Data Governance & Metadata Scientist

SOS International LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Job summary

SOS International LLC seeks a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to build and sustain a scalable federated data ecosystem for a DoD customer. The role focuses on bridging operational gaps for real-time information sharing and mission-tailored analytics; position contingent on contract award.

Responsibilities include governing metadata, tagging automation, and reporting compliance with DoD policies while integrating with data catalogs, GIS standards, and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks ensuring consistency and interoperability.
• Ensure metadata lineage tracking and data catalog alignment across systems and sources.
• Demonstrate experience with geospatial data standards and DoD metadata policy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks.
• Develop automated metadata tagging to improve data discovery and lineage tracking.
• Implement and manage data governance workflows with OpenLineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards.
• Submit the Metadata & Data Governance Compliance Report detailing lineage and security enhancements.

Skills

Metadata management

Data governance

Data lineage tracking

Geospatial data

Data cataloging

OpenLineage/OpenLineage

Unity Catalog

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science / Information Management / GIS

5 years of equivalent data governance experience

Tools

OpenLineage

Apache Atlas

Unity Catalog

Job description

• Compensation: USD 76,036 - USD 157,920 - yearly

Company Description

Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.

Job Description

**This position is contingent upon contract award**

SOSi is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to support mission requirements for a structured approach to further develop, integrate, and sustain a scalable, federated data ecosystem that enhances interoperability, governance, and mission-driven analytics for a DoD customer. The primary objective of the program is to bridge the operational gaps between DoD, IC, interagency, and non-traditional international partners to enable real-time information sharing, dynamic data integration, and mission-tailored analytical capabilities.

• The contractor shall establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with DoD data management policies and interoperability with Data Catalog.
• The contractor shall develop automated metadata tagging processes to improve data discoverability, classification, and lineage tracking within the Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) platform.
• The contractor shall implement and manage data governance workflows, ensuring integration with OpenLineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards.
• The contractor shall submit the Metadata & Data Governance Compliance Report, detailing lineage tracking, classification policies, and security enhancements.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and capability to develop, implement, and maintain data governance frameworks, ensuring metadata consistency, lineage tracking, and interoperability between Data Lake, ESRI Kubernetes environments, and external data sources.
• Personnel must be proficient in metadata management, data lineage tracking (Unity Catalog/OpenLineage), schema alignment, and governance best practices.
• Expertise in geospatial data standards, data cataloging, and compliance with DoD metadata policies is required.
• The contractor shall provide personnel with a Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Information Management, GIS, or a related field, or;
  • five (5) years of equivalent experience in data governance, metadata management, or geospatial data integration.
• Demonstrated experience in: Implementing metadata governance frameworks for structured and unstructured data in cloud-based environments.
• Tracking data lineage and ensuring metadata synchronization across a Data Catalog, ESRI Kubernetes, and enterprise metadata repositories.
• Utilizing OpenLineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.
• Enforcing compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets

Preferred Qualifications

• Desirable but not required certifications include Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), DAMA Certified Data Governance Professional (DGSP), or ESRI Geospatial Data Management Certification.

Additional Information

• Offsite/remote.

Working at SOSi

All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.