Senior Data Librarian & Catalog Lead (Remote)

General Dynamics IT; United States; Remote; USD 81,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

General Dynamics IT seeks a Data Librarian to support NASA programs, embedded in the DIISC within ACPO. The role makes data findable, understandable, and trusted by cataloging datasets and setting metadata standards.

You will map data lineage, onboard new datasets, and drive adoption of an enterprise catalog tool (DataHub, Atlan, Collibra, Alation, Purview), ensuring integration with Dagster and solid documentation.

Qualifications

• Master's in Library and Information Science with a data curation or informatics focus.

Responsibilities

• Catalog and describe datasets with clear, searchable records.
• Build taxonomies, vocabularies, and a shared glossary.
• Define metadata standards and ensure adoption across teams.
• Help analysts find data and understand provenance.
• Map data lineage end-to-end across sources and flows.
• Onboard datasets and manage data quality and provenance.
• Evaluate and integrate an enterprise data catalog tool and ensure Dagster integration.

Skills

Data catalog

Metadata management

Data curation

Data lineage

Stakeholder communication

Education

MLS/MLIS in data curation

Tools

DataHub

Atlan

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Microsoft Purview

Amundsen

Job description

General Dynamics IT seeks a Data Librarian to support NASA programs, embedded in the DIISC within ACPO. The role makes data findable, understandable, and trusted by cataloging datasets and setting metadata standards.

You will map data lineage, onboard new datasets, and drive adoption of an enterprise catalog tool (DataHub, Atlan, Collibra, Alation, Purview), ensuring integration with Dagster and solid documentation.