SME Data Governance

Red Arch Solutions; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Arch Solutions seeks a senior Data Governance SME to lead enterprise governance initiatives across the IC and federal landscape. You will shape governance frameworks, metadata strategies, and data standards while collaborating with data owners, security teams, architects, and engineers to drive trust and compliance.

The role emphasizes data-centric security, ABAC-based access, and governance program maturity, with a focus on governance councils and executive briefings to advance data-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent experience in data management, information systems, CS, or related field.
• Minimum 16 years of experience in enterprise data governance, data management, metadata management, or related initiatives.
• Minimum 5 years supporting Federal Government, DoD, or IC organizations.
• Experience developing and implementing enterprise governance frameworks, policies, standards, and stewardship processes.
• Experience supporting metadata management, data cataloging, data lineage, and data quality initiatives.
• Experience leading cross-functional governance efforts with technical, operational, security, and business stakeholders.
• Experience briefing senior leadership and facilitating governance boards, councils, and working groups.
• Knowledge of IC information-sharing requirements, data interoperability, and governance best practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and mature enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating procedures.
• Advise government leadership on governance strategies, data management best practices, and enterprise data initiatives.
• Lead governance activities supporting enterprise data management, metadata management, information sharing, and data modernization efforts.
• Collaborate with data owners, data stewards, cybersecurity personnel, architects, and engineering teams to establish governance controls and accountability mechanisms.
• Develop and maintain data standards, business rules, taxonomies, metadata requirements, and stewardship processes.
• Ensure alignment with ICD 504, IC Data Strategy, Federal Data Strategy, and agency-specific governance requirements.
• Support implementation of data-centric security principles through data classification, tagging, labeling, and metadata-driven governance approaches.
• Partner with Zero Trust teams to ensure governance processes support ABAC and secure information-sharing objectives.
• Lead development of governance metrics, data quality measures, stewardship performance indicators, and program maturity assessments.
• Support enterprise data catalog, metadata management, and lineage initiatives to improve discoverability and transparency of data assets.
• Facilitate governance councils, working groups, stakeholder forums, and executive-level briefings.
• Conduct governance assessments and recommend process improvements to enhance organizational data maturity.
• Support data onboarding initiatives and ensure new datasets comply with governance standards and enterprise architecture requirements.
• Develop governance artifacts, policy recommendations, standards documentation, and implementation roadmaps.
• Promote data literacy, stewardship adoption, and governance awareness across stakeholder communities.

Skills

Enterprise Data Governance

Data Stewardship

Data Quality Management

Metadata Management

Data Lifecycle Management

Data Catalog Management

Data Standards Development

Data Policy Development

Information Management

Data Classification and Tagging

Education

Bachelor’s degree in data management or related discipline

Job description

Position Summary

The Data Governance SME serves as the senior advisor for enterprise data governance initiatives, providing strategic leadership, policy guidance, and subject matter expertise to establish and mature data governance capabilities across the organization. This role is responsible for developing governance frameworks, data standards, stewardship models, metadata strategies, and compliance processes to ensure data is managed as a strategic enterprise asset.
The Data Governance SME collaborates with government stakeholders, mission owners, data stewards, security teams, architects, and engineers to improve data quality, accessibility, interoperability, discoverability, and trust while ensuring compliance with Intelligence Community (IC), Federal, and organizational requirements. The position plays a critical role in supporting information sharing, data-centric security, and enterprise data modernization efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and mature enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, standards, and operating procedures.
• Advise government leadership on governance strategies, data management best practices, and enterprise data initiatives.
• Lead governance activities supporting enterprise data management, metadata management, information sharing, and data modernization efforts.
• Collaborate with data owners, data stewards, cybersecurity personnel, architects, and engineering teams to establish governance controls and accountability mechanisms.
• Develop and maintain data standards, business rules, taxonomies, metadata requirements, and stewardship processes.
• Ensure alignment with ICD 504, IC Data Strategy, Federal Data Strategy, and agency-specific governance requirements.
• Support implementation of data-centric security principles through data classification, tagging, labeling, and metadata-driven governance approaches.
• Partner with Zero Trust teams to ensure governance processes support Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and secure information-sharing objectives.
• Lead development of governance metrics, data quality measures, stewardship performance indicators, and program maturity assessments.
• Support enterprise data catalog, metadata management, and lineage initiatives to improve discoverability and transparency of data assets.
• Facilitate governance councils, working groups, stakeholder forums, and executive-level briefings.
• Conduct governance assessments and recommend process improvements to enhance organizational data maturity.
• Support data onboarding initiatives and ensure new datasets comply with governance standards and enterprise architecture requirements.
• Develop governance artifacts, policy recommendations, standards documentation, and implementation roadmaps.
• Promote data literacy, stewardship adoption, and governance awareness across stakeholder communities.

Required Skills

Governance & Data Management

• Enterprise Data Governance
• Data Stewardship
• Data Quality Management
• Metadata Management
• Data Lifecycle Management
• Data Catalog Management
• Data Standards Development
• Data Policy Development
• Information Management
• Data Classification and Tagging

Compliance & Security

• ICD 504
• IC Data Strategy
• Federal Data Governance Requirements
• Privacy and Compliance Management
• Information Sharing Policies
• Zero Trust Concepts
• Data-Centric Security
• Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)

Strategic & Programmatic

• Governance Program Development
• Executive Advisory Support
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Organizational Change Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Governance Assessments
• Strategic Planning
• Process Improvement

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in data management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Management, Data Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 16 years of experience supporting enterprise data governance, data management, metadata management, information management, or related initiatives.
• Minimum of 5 years supporting Federal Government, Department of Defense (DoD), or Intelligence Community (IC) organizations.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing enterprise governance frameworks, policies, standards, and stewardship processes.
• Experience supporting enterprise metadata management, data cataloging, data lineage, and data quality initiatives.
• Experience leading cross-functional governance efforts involving technical, operational, security, and business stakeholders.
• Experience briefing senior leadership and facilitating governance boards, councils, and working groups.
• Knowledge of IC information-sharing requirements, data interoperability initiatives, and enterprise governance best practices.

Salary range for this role $190-215K #CJ