Data Steward – Mission-Critical Analytics & Governance

Socket.dev; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI is seeking professionals to support data governance and analytics across mission-critical programs. You will design and implement data management standards, collaborate with data owners, and manage data across enterprise systems to enable timely, accurate decision-making.

The role emphasizes building semantic ontologies, metadata structures, and ontological governance, while providing training and guiding IPTs through data lifecycle processes.

Qualifications

• BA/BS in IT, Data science, CS, MIS, Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Implement and enforce data management standards, requirements, and specifications aligned with DoD best practices.
• Collaborate with data owners to define data quality rules, metadata standards, and classification requirements.
• Manage the collection, cataloging, distribution, and retrieval of structured and unstructured data across enterprise systems.
• Identify and document customer requirements during onboarding of new data assets and ensure proper classification and handling.
• Maintain and update recurring data processes to preserve the integrity of existing repositories.
• Analyze and develop data architectures for collection, integration, retention, and mission-aligned workflows.
• Build and maintain semantic ontologies, taxonomies, and machine-understandable labels to improve discoverability and interoperability.
• Develop and apply data mining, statistical, causal, and geospatial analysis to support mission analytics and decision-making.
• Create data quality and performance metrics measuring usability, timeliness, completeness, and accuracy.
• Review quality assessments and customer feedback to drive continuous improvement in data management practices.
• Prepare and deliver training on data policies, security requirements, and best practices.
• Support IPTs by helping identify, curate, and manage data throughout project lifecycles.
• Provide full lifecycle support for data-related applications (build, test, deploy, train).
• Create and maintain documentation, including data dictionaries, process documentation, and code references.
• Serve as a technical expert, mentoring junior staff as needed.

Job description

CACI is seeking professionals to support data governance and analytics across mission-critical programs. You will design and implement data management standards, collaborate with data owners, and manage data across enterprise systems to enable timely, accurate decision-making.

The role emphasizes building semantic ontologies, metadata structures, and ontological governance, while providing training and guiding IPTs through data lifecycle processes.