Data Governance & Metadata Scientist for DoD GIS

Prescient Edge; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance bonus opportunities

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

Career development

Positive work environment

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to support a Federal Government client. The role concentrates on data lineage, metadata governance, and interoperability across Databricks, Kubernetes, and research dashboards.

Responsibilities include developing automated metadata validation, establishing governance frameworks aligned with DoD policies, and integrating Open Lineage and Unity Catalog.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing metadata governance for structured and unstructured data in cloud environments.
• Tracking data lineage across a Data Catalog, ESRI Kubernetes, and enterprise repositories.
• Experience with Open Lineage, Apache Atlas or similar tooling for metadata management.
• Compliance with DoD metadata policies and geospatial standards.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain data governance frameworks across platforms.
• Map structured and unstructured data to enable interoperability.
• Develop automated metadata validation and quality-control mechanisms.
• Integrate metadata pipelines with Unity Catalog, Open Lineage, and GIS standards.
• Submit Data Governance & Metadata Validation Reports detailing lineage improvements.

Skills

Metadata governance

Data lineage

Open Lineage

Geospatial standards

Education

Bachelor's degree or 5+ years in data governance

DoD-related certifications preferred

Tools

Unity Catalog

Apache Atlas

Open Lineage

Azure Cognitive Search

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to support a Federal Government client. The role concentrates on data lineage, metadata governance, and interoperability across Databricks, Kubernetes, and research dashboards.

Responsibilities include developing automated metadata validation, establishing governance frameworks aligned with DoD policies, and integrating Open Lineage and Unity Catalog.