Data Governance & Metadata Scientist

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist to support USSOUTHCOM J26 ENHANCED DOMAIN AWARENESS task order. This role involves developing, implementing, and maintaining data governance frameworks to ensure metadata consistency, lineage tracking, and interoperability between Data Lake, ESRI Kubernetes environments, and external data sources.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain data governance frameworks.
• Ensure metadata consistency, lineage tracking, and interoperability between Data Lake, ESRI Kubernetes environments, and external data sources.
• Manage metadata, data lineage tracking (Unity Catalog/OpenLineage), schema alignment, and governance best practices.
• Apply expertise in geospatial data standards, data cataloging, and compliance with DoD metadata policies.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Information Management, GIS, or a related field OR a minimum of 5 years of equivalent experience in data governance, metadata management, or geospatial data integration.
• Demonstrated experience implementing metadata governance frameworks for structured and unstructured data in cloud-based environments.
• Experience tracking data lineage and ensuring metadata synchronization across a Data Catalog, ESRI Kubernetes, and enterprise metadata repositories.
• Proficiency utilizing OpenLineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.
• Ability to enforce compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP).
• DAMA Certified Data Governance Professional (DGSP).
• ESRI Geospatial Data Management Certification.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Information Management, GIS, or a related field.
• No degree.
• OR Minimum of 5 years of equivalent experience in data governance, metadata management, or geospatial data integration.

Required Certifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• No Security Clearance Required

Pay & Benefit Highlights

Compensation

• Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
• Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
• Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).

Health

• 100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
• 100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
• 100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.

Income Protection

• 100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
• 100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
• 100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.

Retirement

• 401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.

Leave

• Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
• 11 paid floating holidays.

Work-Life Balance

• Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).

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