Senior Metadata Governance Lead

Red Arch Solutions; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Arch Solutions in Reston, VA is seeking a senior Metadata Governance Lead to drive enterprise metadata management, cataloging, and governance across data domains. You will collaborate with data stewards, owners, engineers, and governance boards to align with IC policies and data strategy.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, governance maturity assessment, and enabling automated metadata workflows within a cloud-enabled enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information management, Data Science, Computer Science, Library Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience supporting enterprise data governance, metadata management, or data stewardship programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing enterprise data catalogs and metadata repositories.
• Experience developing metadata standards, taxonomies, and governance procedures.
• Knowledge of Intelligence Community data management policies and governance frameworks (ICD 504/IC Data Strategy).
• Experience facilitating stakeholder engagement across technical and business organizations.
• Experience with data catalog platforms (Purview/Collibra/Alation/Atlas).
• Experience supporting data onboarding and metadata automation initiatives.
• Familiarity with data architecture, data integration, and cloud environments.
• Experience supporting federal, defense, or IC organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise metadata management and data catalog initiatives.
• Establish and maintain metadata standards, taxonomies, naming conventions, and classification guidelines.
• Oversee cataloging of enterprise data assets to improve discoverability and reuse.
• Ensure metadata completeness, accuracy, and consistency across data domains.
• Manage metadata lifecycle processes and governance workflows.
• Develop and refine metadata governance policies, processes, and SOPs.
• Participate in governance boards and working groups to advance data governance.
• Collaborate with data stewards, owners, and engineers on metadata needs.
• Support training and adoption activities related to metadata and catalog management.

Skills

Metadata governance

Data cataloging

Governance programs

Stakeholder engagement

Cloud environments

Data quality

Data stewardship

IC policy knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Management or related field

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Alation

Apache Atlas

Job description

Red Arch Solutions in Reston, VA is seeking a senior Metadata Governance Lead to drive enterprise metadata management, cataloging, and governance across data domains. You will collaborate with data stewards, owners, engineers, and governance boards to align with IC policies and data strategy.

The role emphasizes strategic leadership, governance maturity assessment, and enabling automated metadata workflows within a cloud-enabled enterprise environment.