Data Governance Engineer

ANAUTICS INC; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ANAUTICS INC is seeking a candidate for a data governance role based in Oklahoma City, USA. The ideal candidate will have over 4 years of experience in data governance or analytics engineering, with expertise in building metadata and data quality workflows. Strong communication skills are essential for explaining data definitions and ownership. This position requires U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain a Top Secret security clearance. Experience in AWS and AI services is a plus.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of data governance or analytics experience.
• Experience with data catalogs, lineage, or quality systems required.
• U.S. Citizenship is mandatory for the position.

Responsibilities

• Build metadata, catalog, and data quality workflows.
• Implement governance automation and access controls.
• Partner on data risk management with engineering teams.

Skills

Data governance

Data engineering

Analytics engineering

Security

Strong communication

Tools

AWS

Job description

Implement governance, catalog, lineage, quality, and access patterns that make data safe to use.

Impact

• Help teams understand where data came from and whether it can be trusted.
• Make sensitive data easier to protect and appropriate data easier to use.
• Support auditability for data and AI workflows.

What you'll do

• Build metadata, catalog, lineage, policy, and data quality workflows.
• Implement access controls, classification, retention, and governance automation.
• Partner with engineering and security teams on data risk management.
• Document data definitions, ownership, and stewardship practices.

What we're looking for

• 4+ years of data governance, data engineering, analytics engineering, or security experience.
• Experience with catalogs, lineage, data quality, policy enforcement, or metadata systems.
• Strong communication around data definitions, ownership, and controls.
• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Must be capable of obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret security clearance.
• Comfort working with ambiguous mission, data, and engineering problems.
• Strong written communication and ability to explain technical decisions to technical and non-technical teams.

Preferred experience

• AWS experience is a plus, especially secure cloud, GovCloud, serverless, data, or AI services.
• AI, machine learning, LLM, agentic workflow, or decision intelligence experience is a plus.
• Experience in defense, government, manufacturing, aerospace, logistics, or other mission-critical environments is a plus.

Hiring note

Anautics evaluates candidates based on role-relevant skills, judgment, ownership, and ability to work in high-trust environments. AWS and AI experience are strong pluses across this hiring plan.