Data Governance Specialist

Business Management Associates, Inc.; Washington; On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Business Management Associates, Inc. seeks a Data Governance Specialist to support governance processes and artifacts across the Fabric Lakehouse environment. The role requires strong metadata, data catalog, and RBAC experience, plus SQL proficiency and DoD/NIST framework familiarity.

Part-time position (~26 hours/week for 10 months) with a focus on data quality, profiling, and documentation. Collaboration with government staff and governance teams is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Active SECRET clearance is required.
• Experience with metadata management, data catalogs or governance platforms.
• Familiarity with NIST or DoD data management frameworks is preferred.
• Proficiency in SQL and data quality concepts.
• Experience supporting RBAC or data access control processes.
• Experience with data quality tools or frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Supports implementation and operationalization of data governance processes, policies, and standards.
• Develops governance artifacts including metadata catalogs, data quality scorecards, and access control documentation.
• Performs ongoing data quality monitoring, governance compliance reviews, and data stewardship coordination.
• Maintains governance documentation and supports knowledge transfer to Government staff.
• Performs data profiling, validation, cleansing, and quality monitoring across data domains.
• Develops and executes data quality test cases and reconciliation scripts.
• Monitors data pipeline outputs against quality thresholds and documents issues.
• Supports RBAC design and implementation aligned with Microsoft Entra ID and DoWEA.

Skills

Metadata management

Data catalogs

Governance platforms

SQL proficiency

RBAC / access control

Data quality tools

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Entra ID

Fabric Lakehouse

Job description

Business Management Associates, Inc. (BMA) is guided by its mission, "What's Humanly Possible." BMA integrates people and processes through service, supported by a strategic focus on people and process, a proven project management methodology, and disciplined internal and external management with financial accountability.

BMA is committed to fostering a respectful workplace where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, or military status. BMA believes diversity and inclusion are essential to its success and seeks to recruit, develop, and retain talented individuals from a diverse candidate pool.

Position: Data Governance Specialist

Requirements:

MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE

Experience with metadata management tools, data catalogs, or governance platforms; familiarity with NIST or DoD data management frameworks; SQL proficiency; experience supporting RBAC or data access control processes; experience with data quality tools or frameworks.

PART-TIME – approximately 26 hours per week (1060 HOURS) for 10 months

Job description

Data Governance Specialist Supports implementation and operationalization of data governance processes, policies, and standards. Assists in development of governance artifacts including metadata catalogs, data quality scorecards, data classification inventories, and access control documentation. Performs ongoing data quality monitoring, governance compliance reviews, and data stewardship coordination. Maintains governance documentation and supports knowledge transfer to Government staff. Performs data profiling, validation, cleansing, and quality monitoring across data domains within the Fabric Lakehouse environment. Develops and executes data quality test cases and reconciliation scripts. Monitors data pipeline outputs against established quality thresholds. Documents include data quality issues, tracks resolution, and produces quality trend reports. Supports RBAC design and implementation aligned with Microsoft Entra ID and the DoWEA governance framework. Assists with data classification and sensitivity labeling in Microsoft Purview.