Data Governance & Metadata Analyst

Guidehouse; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Analyst to define, govern, and enforce enterprise metadata workflows across multiple domains. You will lead the design, review, and publication processes, ensuring consistency with standards and quality checkpoints for publication.

The role requires 5+ years in healthcare data environments (DHA/military health data preferred) and 3+ years in metadata, with the ability to work on client sites in Falls Church, VA and obtain SECRET clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 5+ years in data health systems; DHA/military health data experience preferred.
• 3+ years working with metadata.
• Ability to obtain SECRET clearance; active SECRET preferred.
• Must be able to go on client site in Falls Church, VA.

Responsibilities

• Define, govern, and enforce enterprise metadata workflows across domains.
• Lead metadata harmonization workshops with data stewards and SMEs to resolve conflicts and align standards.
• Establish completeness and quality checkpoints for metadata validation.
• Provide working‑level leadership for metadata governance across domains.
• Draft and maintain governance artifacts, process documentation, and workflow definitions.
• Escalate unresolved metadata disputes to governance or leadership as appropriate.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata

Workshop facilitation

Quality assurance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Family: Operational Effectiveness Consulting

Travel Required: Up to 10%

Clearance Required: Ability to Obtain Secret

What You Will Do

The Data Governance & Metadata Analyst is responsible for defining, governing, and enforcing enterprise metadata workflows across domains. This role leads the design and execution of metadata creation, review, approval, and publication processes, ensuring consistency, completeness, and alignment with established standards. The Lead Business Analyst facilitates workshops with data stewards and subject matter experts to harmonize definitions, resolve conflicts, and drive consensus, while establishing quality checkpoints to ensure metadata accuracy and readiness for publication. Acting as a senior working‑level authority, the role provides analytical leadership, ensures adherence to governance practices, and supports scalable, repeatable metadata management across a federal health entity. Additional work may include quality assurance and testing, technical writing, understanding end‑user needs and experiences, having a training mindset to support customer learning, and establishing data management and governance practices.

This role is not focused on advanced modeling, dashboard development, or data engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and enforce metadata lifecycle workflows, including creation, review, approval, and publication processes.
• Lead metadata harmonization workshops with data stewards and SMEs to resolve definition conflicts and align standards.
• Establish and apply completeness and quality checkpoints for metadata validation.
• Provide working‑level leadership for metadata governance execution across domains.
• Draft and maintain governance artifacts, process documentation, and workflow definitions.
• Escalate unresolved metadata disputes or definition conflicts to governance, information architecture, or program leadership as appropriate.

What You Will Need

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "SECRET" security clearance; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of clearance prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE "SECRET" or higher-level clearance are preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree
• FIVE (5) or more years of experience with data health system with TWO (2) or more of those years in Defense Health Agency (DHA) and/or military health data systems
• THREE (3) or more years experience working with Metadata

Must be able to go on client site in Falls Church, VA

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Experience with Healthcare/Health systems data
• Experience with Veterans Affairs data systems
• Masters in Business And/or Data analytics
• Experience conducting structured interviews and facilitating discussions with technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience capturing and documenting metadata using standardized templates.
• Experience with technical writing, developing data related reports and documents.
• Experience with quality assurance and testing.li>
• Experience with end‑user training, developing materials and delivery.

What We Offer

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency