Knowledge Systems Lead
Company Overview:
KODA is a people-first company recognized as a five-time winner of Huntsvilles Best Places to Work Award certified as a Great Place to Work and a Best Place for Working Parents. KODA is a small business focused on solving complex engineering problems on national-priority projects in domains such as missile defense hypersonics DOD space and civil space.
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Position Overview:
As the Knowledge Systems Lead you will be responsible for overseeing the organizations knowledge management implementation ensuring that information is effectively captured organized and shared across the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Mission Integration (ODASD(MI)). This role requires a combination of technical proficiency strong communication skills and the ability to lead knowledge management initiatives. This position will be located in the Alexandria VA area.
What Youll Be Doing:
- Develop and lead Mission Integration (MI) Divisions Knowledge Systems Strategy that enhances the accessibility and usability of large-scale structured and unstructured data assets for implementation on unclassified and classified information systems.
- Implement taxonomy metadata and data catalog standards to improve discoverability and data trust.
- Facilitate and promote a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration across various teams and departments.
- Lead knowledge system and management projects from planning to execution.
- Develop and manage training programs to enhance knowledge management skills across the organization.
- Ability to advise on the implementation of Records Management guidance.
- Develop and manage governance structures to ensure compliance and standardization in knowledge management best practices.
- Develop maintain curate and administer access for the content of knowledge management systems. Content includes data models architectures and other mission engineering artifacts.
- Coordinate with the Ecosystem lead to ensure equities are established by identifying evaluating and supporting the implementation of knowledge management tools to enhance knowledge management implementation within unclassified and classified information systems.
- Coordinate with external organizations implementing similar knowledge management systems to determine Mission Integration equities integration challenges and potential future migration planning.
Required Skills:
- Bachelors in Information Science Data Science Knowledge Management Computer Science or related field
- 7 years in Knowledge Systems Knowledge Management or Data Governance roles.
- Proven experience managing large complex data ecosystems and distributed data sources.
- Experience working with structured and unstructured data across diverse platforms.
- Track record of developing and leading strategies for organizations with big data needs.
Desired Skills:
- Deep understanding of metadata management data classification data cataloging and taxonomies.
- Hands-on knowledge of cloud data environments (e.g. AWS Azure GCP)
- Knowledge of data architecture data lakes and data warehousing as they relate to knowledge graphs
- Proficient in data integration and accessibility strategies APIs and interoperability standards
- Experience developing managing and using SharePoint and other KM and/or tools
- Familiarity with APQC Knowledge Management best practices
- Experience in supporting technical and/or operational customers including interfacing with external stakeholders and senior government personnel.
- Engage and communicate effectively with executive leadership to align knowledge management initiatives with organizational goals.
- Experience providing strong organizational and communication skills including preparing presentations and other visualization forms to communicate results and artifacts to varied audiences.
- Experience maintaining configuration management on large and complex projects and developing and administering integrated data environments including cloud-based storage approaches.
- Project management experience to plan execute and oversee knowledge management projects.
- Certifications such as CKM CDMP or CIP.
Clearance: Active Top Secret with SCI Eligibility and US Citizenship is required.
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