tracking within the Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) platform.

  • The contractor shall implement and manage data governance workflows, ensuring integration with OpenLineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Information Management, GIS, or a related field, or five (5) years of equivalent experience in data governance, metadata management, or geospatial data integration.

  • Knowledge and capability to develop, implement, and maintain data governance frameworks, ensuring metadata consistency, lineage tracking, and interoperability between Data Lake, ESRI Kubernetes environments, and external data sources.

  • Personnel must be proficient in metadata management, data lineage tracking (Unity Catalog/OpenLineage), schema alignment, and governance best practices.

  • Expertise in geospatial data standards, data cataloging, and compliance with DoD metadata policies is required.

  • Demonstrated experience in: Implementing metadata governance frameworks for structured and unstructured data in cloud-based environments.

  • Tracking data lineage and ensuring metadata synchronization across a Data Catalog, ESRI Kubernetes, and enterprise metadata repositories.

  • Utilizing OpenLineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.

  • Enforcing compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets, Certifications include Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), DAMA Certified Data Governance Professional (DGSP), or ESRI Geospatial Data Management Certification.

About the company

Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.

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