Senior Metadata Governance Lead & Data Catalog

Red Arch Solutions; Reston (VA); Presencial; USD 160.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Red Arch Solutions is seeking a Metadata Governance Lead to serve as the senior authority for enterprise metadata management, data cataloging, and governance across the organization. This role drives efforts to improve data discoverability, quality, interoperability, and IC-aligned compliance with governance standards.

You will partner with data stewards, owners, engineers, and governance stakeholders to develop metadata standards, manage catalog operations, and advance automated metadata

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in information management, Data Science, Computer Science, Library Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 10+ years in enterprise data governance, metadata management, or data stewardship.
• Experience managing data catalogs and metadata repositories.
• Experience developing metadata standards, taxonomies, and governance procedures.
• Knowledge of ICD 504 and IC Data Strategy requirements.
• Familiarity with federal/defense/intelligence environments.

Responsabilidades

• Lead enterprise metadata management and data catalog initiatives.
• Establish metadata standards, taxonomies, naming conventions, and classification guidelines.
• Oversee cataloging of enterprise data assets to improve discoverability and reuse.
• Ensure metadata accuracy, completeness, and consistency across data domains.
• Develop and refine metadata governance policies, processes, and SOPs.
• Collaborate with governance boards and data stewards to meet IC data policy requirements.
• Drive metadata automation and workflow enhancements with development teams.
• Support training and adoption of metadata cataloging practices.

Conocimientos

Metadata governance

Data catalog management

Stakeholder engagement

Governance policy development

Metadata standards

Cloud environments

Data quality improvement

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in information management or related field

Herramientas

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Alation

Apache Atlas

Descripción del empleo

Red Arch Solutions is seeking a Metadata Governance Lead to serve as the senior authority for enterprise metadata management, data cataloging, and governance across the organization. This role drives efforts to improve data discoverability, quality, interoperability, and IC-aligned compliance with governance standards.

You will partner with data stewards, owners, engineers, and governance stakeholders to develop metadata standards, manage catalog operations, and advance automated metadata