Data Governance & Metadata Scientist - Mid

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. Responsibilities 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) Benefits 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 #J-18808-Ljbffr Nalley Consulting