Data Governance Lead Engineer for Mission Data

Booz Allen Hamilton; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Data Governance Engineer Lead to advance mission data governance across enterprise data flows. You will translate customer needs into governance specs, shape schemas, tagging, and rules, and drive modernization for national security data systems.

The role involves coordinating with data flow providers, defining business rules, and supporting governance initiatives with an eye toward interoperability and security compliance.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience working on contracts for the federal government.
• Experience with data flow, Apache NiFi, or mission systems.
• Experience defining and applying data tagging and handling requirements.
• Experience analyzing and defining data schemas and data processing requirements.
• Experience developing capability level and functional requirements, mission scenarios, use cases, or business processes for automation.
• Knowledge of data governance concepts, such as data provenance, classification, sizing, retention, data sharing, and marking TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in an IT Engineering field and 15+ years of experience with systems engineering, or 20+ years of experience with systems engineering in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead modernization efforts for the client’s enterprise data flow team.
• Provide Tier 1 operations support for data flow requests and issues.
• Define processes, rules, and requirements for mission data governance.
• Coordinate with data flow providers and stakeholders across roles and teams.
• Develop schemas and validation methods for enterprise data governance.

Skills

Data flow

Apache NiFi

Data tagging

Data schemas

Automation requirements

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT Engineering

Job description

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Data Governance Engineer Lead to advance mission data governance across enterprise data flows. You will translate customer needs into governance specs, shape schemas, tagging, and rules, and drive modernization for national security data systems.

The role involves coordinating with data flow providers, defining business rules, and supporting governance initiatives with an eye toward interoperability and security compliance.