Remote Data Governance & Metadata Scientist

SOS International LLC; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SOSi is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to support a DoD customer. The role focuses on building a scalable, federated data ecosystem to enable real-time information sharing and mission-driven analytics.

Key duties include establishing metadata governance frameworks, automating tagging for discoverability, and managing governance workflows with OpenLineage and Unity Catalog while adhering to DoD metadata policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Information Management, GIS, or related field, or 5+ years equivalent experience in data governance or metadata management.
• Experience developing and maintaining governance frameworks, metadata consistency, and interoperability between data lake and external sources.
• Proficiency in metadata management and data lineage tracking (Unity Catalog/OpenLineage).
• Experience with geospatial data standards, data cataloging, and DoD metadata policy compliance.
• Track data lineage and metadata synchronization across catalogs and enterprise repositories.
• Experience with OpenLineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata management.
• DoD NSG geospatial data standards and policy compliance experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Metadata governance

Data lineage tracking

Data governance frameworks

GIS data management

Cloud data environments

Data Catalog interoperability

OpenLineage/Atlas tooling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Data Science/Information Management/GIS or related field

5+ years equivalent experience in data governance/metadata management

Tools

OpenLineage

Apache Atlas

Unity Catalog

ESRI Kubernetes

Job description

SOSi is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to support a DoD customer. The role focuses on building a scalable, federated data ecosystem to enable real-time information sharing and mission-driven analytics.

Key duties include establishing metadata governance frameworks, automating tagging for discoverability, and managing governance workflows with OpenLineage and Unity Catalog while adhering to DoD metadata policies.