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Data Governance & Metadata Scientist Mid

Nalley Consulting


Job Location:

Doral, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 31 May 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 28 August 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy
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Job Summary

Join the Nalley Consulting team at Southcom HQ.

Position:Data Governance & Metadata Scientist
LCAT:Mid
Location:SOUTHCOM HQ Doral FL / Off-site
Office:U.S. SOUTHERN COMMAND J2


Required clearance:No

Required education:Bachelors degree in Data Science Information Management GIS or a related field or five (5) years of equivalent experience in data governance metadata management or geospatial data integration.

Description:
  • Establish and maintain metadata governance frameworks ensuring compliance with DoD data management policies and interoperability with a Data Catalog.
  • Develop automated metadata tagging processes to improve data discoverability classification and lineage tracking within the Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) platform.
  • Implement and manage data governance workflows ensuring integration with OpenLineage Unity Catalog and GIS metadata standards.
  • Submit the Metadata & Data Governance Compliance Report detailing lineage tracking classification policies and security enhancements.
Required Experience:
  • Possess the knowledge and capability to develop implement and maintain data governance frameworks ensuring metadata consistency lineage tracking and interoperability between Data Lake ESRI Kubernetes environments and external data sources.
  • Must be proficient in metadata management data lineage tracking (Unity Catalog/OpenLineage) schema alignment and governance best practices.
  • Expertise in geospatial data standards data cataloging and compliance with DoD metadata policies is required.
  • Must have demonstrated experience in implementing metadata governance frameworks for structured and unstructured data in cloud-based environments.
  • Must have demonstrated experience in tracking data lineage and ensuring metadata synchronization across a Data Catalog ESRI Kubernetes and enterprise metadata repositories.
  • Must have demonstrated experience in utilizing OpenLineage Apache Atlas or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.
  • Must have demonstrated experience in enforcing compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets.
Desired Qualifications:
  • Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP)

ABOUT NALLEY CONSULTING

Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business working with prime partners to staff Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions. Created by a U.S. Navy intelligence veteran Nalley Consulting has grown to include multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states.

Nalley Consulting fringe benefits include:

  • Excellent medical dental and vision benefits
  • PTO
  • 11 paid federal holidays
  • Tuition assistance
  • Paid military-reserve leave
  • Paid parental leave for birth or adoption
  • 401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary
  • Flex time
  • Company-paid short-term disability long-term disability and life insurance.

Required Experience:

Manager


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