Senior Data Steward: Remote Data Governance & Catalogs

Synectics for Management Decisions Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Synectics for Management Decisions Inc. seeks a Data Steward to oversee enterprise data platforms for a government program in the Washington DC area. The role is remote with periodic onsite reporting as required by client needs; it is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities include building data dictionaries, metadata policies, and automated cataloging. Collaboration with domain leads is required to address data lineage gaps affecting AI reliability and data trust.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or enterprise information architecture.
• Hands-on expertise with enterprise catalog tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, or Apache Atlas).
• Familiarity with federal data governance mandates (e.g., Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act)

Responsibilities

• Build and enforce data dictionary, automated cataloging, and comprehensive metadata management policies across multi-domain enclaves.
• Audit business line repositories to classify, tags, and register unstructured 'dark data' assets.
• Collaborate with Mission Domain Leads to resolve data lineage gaps blocking AI algorithmic reliability.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Enterprise information architecture

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Apache Atlas

Job description

Synectics for Management Decisions Inc. seeks a Data Steward to oversee enterprise data platforms for a government program in the Washington DC area. The role is remote with periodic onsite reporting as required by client needs; it is contingent upon contract award.

Responsibilities include building data dictionaries, metadata policies, and automated cataloging. Collaboration with domain leads is required to address data lineage gaps affecting AI reliability and data trust.