Data Governance & Metadata Scientists

Prescient Edge; Florida; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with performance-bd

Comprehensive healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

Career development opportunities

Positive work environment

Job summary

Prescient Edge seeks a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to support a Federal Government client. The role focuses on metadata governance, data lineage, and ensuring interoperability across DoD data platforms. Availability is contingent on contract award.

The candidate will develop automated metadata validation, establish governance frameworks, and collaborate on federated metadata and research product discovery pipelines using Azure and Open Lineage technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing metadata governance frameworks for structured and unstructured data in cloud environments.
• Ability to track data lineage and synchronize metadata across Data Catalogs, ESRI Kubernetes, and enterprise repositories.
• Familiarity with Open Lineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata management.
• Knowledge of DoD metadata policies and geospatial data standards.

Responsibilities

• Support data lineage and metadata governance initiatives across platforms (Databricks, Kubernetes, DoD datasets).
• Develop automated metadata validation and quality controls to ensure dataset compliance.
• Implement and manage metadata tagging for improved discoverability and lineage tracking.
• Ensure interoperability with Data Lake, ESRI Kubernetes, and external data sources.

Skills

Data governance

Data lineage

Metadata management

Open Lineage

Unity Catalog

Azure Cognitive Search

Data Catalog

Education

Bachelor's degree in data science/Information Management/GIS or related field

Tools

Open Lineage

Apache Atlas

Unity Catalog

ESRI Kubernetes

Azure Cognitive Search

Data Catalog

Job description

Data Governance & Metadata Scientists - (2982)

Job Title

Data Governance & Metadata Scientists

Location

Doral, FL 33122 US (Primary)

Category

Job Type

Full-Time

Staff

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Travel

Security Clearance Required

None

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

AtPrescientEdge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description

• Data Governance & Metadata Scientists (Specialized in data lineage and metadata governance, ensuring metadata consistency and synchronization between Databricks, Kubernetes, and research dashboards; tracking data lineage and provenance).
• Shall support ontology-driven decision support systems, mapping structured and unstructured datasets to enhance data interoperability.
• Shall develop automated metadata validation and quality control mechanisms, ensuring research datasets maintain compliance with DoD governance frameworks.
• Shall utilize Azure-native indexing services, where feasible, such as Cognitive Search, to implement federated metadata and research product discovery pipelines.
• Shall submit the Data Governance & Metadata Validation Report, detailing data lineage improvements, governance effectiveness, and compliance findings.
• Data Governance & Metadata Scientists (Responsible for API-based ingestion, data acquisition from storage containers, and ETL processing in a Data Catalog, ensuring metadata accuracy and lineage tracking.)
• Shall establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks, ensuring compliance with DoD data management policies and interoperability with Data Catalog.
• Shall develop automated metadata tagging processes to improve data discoverability, classification, and lineage tracking within the Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) platform.
• Shall implement and manage data governance workflows, ensuring integration with Open Lineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards.
• Proposed personnel possess the 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/Open Lineage), schema alignment, and governance best practices.
• Expertise in geospatial data standards, data cataloging, and compliance with DoD metadata policies is required.

Job Requirements

Experience

• Must have 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 Open Lineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.
• Enforcing compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets.

Education

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

Security clearance

• Must be a US citizen and able to obtain a clearance.

Location

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.