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Job description
Aleknagik Technology, LLC is searching for a qualified candidate to fill the role of Governance Data Architect . This position supports enterprise-level data governance initiatives for a federal health organization and requires close collaboration with technical, security, and mission stakeholders.
The selected candidate must be within commuting distance of Falls Church, VA, as this role requires on-site and hybrid support in alignment with customer requirements.
Duties
Define and maintain enterprise data governance architecture supporting a federated data ecosystem.
Translate data governance policy and compliance requirements into implementable technical designs, patterns, and workflows.
Establish architectural standards for metadata management, stewardship, lineage, classification, and policy enforcement.
Ensure alignment with DoD, DHA, NIST, HIPAA, FISMA, RMF, and Zero Trust requirements.
Define metadata models and baseline data inventory frameworks cataloging authoritative and secondary-use data systems.
Establish standardized technical, business, operational, and security metadata elements.
Architect interim centralized repositories using approved platforms, ensuring proper access controls, versioning, and auditability.
Ensure repository and inventory designs are forward-compatible with enterprise data catalog solutions.
Support Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) efforts for enterprise data catalog platforms, including definition of evaluation criteria and technical assessments.
Define enterprise metadata standards, taxonomies, naming conventions, and lifecycle workflows.
Architect federated metadata exchange patterns across internal and external catalog platforms.
Enable role-based self-service data discovery and stewardship workflows.
Support user acceptance testing (UAT), usability assessments, and adoption strategies.
Collaborate with data owners, stewards, system owners, SMEs, and security stakeholders.
Provide architectural guidance for optional federated governance models and data product lifecycle management.
Required Experience
4–7 years of experience in Enterprise data governance and data architecture.
Metadata management and data catalog platforms.
Federated or hybrid data architectures.
DoD or federal data policy and compliance environments.
Translating governance policy into technical implementations.
Stakeholder engagement and technical leadership.
Risk-aware architecture and ATO-sensitive system design.
Required Education
Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as Information Technology, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Physical or Life Sciences.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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Worksite address
falls church, VA, 22042, US
Who can apply
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