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Data Governance Engineer, Lead

United States of America, Columbia Employment contract 99000.00 - 225000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted April 23, 2026
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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 and 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.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead modernization efforts for the client's enterprise data team
  • 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
  • Define processes, business rules, and functional requirements for mission systems that support the data management lifecycle
  • Assist with authoring and managing data policies
  • Develop and execute implementation plans for those policies
  • Mentor and train data stewards on how to manage their data
  • 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

Requirements

  • 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

Nice to have

  • 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

What we offer

  • Health benefits
  • Life benefits
  • Disability benefits
  • Financial benefits
  • Retirement benefits
  • Paid leave
  • Professional development
  • Tuition assistance
  • Work-life programs
  • Dependent care
  • Recognition awards program

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