Data Catalog Engineer: Metadata, Governance & Databricks

Guidehouse; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Mobility Stipend

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Data Catalog and Governance Engineer to build and maintain enterprise metadata catalogs within Databricks environments for government data assets. You will implement data governance standards, support data ingestion tagging, and collaborate with engineers, platform teams, and mission analysts to ensure catalog quality and compliance.

This role requires active Secret clearance and experience in federal data environments; travel up to 10% and on-site work in Washington, DC

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Experience supporting or working within federal government data environments.
• Hands-on experience with Databricks, including Delta Lake, metadata management, and data ingestion workflows.
• Understanding of enterprise data governance practices including lineage, cataloging, quality, and stewardship.
• Ability to document datasets, schemas, transformations, and lineage in a structured, repeatable manner.
• Strong collaboration skills to work with both technical and mission stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and enhance enterprise metadata catalogs to ensure datasets are fully documented, traceable, and discoverable for mission stakeholders.
• Implement data governance and cataloging standards aligned with Advana’s architecture.
• Operate within Databricks-based environments to capture, structure, and manage metadata for diverse data assets.
• Collaborate with data engineers, platform teams, and mission analysts to ensure catalog completeness, quality, and alignment with government data governance practices.
• Support ingestion workflows by tagging, classifying, and documenting datasets as they enter the ecosystem.
• Monitor metadata accuracy, resolve catalog inconsistencies, and update documentation as datasets evolve.
• Provide support for auditability, data lineage, schema versioning, and compliance-related metadata requirements.
• Work on-site at government facilities in Washington, DC or Northern Virginia, or remotely depending on project needs.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Federal government data environments

Data governance concepts

Documentation & lineage

Collaborative stakeholder work

Tools

Databricks

Delta Lake

Unity Catalog

Apache Spark

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Data Catalog and Governance Engineer to build and maintain enterprise metadata catalogs within Databricks environments for government data assets. You will implement data governance standards, support data ingestion tagging, and collaborate with engineers, platform teams, and mission analysts to ensure catalog quality and compliance.

This role requires active Secret clearance and experience in federal data environments; travel up to 10% and on-site work in Washington, DC