Data Quality & Stewardship Lead: Cyber Governance

Peraton; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Data Quality & Stewardship Lead in Fort Meade, MD to guide data governance, quality, and lifecycle programs for USCYBERCOM. You will coordinate across contractors, establish standards, and ensure compliance with cybersecurity and legal requirements.

The role requires extensive governance expertise, DoD/SCI eligibility, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to align data platforms with policy. Fort Meade-based position with clearances and national-security context.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data governance, data preparation, transformation, and quality assurance.
• Knowledge of data management frameworks.
• Understanding of compliance requirements.
• Experience with data quality programs.
• Strong stakeholder management.
• U.S. Citizenship required; DoD TS with SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Support the USCYBERCOM Data Working Group
• Work with the AI Task Force
• Establish governance frameworks to align platform usage with policies and ensure datasets and tools comply with cybersecurity standards and legal regulations
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, cybersecurity standards, and legal regulations
• Define and establish data quality standards and metrics
• Manage data stewardship program - multiple contractors assigned to support this effort
• Oversee data life-cycle management

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Data quality

Regulatory compliance

Data preparation

Education

BS/BA degree

MS/MA degree

PhD

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Data Quality & Stewardship Lead in Fort Meade, MD to guide data governance, quality, and lifecycle programs for USCYBERCOM. You will coordinate across contractors, establish standards, and ensure compliance with cybersecurity and legal requirements.

The role requires extensive governance expertise, DoD/SCI eligibility, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to align data platforms with policy. Fort Meade-based position with clearances and national-security context.