Senior Data Manager

Archer; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer, in collaboration with MANTECH, seeks a Senior Data Manager to lead overhead satellite imagery preprocessing and manage a contractor team in support of a government client. The role emphasizes data operations from acquisition to ETL, ensuring data quality and compliance.

On-site in Springfield, VA, you will collaborate with DoD stakeholders, enforce standards, maintain data dictionaries/ERDs, and advocate best practices across EO, SAR, and related sensor modalities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Data Engineering, or Geospatial Analysis.
• 3+ years of people management experience; strong problem-solving & communication.
• 4+ years of experience with quantitative analysis, visualizations, processing data, and ETL.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases and cloud architectures.
• 2+ years working with large, complex geospatial data files/formats.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and managerial leadership over overhead satellite imagery preprocessing operations.
• Act as Government's primary interface to the team and manage contractors to ensure tasks/requirements are executed.
• Oversee, monitor, and maintain the data operations pipeline—from data acquisition to transformations and data movement.
• Direct and lead contractor data operations team members, providing project management guidance and technical expertise.
• Conduct regular QC to ensure data holdings meet requirements, schemas, and standards.
• Apply engineering best practices to maximize data pipeline efficiency and performance across EO, FMV, HMI, and SAR.
• Ensure data dictionaries, ERDs, and code comments/documentation are maintained.

Skills

People management

Data pipeline management

ETL processing

Geospatial data

SQL/NoSQL databases

Cloud architectures

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science/Geospatial Data Engineering

Job description

Archer is collaborating with MANTECH to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. MANTECH seeks a highly motivated, career and client-oriented Senior Data Manager to join our Data and AI Practice and support a client in Springfield, VA. This is an on-site position.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To

• Provide technical and managerial leadership over the overhead satellite imagery (EO/SAR) preprocessing operations.
• Act as the Government's primary communication interface to the team and manage other contractors to ensure tasks and requirements are successfully executed.
• Oversee, monitor, and maintain the data operations pipeline—including data acquisition, ingestion, preprocessing, transformations, and bi-directional data movement between platforms.
• Direct and lead contractor data operations team members, providing project management guidance and technical expertise for data creation and management initiatives.
• Conduct regular QC and monitoring of data holdings to ensure compliance with specified requirements, data schemas, and standards.
• Apply engineering best practices to maximize data pipeline efficiency and performance across multiple sensor modalities, such as EO, FMV, HMI, and SAR.
• Ensure data dictionaries, Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD), and software source code comments/documentation are continuously maintained and updated.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Data Science, Data Engineering, or Geospatial analysis.
• 3+ years of people management experience along with strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Extensive technical project management experience with a proven track record of independently driving strategic projects to completion.
• 4+ years of experience performing quantitative analysis, creating visualizations, processing complex data, and managing extract, transform, load (ETL) procedures.
• Working knowledge of database technologies (SQL, NoSQL), demonstrated experience managing databases/pipelines, and experience with cloud architectures.
• 2+ years of experience working directly with large, complex geospatial data files and formats.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working directly with the Department of Defense.
• Experience collaborating with government leads and AI Task Forces to align AI policies across client organizations.
• Demonstrated experience providing technical insights and implementation support for integrating data acquisition, preprocessing, and management platforms.

Clearance Requirements

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• This role involves delivering presentations at client locations, primarily in Springfield, VA.