Strategic Data Governance SME – Enterprise IC

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

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid employee healthcare premiums

HaloScripts Concierge prescription服务

Generous PTO

401K with 6% match & 4% profit sharing

Annualized bonus compensation

Tuition reimbursement

529 College Saving Plan

Student loan repayment support

11 Federal holidays

Generous referral bonuses

Job summary

Red Arch Solutions, Inc. in Reston, VA, seeks a senior Data Governance SME to lead governance strategy, policy guidance, and enterprise-wide data maturity initiatives. You will shape frameworks, standards, and stewardship models with stakeholders across government and security teams.

You will drive metadata strategies, data catalog efforts, and data-centric security while aligning with ICD 504, the IC Data Strategy, and Federal Data requirements.

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, DoD, or 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.

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 / information systems / computer science or related field

Tools

Data Catalogs

Metadata Management Tools

Job description

Red Arch Solutions, Inc. in Reston, VA, seeks a senior Data Governance SME to lead governance strategy, policy guidance, and enterprise-wide data maturity initiatives. You will shape frameworks, standards, and stewardship models with stakeholders across government and security teams.

You will drive metadata strategies, data catalog efforts, and data-centric security while aligning with ICD 504, the IC Data Strategy, and Federal Data requirements.