Data Governance & Metadata Scientist - Mid

Doral, FL

Full Time

Mid Level

Join the Nalley Consulting team at Southcom HQ.

Position: Data Governance & Metadata Scientist
LCAT: Mid
Location: SOUTHCOM HQ, Doral, FL / Off-site
Office: U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND J2

Required clearance: No

Required education: 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.

Description:

Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with DoD data management policies and interoperability with a Data Catalog.
Develop automated metadata tagging processes to improve data discoverability, classification, and lineage tracking within the Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) platform.
Implement and manage data governance workflows, ensuring integration with OpenLineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards.
Submit the Metadata & Data Governance Compliance Report, detailing lineage tracking, classification policies, and security enhancements.

Required Experience:

Possess the 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.
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.
Must have demonstrated experience in implementing metadata governance frameworks for structured and unstructured data in cloud-based environments.
Must have demonstrated experience in tracking data lineage and ensuring metadata synchronization across a Data Catalog, ESRI Kubernetes, and enterprise metadata repositories.
Must have demonstrated experience in utilizing OpenLineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.
Must have demonstrated experience in enforcing compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets.

Desired Qualifications:

Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)

ABOUT NALLEY CONSULTING

Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business working with prime partners to staff Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions. Created by a U.S. Navy intelligence veteran, Nalley Consulting has grown to include multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states.

Nalley Consulting fringe benefits include:

Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
PTO
11 paid federal holidays
Tuition assistance
Paid military-reserve leave
Paid parental leave for birth or adoption
401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary
Flex time
Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.

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We are a veteran-owned company working with prime partners to staff positions supporting the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community through multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states.