Senior Data Manager

ManTech; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

MANTECH International Corporation seeks a Senior Data Manager to join the Data and AI Practice in Springfield, VA. This on-site role leads overhead imagery preprocessing and data operations, coordinating with the Government and contractors to ensure successful execution of tasks.

The candidate will manage data pipelines, QC, and documentation across EO, FMV, HMI, and SAR modalities, and guide the data operations team with strong project management and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Data Engineering, or Geospatial analysis.
• 3+ years of people management experience and strong problem-solving & communication skills.
• Extensive technical project management experience delivering strategic projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and managerial leadership over overhead satellite imagery preprocessing (EO/SAR).
• Act as primary interface to the Government and manage contractors to ensure tasks meet requirements.
• Oversee data operations pipeline from acquisition to ETL across platforms.
• Lead contractor data operations team, offering project management guidance and technical expertise.
• Conduct QC and monitoring of data holdings to meet data schemas and standards.
• Apply engineering best practices to maximize data pipeline efficiency across sensor modalities.
• Maintain data dictionaries, ERDs, and code comments/documentation.

Skills

People management

Problem solving

Communication

Project management

SQL

NoSQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Data Science/Engineering/Geospatial

Tools

SQL

NoSQL

Cloud platforms

Job description

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.

MANTECH International Corporation considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to disability or veteran status or any other status protected under any federal, state, or local law or regulation.

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