Data Governance & Metadata Scientists

Responsibilities

• Support ontology-driven decision support systems, mapping structured and unstructured datasets to enhance data interoperability.
• Develop automated metadata validation and quality control mechanisms, ensuring research datasets maintain compliance with DoD governance frameworks.
• Utilize Azure-native indexing services, where feasible, such as Cognitive Search, to implement federated metadata and research product discovery pipelines.
• Submit the Data Governance & Metadata Validation Report, detailing data lineage improvements, governance effectiveness, and compliance findings.
• Responsible for API-based ingestion, data acquisition from storage containers, and ETL processing in a Data Catalog, ensuring metadata accuracy and lineage tracking.
• Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with DoD data management policies and interoperability with 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 Open Lineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards.
• Develop, implement, and maintain data governance frameworks, ensuring metadata consistency, lineage tracking, and interoperability between Data Lake, ESRI Kubernetes environments, and external data sources.

Requirements

Experience: Must have 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 Open Lineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.
• Enforcing compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets.

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.

Desirable but not required certifications include Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), DAMA Certified Data Governance Professional (DGSP), or ESRI Geospatial Data Management Certification.

Security Clearance: Must be a US citizen and able to obtain a clearance.

Location: Doral, Florida. (USSOUTHCOM Headquarters)

Benefits

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.