Senior Information Specialist

Position Description:

If you thrive at the intersection of information architecture strategy and governance this position offers the chance to shape how mission critical scientific and technical knowledge is organized accessed and preserved. As a Senior Information Specialist youll take the lead in developing enterprise level taxonomies and metadata frameworks maturing content ecosystems guiding digital preservation and establishing data governance and compliance standards. Youll partner closely with business and technical stakeholders to design sustainable structures and processes that strengthen discoverability improve consistency and ensure long term stewardship. Your work will have enterprise wide impactsupporting informed decision making creating organizational clarity and enabling deeper insight through well structured information.

Your future duties and responsibilities:

The Senior Information Specialist drives the strategy design and governance of knowledge organization assets including taxonomies metadata standards controlled vocabularies and enterprise content structures. This role focuses on building durable frameworks improving information quality and interoperability maturing repositories and ensuring long term accessibility and preservation of digital assets. The specialist also leads initiatives in information governance accessibility compliance data management best practices and quantitative metrics development providing expert guidance to stakeholders across the organization.

You will shape the policies frameworks and structures that ensure information is consistently organized governed and discoverable. Working closely with teams across the enterprise you will guide the design of classification models metadata architectures and content lifecycle strategies that scale with organizational needs.

Design develop and maintain taxonomies controlled vocabularies code sets and glossaries that support enterprise wide content organization and interoperability.
Establish metadata frameworks schemas crosswalks and governance standards to unify how content is defined described and classified across systems.
Lead efforts to mature content repositories including structure workflows configuration and lifecycle management (creation curation archival preservation).
Serve as a task level lead and system administrator for enterprise terminology and vocabulary management platforms ensuring quality consistency and adoption.
Drive accessibility compliance efforts for information assets ensuring alignment with Section 508/WCAG principles and embedding accessibility considerations into content practices and system requirements.
Oversee digital preservation strategies including risk assessments format guidance and preservation metadata to ensure long term sustainability of content.
Develop data management templates standards and best practice documents to guide consistent high quality content creation and metadata application.
Conduct requirements gathering activities with stakeholders converting business needs into information models governance policies and technical specifications.
Create and manage documentation that supports system configuration governance decisions definitions and information architecture rationale.
Lead quantitative metrics development to measure content quality metadata completeness repository usage search performance and governance effectiveness.
Synthesize metrics into meaningful insights and recommendations for executives and system owners.
Support cross functional teams with expert consultation on information architecture content strategy and metadata utilization.
Coordinate with system administrators data architects and business owners to ensure enterprise search content repositories and data platforms rely on consistent and optimized metadata structures.
Maintain awareness of industry trendsmetadata standards information governance practices semantic technologies and digital preservation methodologiesand integrate relevant advancements.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

Were looking for an experienced information professional with deep expertise in taxonomy and metadata design information governance repository maturation and long term digital asset stewardship. The ideal candidate excels in structuring complex information ecosystems influencing across teams and building sustainable standards based frameworks.
10 years of experience in information science knowledge management metadata architecture or related domains
Demonstrated mastery of taxonomy development controlled vocabulary design and metadata modeling at enterprise scale.
Experience architecting metadata schemas application profiles mappings and crosswalks; strong familiarity with recognized metadata standards and best practices.
Proven ability to design or improve content repositories content lifecycle models and semantic searchenabling structures.
Experience administering enterprise terminology or vocabulary management platforms.
Strong background in accessibility compliance including remediation planning and standards interpretation.
Expertise in digital preservation including preservation metadata risk analysis sustainability of digital formats and archival workflows.
Experience developing governance documents policies metadata standards and information architecture guidance.
Facility with requirements gathering stakeholder engagement and translating complex needs into structured information models and decisions.
Strong analytical skills with experience defining metrics for content quality metadata completeness and repository usage.
Exceptional written communication including the ability to develop standards documentation assessments and executive level summaries.
Bachelors degree in Information Science Library/Information Studies Knowledge Management Computer Science or related field

Preferred Qualifications
Experience with ontology development entity relationship modeling and semantic technology concepts.
Familiarity with digital preservation frameworks applied archival science practices and classification models.
Exposure to enterprise search tuning indexing strategies and knowledge graphadjacent workflows.
Experience with data governance programs metadata management tools or content services platforms.
Leadership experience in cross functional governance information architecture working groups or standards bodies.

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set level experience relevant training and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $89600.00 - $218200.00.
CGI Federals benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include:
.Competitive compensation
.Comprehensive insurance options
.Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
.Paid time off for vacation holidays and sick time
.Paid parental leave
.Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
.Wellness and Well-being programs
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Skills:

• Data Architecture
• Information Management
• Risk analysis

What you can expect from us:

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You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

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