Data Governance Engineer, Lead

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As a Data Governance Engineer on our team, you’ll have the chance to shape the evolution of mission data governance by leading modernization efforts for the client’s enterprise data team. Your customer will trust you to provide governance support for customer data needs, specify policy and governance criteria, data handling, priority, and other requirements for data, coordinate with data platforms and providers, and define processes, business rules, and functional requirements for mission systems that support the data management lifecycle.

You will assist with authoring, managing data policies, and develop and execute implementation plans for those policies. You will mentor and train data stewards on how to manage their data. You will work closely with customers and stakeholders across a variety of roles and teams to plan and implement a modernized data strategy to support national missions.

On our team, you'll broaden your skill set into areas such as modern data management and transport concepts, data science, data handling and tagging, and data schema development and validation. Grow your skills by merging system engineering and mission data governance to create modernized processes and systems supporting enterprise data governance for a national security client. Join our team and create the future of mission data governance in national security.

• 15+ years of experience working on contracts for the federal government
• 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
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT Engineering field and 15+ years of experience with systems engineering, or 20+ years of experience with systems engineering in lieu of a degree

• 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

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $ (annualized USD). Salary is determined by various factors, including location, education, skills, and contract‑specific requirements. This posting will close within 90 days from the posting date.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.