Data Governance, Metadata Scientist

Bart & Associates, Inc.

Data Governance & Metadata Scientist role at Celestar supporting SOUTHCOM. Responsible for developing data governance frameworks and ensuring metadata consistency across operational environments.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and maintaining data governance frameworks, ensuring metadata consistency and lineage tracking across various environments. Proficient in metadata management and compliance with DoD metadata policies, particularly in geospatial data standards.

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Data Governance FrameworksMetadata ManagementData Lineage TrackingGeospatial Data StandardsOpenLineage

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Hard Skills

Metadata ConsistencyLineage TrackingSchema AlignmentGovernance Best PracticesCloud-Based EnvironmentsData CatalogingStructured DataUnstructured DataCompliance EnforcementData Synchronization

Tools & Technologies

ESRI KubernetesOpenLineageApache Atlas

Industry Keywords

DoD Metadata PoliciesNSG Tradecraft StandardsGeospatial Datasets

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheCloudKubernetesUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Celestar, a B&A Company, is looking for a Data Governance & Metadata Scientist in support of an important mission.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with a great team while supporting SOUTHCOM.
Develop, implement, and maintain data governance frameworks.
Ensure metadata consistency, lineage tracking, and interoperability between Data Lake, ESRI Kubernetes environments, and external data sources.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proposed personnel 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.
Personnel 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.
Tracking data lineage and ensuring metadata synchronization across a Data Catalog, ESRI Kubernetes, and enterprise metadata repositories.
Utilizing OpenLineage, Apache Atlas, or similar tools for metadata and data lineage management.
Enforcing compliance with DoD metadata policies and NSG tradecraft standards for geospatial datasets.

Benefits

Comp & perks

B&A is proud to offer three robust individual and family medical plans to full time employees, including a Health Savings Account (HSA) option as well as two tiers of dental coverage, vision, life & AD&D, disability, accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance.
B&A employees enjoy paid time off.
B&A sponsored trainings and certifications.
Pet insurance benefits.
Commuter transit benefits.
Free subscription to a virtual exercise platform (NEOU).
B&A’s 401(k) plan is available to all employees and includes a company matching contribution.
The B&A Cares program: 30/60/90-day wellness check ins, personal development, financial management, and stress management seminars, and more.
A formal mentorship program.
Job shadowing and cross training opportunities.
Brand Ambassador program.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access to various support resources to include counseling, legal guidance, financial planning, and more.
Monthly teambuilding events.
B&A Annual Wellness Challenges: #StepWithB&A, #WalkDuringLunchWithB&A, #VolunteeringWithB&A, #ExerciseDuringLunchWithB&A, and more.