Senior Data Governance & MDM Specialist (Federal)

Blue Water Thinking; United States; On-site; USD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Water Thinking is seeking a Data Governance / Data Manager to establish enterprise-level data management practices for the VA OAA Data Management Center (DMC), aiming for Level 4-5 CMMI maturity.

You will identify authoritative data sources, standardize definitions, resolve duplicates, develop metadata docs, and support audits within a Microsoft-based VA environment while ensuring VA security and ATO compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in data management, data governance, or data administration.
• Familiarity with data governance frameworks and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain enterprise-level data management practices aligned with Level 4–5 CMMI target operating maturity; formal appraisal not required
• Identify authoritative data sources, standardize data definitions, resolve duplicate or conflicting data elements, fill metadata gaps, and address reporting inconsistencies across OAA applications, SQL Server 2022 databases, SSRS reports, Power BI, SharePoint, and Power Apps
• Develop and maintain data dictionaries, metadata documentation, stored procedure inventories, and report-to-data-source traceability
• Assist with data-related inputs for ATO documentation and audits
• Propose master data management recommendations as part of the Task 2 portfolio review; no specific MDM platform is required, but any proposed approach must align with the Microsoft-based OAA environment and comply with VA security and ATO requirements
• Propose data fabric or metadata-driven approaches, subject to Government approval

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Data administration

Azure Data Engineering

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science

Tools

SQL Server

SharePoint

Power Platform

Job description

Blue Water Thinking is seeking a Data Governance / Data Manager to establish enterprise-level data management practices for the VA OAA Data Management Center (DMC), aiming for Level 4-5 CMMI maturity.

You will identify authoritative data sources, standardize definitions, resolve duplicates, develop metadata docs, and support audits within a Microsoft-based VA environment while ensuring VA security and ATO compliance.