Data Governance & Metadata Scientist - Mid with Security Clearance

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. Description: * 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) ABOUT NALLEY CONSULTING Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business working with prime partners to staff Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions. Created by a U.S. Navy intelligence veteran, Nalley Consulting has grown to include multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states. Nalley Consulting fringe benefits include: * 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.