Strategic Enterprise Data Architect — Governance & Stewardship

Koniag Services, Inc.; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K matching

FSA

Paid holidays

PTO 3 weeks

Job summary

Koniag Advisory and Business Solutions, LLC is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect (Governance) to strengthen enterprise data governance, metadata management, lineage, and trusted data use across mission systems in a hybrid role in Washington, DC. You will define governance architecture and drive standards across the Digital Workplace environment.

Responsibilities include developing policies, leading data catalog initiatives, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure data quality, privacy,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Data Management, Computer Science, Business Analytics, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture, data governance, data management, or information management.
• Experience implementing data catalog, metadata management, lineage, stewardship, or data quality capabilities.
• DAMA, CDMP, DCAM, cloud data, or data governance certification.
• Experience supporting federal data strategy, evidence-building, privacy, records, or compliance requirements.
• Experience with Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview, Informatica, Atlan, or comparable data catalog platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop data governance architecture, policies, standards, stewardship models, metadata models, and data lifecycle practices.
• Lead integration planning for data catalog capabilities, business glossary, lineage, quality rules, ownership, and stewardship workflows.
• Assess current data assets, data flows, ownership gaps, and governance maturity to recommend practical implementation priorities.
• Define data classification, access, privacy, retention, and quality controls in partnership with cybersecurity and compliance stakeholders.
• Support data catalog configuration, metadata ingestion, source-system integration, and governance workflow design.
• Collaborate with data architects, analytics engineers, business owners, and platform teams to align governance with delivery needs.
• Produce governance roadmaps, operating procedures, decision records, data standards, and adoption materials.

Skills

Data governance

Data architecture

Stakeholder collaboration

Policy to workflow

Governance documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IS/Data Management/CS

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Informatica

Atlan

Job description

Koniag Advisory and Business Solutions, LLC is seeking an Enterprise Data Architect (Governance) to strengthen enterprise data governance, metadata management, lineage, and trusted data use across mission systems in a hybrid role in Washington, DC. You will define governance architecture and drive standards across the Digital Workplace environment.

Responsibilities include developing policies, leading data catalog initiatives, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure data quality, privacy,