Data Engineer (Data Management Support Officer) - SME

careers-bluehawk; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Bluehawk, LLC seeks a Data Management Support Officer to drive enterprise data strategy and governance across CI and HUMINT programs. You will establish unified data frameworks, support interoperability, and advise senior stakeholders on modernization priorities at the DIA Reston site.

The role requires expertise in data quality, security, and cross-domain data exchange, with demonstrated experience in dashboards and executive reporting. On-site work at the DIA SCIF is required.

Qualifications

• Subject matter expertise in enterprise data management, governance, data engineering or architecture.
• Proven experience establishing data frameworks, governance policies, and data-quality controls with measurable performance.
• Proficiency with analytical tools: Excel, Tableau, Power BI, R or Python.
• Strong understanding of CI/HUMINT operations and mission data.
• Experience analyzing large datasets and delivering metrics, dashboards, and executive recommendations.
• Knowledge of IC and DoD data security, information-sharing and cross-domain requirements.
• Excellent facilitation and written/verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain unified data frameworks, terminology, models, and performance standards across CI and HUMINT executors.
• Develop and enforce data-governance policies covering quality, security, access, compliance, and interoperability.
• Oversee data input/output processes for accurate representation and reliable operational information.
• Maintain data dictionaries, metadata standards, taxonomies, and interoperability documentation.
• Chair or coordinate data-governance working groups with DoD and IC stakeholders.
• Implement data-quality monitoring, validation, cleansing, and continuous-improvement processes.
• Facilitate cross-domain integration and data exchange across NIPR, SIPR, JWICS, and other approved environments.
• Develop metrics, KPIs, dashboards, and analytical products for leadership.
• Analyze executor capability data to identify trends, gaps, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.
• Advise ETO leadership on modernization, resource allocation, and enterprise interoperability.
• Coordinate with tool admins, data scientists, software engineers, and security personnel.

Skills

Data governance

Enterprise data management

Data architecture

Data quality controls

Metrics & dashboards

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Power BI

R

Python

Job description

Overview

The Data Management Support Officer serves as a subject matter expert for UMM data strategy, governance, quality, interoperability, and performance measurement. The position establishes unified data frameworks across CI and HUMINT executors, advises senior stakeholders on modernization priorities, and ensures technical implementation aligns with operational and enterprise objectives.

Responsibilities

• Establish, test, evaluate, and maintain unified data frameworks, terminology, data models, and performance standards across CI and HUMINT executors.
• Develop and enforce data-governance policies addressing quality, security, access, compliance, and interoperability.
• Oversee data input and output processes to ensure accurate executor representation and reliable operational information.
• Maintain data dictionaries, metadata standards, taxonomies, and documentation supporting enterprise interoperability.
• Chair or coordinate data-governance working groups and enterprise forums with DoD and Intelligence Community stakeholders.
• Implement data-quality monitoring, validation, cleansing, and continuous-improvement processes.
• Facilitate cross-domain integration and data exchange across NIPR, SIPR, JWICS, and other approved environments.
• Develop metrics, KPIs, performance-measurement frameworks, executive dashboards, and analytical products.
• Analyze executor capability data to identify trends, gaps, anomalies, and optimization opportunities.
• Advise ETO leadership on data modernization, resource allocation, operational planning, and enterprise interoperability.
• Coordinate with tool administrators, data scientists, software engineers, and security personnel to align implementation with strategy.

Qualifications

• Subject matter expertise in enterprise data management, data governance, data engineering, data architecture, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience establishing data frameworks, governance policies, metadata standards, data-quality controls, and performance measures.
• Proficiency with analytical tools such as Microsoft Excel, Tableau, Power BI, R, Python, or comparable platforms.
• Strong understanding of CI/HUMINT operations, collection-management processes, or intelligence mission data.
• Experience analyzing large datasets and developing metrics, KPIs, dashboards, reports, and executive recommendations.
• Knowledge of IC and DoD data, security, information-sharing, and cross-domain requirements.
• Excellent facilitation, advisory, briefing, and written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting DIA, UMM, enterprise source coordination, or comparable data-modernization programs.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams or supervising data-platform and analytics personnel.

Clearance and Work Requirements

• Active TS/SCI CI Poly and ability to work on-site at the DIA Government SCIF in Reston, Virginia during COR-established working hours.
• Ability to comply with applicable DIA, DoD, Intelligence Community, cybersecurity, records-management, classification, and information-handling requirements.
• Ability to work effectively in a non-personal services environment in which contractor personnel remain accountable to contractor management.

Bluehawk, LLC. is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer/EOE Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity