Data & Metadata Engineer — Cloud Pipelines & Governance

OpenTalent; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a Data/Metadata Engineer to design, develop, and optimize data pipelines, metadata repositories, and data governance solutions in a hybrid Arlington, VA setting. The role focuses on data quality, discoverability, lineage, and integration across a complex data ecosystem.

Ideal candidates bring strong data engineering skills combined with metadata management, data governance frameworks, and cloud data platform experience to support enterprise analytics and governance

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building scalable data pipelines.
• Hands-on with metadata repositories and data catalogs.
• Strong knowledge of data governance frameworks and lineage.
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud data services.
• Proficiency in data modeling for data warehouses/lakes/lakehouse.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Integrate data from multiple sources into enterprise data platforms.
• Develop and optimize data models, warehouses, and lakehouse architectures.
• Implement automation and monitoring for data ingestion and processing workflows.
• Maintain metadata repositories, cataloging, and lineage capabilities.

Skills

Data engineering

Metadata management

Data governance

Cloud platforms

ETL/ELT

Data modeling

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Data/Metadata Engineer to design, develop, and optimize data pipelines, metadata repositories, and data governance solutions in a hybrid Arlington, VA setting. The role focuses on data quality, discoverability, lineage, and integration across a complex data ecosystem.

Ideal candidates bring strong data engineering skills combined with metadata management, data governance frameworks, and cloud data platform experience to support enterprise analytics and governance