Data Governance Engineer, Lead

About the role

The Data Governance Engineer, Lead role combines technical skills with strategic thinking to support national security initiatives. You will lead modernization efforts for the client's enterprise data team, ensuring that data governance supports mission-critical operations.

Responsibilities

• Translate real-world needs into technical specifications and policies
• Coordinate with data platforms and providers to define processes and business rules
• Mentor and train data stewards on data management best practices
• Work closely with customers and stakeholders to plan and implement a modernized data strategy
• Develop and execute implementation plans for data policies
• Assist with authoring and managing data policies
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance mission systems supporting data management

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience working on federal government contracts
• Experience defining and applying data tagging and handling requirements
• Experience analyzing and defining data schemas and data processing requirements
• Experience assisting with authoring and updating formal technical or policy documents
• Experience developing capability-level and functional requirements, mission scenarios, use cases, or business processes
• Knowledge of data governance concepts such as data provenance, classification, sizing, retention, data sharing, marking, and licensing
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an IT Engineering field and 15+ years of experience with systems engineering
• 20+ years of experience with systems engineering in lieu of a degree

Skills

• Experience defining requirements, architecture, or design elements for systems or software that deal with data exchange, interfaces, or APIs
• Experience with data science
• Experience defining and modeling business processes and workflows, and identifying mechanisms and approaches for process improvement or automation
• Knowledge of DoD agency policies and directives as they apply to IT signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection, dataflow, and information sharing with internal and external partners
• Knowledge of DoD or IC data formats and legal authorities for mission data
• Knowledge of SIGINT or cyber data discovery and analysis methods

Benefits

At Booz Allen, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your total well-being. This includes health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. We also recognize and reward exceptional performance through our recognition awards program.

Pay

The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD).

Schedule

Our work model prioritizes collaboration and flexibility, allowing employees to work remotely, virtually, or in person as needed. This role may require occasional travel to customer facilities.