TS-Eligible Data Governance & Strategy SME

Peraton; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking an experienced Data Management and Governance Specialist/SME to support a classified U.S. Government IC contract.

You will lead enterprise data management, governance, standards, interoperability, integration, and lifecycle initiatives across the agency and customers. The role requires 8+ years in data management disciplines, a current TS clearance, and ability to translate strategic objectives into actionable data governance practices across organizational boundaries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; active TS or higher clearance required.
• 8+ years in data management, governance, architecture, strategy, or related discipline.
• Experience in enterprise data maturity assessments using recognized frameworks.
• Experience developing current-state and target-state assessments and roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of data governance, quality, metadata, architecture, standards, integration, interoperability, stewardship, lifecycle, sharing.
• Experience translating objectives into actionable data management capabilities and implementation plans.
• Ability to work across organizational boundaries and build consensus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Data Management and Governance SME across Agency and customer organizations.
• Provide expertise in data management, governance, standards, interoperability, integration, quality, metadata, and lifecycle management.
• Assess current state of data management and governance maturity.
• Apply IC data maturity frameworks and benchmarks to evaluate capabilities.
• Conduct benchmarking to identify leading practices and maturity targets.
• Gather stakeholder input via interviews, workshops, surveys, and sessions.
• Develop current-state assessments documenting capabilities, processes, technologies, roles, policies, standards, governance.
• Identify gaps, risks, dependencies, and opportunities across the enterprise.
• Develop target-state capabilities aligned with mission requirements.
• Create Enterprise Data Strategy with vision, objectives, priorities, capabilities, and roadmap.
• Develop practical implementation roadmaps prioritizing initiatives by value and readiness.
• Define and document data management practices, standards, templates, and guidance.
• Develop governance frameworks with roles, responsibilities, and operating models.
• Governance processes for ownership, stewardship, quality, access, sharing, classification, metadata, lifecycle.
• Establish or enhance Data Stewardship roles across organizations.
• Develop data standards and guidance for consistency and interoperability.
• Assess data standards and align with IC, Federal, and industry standards.
• Support definitions, taxonomies, metadata standards, models for interoperability.
• Develop processes for managing authoritative data sources and assets.
• Support data quality standards, metrics, processes, and governance mechanisms.
• Define metadata management, data cataloging, lineage, and discovery approaches.
• Develop governance practices enabling data sharing across boundaries.
• Collaborate with data architects, engineers, analysts, scientists, cybersecurity professionals, and leadership.
• Coordinate with multiple organizations to reduce data silos.
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops to establish priorities and governance practices.
• Develop executive briefings, reports, and recommendations.
• Communicate complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Establish measurable data governance KPIs to track progress.
• Support governance artifacts—policies, charters, procedures, standards, playbooks, templates.
• Evaluate emerging data management technologies and practices for applicability.
• Support integration of governance into broader data, analytics, AI, and technology initiatives.
• Ensure governance aligns with security, classification, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Management

Data Architecture

Data Standards

Data Integration

Data Interoperability

Data Quality

Metadata Management

Data Stewardship

Data Lifecycle Management

Data Sharing

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication

Facilitation

Presentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Management, Business, Engineering, or related discipline

Job description

Peraton is seeking an experienced Data Management and Governance Specialist/SME to support a classified U.S. Government IC contract.

You will lead enterprise data management, governance, standards, interoperability, integration, and lifecycle initiatives across the agency and customers. The role requires 8+ years in data management disciplines, a current TS clearance, and ability to translate strategic objectives into actionable data governance practices across organizational boundaries.