Remote Data Governance & Metadata Scientist

SOS International LLC; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 76,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work option

Job summary

SOS International LLC seeks a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to build and sustain a scalable federated data ecosystem for a DoD customer. The role focuses on bridging operational gaps for real-time information sharing and mission-tailored analytics; position contingent on contract award.

Responsibilities include governing metadata, tagging automation, and reporting compliance with DoD policies while integrating with data catalogs, GIS standards, and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks ensuring consistency and interoperability.
• Ensure metadata lineage tracking and data catalog alignment across systems and sources.
• Demonstrate experience with geospatial data standards and DoD metadata policy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks.
• Develop automated metadata tagging to improve data discovery and lineage tracking.
• Implement and manage data governance workflows with OpenLineage, Unity Catalog, and GIS metadata standards.
• Submit the Metadata & Data Governance Compliance Report detailing lineage and security enhancements.

Skills

Metadata management

Data governance

Data lineage tracking

Geospatial data

Data cataloging

OpenLineage/OpenLineage

Unity Catalog

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science / Information Management / GIS

5 years of equivalent data governance experience

Tools

OpenLineage

Apache Atlas

Unity Catalog

Job description

SOS International LLC seeks a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to build and sustain a scalable federated data ecosystem for a DoD customer. The role focuses on bridging operational gaps for real-time information sharing and mission-tailored analytics; position contingent on contract award.

Responsibilities include governing metadata, tagging automation, and reporting compliance with DoD policies while integrating with data catalogs, GIS standards, and cloud environments.