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# Journeyman Data Manager

- **Company:** MANAGEMENT WATERMARK RISK
- **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $47,840.0 - $66,560.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Validation, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Enterprise Data Management, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59725217-journeyman-data-manager

## About the Role

* 3-10 years in any career field, discipline, or industry
 * Hands-on experience with Palantir Foundry data pipelines and ontology management preferred
 * Background in data engineering, ETL processes, or database management preferred
 * Experience working in classified data environments preferred

Education Requirements:

 * Bachelor's Degree (B.A. or B.S.) in any field

Certification Requirements:

 * Palantir Foundry Data Engineer Certification (required)

Security Clearance Requirements:

 * Active/current Top Secret (TS) clearance on Day 1 of performance
 * Ability to obtain and maintain TS/SCI and TS/SCI with Caveats
 * U.S. Citizenship required

Other Requirements:

 * Ability to work 100% on-site within a Government SCIF during core duty hours
 * CONUS travel may be required (coordinated with the Government at least 10 calendar days prior)
 * OCONUS travel may be required (e.g., EUCOM/PACOM AOR support; coordinated at least 20 calendar days prior, with Theater Business Clearances)
 * Local travel within the National Capital Region may be required
 * Trip and After-Action Reports are required following each trip
 * May be required to move equipment/files weighing up to 50 pounds
 * May require sedentary work at least 50% of the time
 * Reports to a physical location which occasionally requires the ability to traverse between buildings
 * Ability to manage stress with a high degree of maturity/professionalism
 * Demonstrated critical thinking and leadership skills and the ability to work well with others
 * Effective verbal and written communication skills

## Description

* Perform assessment process support and data collection across the Mission Assurance enterprise
 * Perform analytical exploitation of assessment data to identify trends, patterns, and enterprise-level insights
 * Support collection, aggregation, normalization, and analysis of Mission Assurance assessment data
 * Perform data quality checks, validation, and consistency reviews
 * Support data workflows within Government-directed enterprise data platforms (e.g., Palantir Foundry)
 * Additional duties as assigned


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