Job Description

Job Description n

Job Description

n

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:

n

n
- Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with DoD data management policies and interoperability with a Data Catalog.
n
- Develop automated metadata tagging processes to improve data discoverability, classification, and lineage tracking within the Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) platform.
n
- Implement and manage data governance workflows, ensuring integration with OpenLineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards.
n
- Submit the Metadata & Data Governance Compliance Report, detailing lineage tracking, classification policies, and security enhancements.
n

Required Experience: n

n
- 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.
n
- Must be proficient in metadata management, data lineage tracking (Unity Catalog/OpenLineage), schema alignment, and governance best practices.
n
- Expertise in geospatial data standards, data cataloging,



and compliance with DoD metadata policies is required.
n
- Must have demonstrated experience in implementing metadata governance frameworks for structured and unstructured data in cloud-based environments.
n
- Must have demonstrated experience in tracking data lineage and ensuring metadata synchronization across a Data Catalog, ESRI Kubernetes, and enterprise metadata repositories.
n
- Must have demonstrated experience in utilizing OpenLineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.
n
- Must have demonstrated experience in enforcing compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets.
n

Desired Qualifications: n

n
- Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)
n

n
n n

ABOUT NALLEY CONSULTING

n

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.

n

Nalley Consulting fringe advantages include:

n

n
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
n
- PTO
n
- 11 paid federal holidays
n
- Tuition assistance
n
- Paid military-reserve leave
n
- Paid parental leave for birth or adoption
n
- 401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary
n
- Flex time
n
- Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
n

n

Powered by JazzHR

n

gPPOWsB3tk

n

n

📌 Data Governance & Metadata Scientist - Mid (Victoria)
🏢 Nalley Consulting
📍 Victoria