Data Management Specialist - TS/SCI with Polygraph

About the role

This customer-focused role integrates enterprise data management, data analytics, structured records management, system data accreditation support, and controlled data library services.

Responsibilities

• Data Management & Operational Insights:
  • Analyze lifecycle, operational, compliance, and technical data to derive insights and support enterprise reporting.
  • Develop dashboards, metrics, and visualizations for Sponsor leadership and technical teams.
  • Prepare validated datasets and analysis artifacts supporting forecasting, modernization, and risk analysis.
  • Identify trends, variances, noncompliance indicators, and technical risks across distributed systems.
  • Enhance workflow automation, data quality validation checks, and reporting processes.
  • Provide subject matter expertise in data discoverability and best practice recommendations on enterprise data management using Sponsor tools and data repositories.
  • Provide best practice recommendations of data management, data governance, data compliance.
• Records Management:
  • Mainture curated repositories of classified and unclassified data sources ensuring traceability and auditability.
  • Execute full-lifecycle records management including identification, cataloging, archiving, retrieval, and disposition.
  • Prepare physical documents for digitization including removal of bindings, sorting, barcoding, scanning, and reassembly.
  • Capture and record required metadata such as title, publication date, classification, subject, document type, and retention attributes.
  • Maintain tracking records, barcodes, logs, and workflow documentation for archived and active records.
  • Ensure adherence to Sponsor records policy, retention schedules, and secure handling requirements.
• Sysyem Data Accreditation (SDA) Support:
  • Develop data definitions, data quality standards, and business rules for system accreditation packages.
  • Document data collection and governance procedures aligned with Sponsor information management accreditation methodology.
  • Aid in preparing and maintaining accreditation artifacts, evidence packages, data lineage documentation, and validation results.
  • Ensure transparency, repeatability, and compliance of data workflows through detailed documentation and SOPs.
  • Perform data integrity, validation, and reconciliation checks required for accreditation processes.
  • Coooperate with system owners, engineers, ISSMs, and data stewards to ensure accreditation requirements are satisfied.

Qualifications

• Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in IT, data, engineering, library science, management or related field; equivalent experience accepted.
• Experience: 5+ years’ experience across data analysis, records management, data governance, or accreditation functions.
• Required Skills: Experience with structured records management, metadata cataloging, and digitization workflows; experience supporting the customer environments, processes, and documentation standards; hands-on experience performing data integration, cleansing, processing, and analytics; proficiency with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI; experience preparing documentation for system data accreditation, governance, or compliance; knowledge of controlled document/media handling, accountability, and access control protocols.
• Security Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Skills

• Experience with data analysis, records management, data governance, or accreditation functions.
• Hands-on experience with data integration, cleansing, processing, and analytics.
• Proficiency with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience preparing documentation for system data accreditation, governance, or compliance.
• Knowledge of controlled document/media handling, accountability, and access control protocols.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401(k) with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $127,500 - $172,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Additional Work Locations

• USA VA Chantilly
• USA VA McLean