Senior Data Management Specialist

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Data Management Specialist with an expertise in both Data Architecture and Business Analytics to help our Federal client in facilitating and maturing a Data Analytics program within an Office of the Chief Data Officer (OCDO). This involves leading execution and ensuring that the strategy and vision of the Office of Chief Data Officer (OCDO) is delivered within the clients expectations in the Washington, DC/Camp Springs, Maryland area.

* Provide system architectural support and knowledge to assess data infrastructure, reporting tools, analytical tools and other supporting systems.
* Specific knowledge of modern data streaming technologies and practices in data visualization, presentation, and analytical tools should be necessary.
* Provide support to establish and implement data functional definitions, semantic context, and syntactic standards to promote universal understanding of our Federal Client's data, both internally and externally.
* Provide support to set data quality benchmarks, develop and report data quality metrics, strengthen data quality practices, monitor data performance against the data quality benchmarks, streamline issue identification, create and review business cases for data quality improvement initiatives, and support execution of data quality improvement initiatives.

* Develop and assist with implementation of a unified model to assess case complexity automatically, using comparative data sources for information validation, indicators of case features that contribute to complexity, potential automatic case routing, and producing other insights and recommendations to support officers.

* Define and maintain canonical data elements & definitions, data standards, policies and business rules, constraints using regular expressions, reference datasets.
* Knowledge of web services using API Protocols and validate data formats such as (JSON, SOAP and XML)
* Profile various source systems, document inferences and support data quality initiatives
* Assist with data sharing activities: Meet with data partners internally and externally. In collaboration with the client, understand data partner desires and requirements to data sharing. Provide drafting and writing support for data sharing agreements, procedures related to data sharing, data sharing visual maps, privacy documentation. Be comfortable conducting research related to statutory and regulatory authority that enables data sharing activities throughout the federal government. Support the client in the process of negotiating data sharing agreements and in drafting those agreements.
* Assist with data governance activities: Draft, revise, update, and prepare meeting materials for data governance bodies. Perform functions related to staffing data governance activities such as scheduling, room and resource reservations, and other logistics. Also provide support related to taking notes at meetings, compiling notes, revising notes, editing notes, and distributing notes. Be comfortable performing, supporting, or directing these support functions, as directed.
* Improving the data sharing and data governance enterprise: Apply common best practices to bridge the gap between technical subject matter experts and the business to enable the data sharing & governance branch to better assess processes, define requirements, and deliver business process recommendations executives and stakeholders.
* Improve processes that support data sharing and data governance: Engage with business leaders and users to understand how improvements to process, products, services, and software can improve efficiencies and add value; clearly articulate ideas but balance expectations against whats feasible and reasonable. Identify process inadequacies and/or deficiencies that affect the teams ability to support/meet organizational goals and work with the organization to analyze, and redesign if necessary, processes; as a member of a project team, assist with the analysis and implementation of process improvements.
* Improvement planning and change management: Run requirements elicitation and analysis sessions to collect, validate, and prioritize requirements to ensure the customer's needs are accurately captured, understood, and delivered in a communicable format. Create and maintain requirements documentation repositories and assist with documentation related to requirements processes. Coordinate project activities and communications among diverse groups of internal and external clients and team members.
* Stakeholder management & Communications: Create conceptual process models and identify relevant issues and considerations in selecting business or technical solutions; identify alternative solutions and communicate alternatives analyses. Help facilitate the direction and strategy for project engagements while ensuring the business needs are being addressed and technical teams are supported

Requirements

* Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related science degree or 8 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
* 5+ years of information systems experience required, with a preference 5+ years of Data Architecture
* Experienced designing and implementing data architectures and data models in a data analytics environment
* Experienced setting up data quality programs or data governance frameworks
* Experience working in a Chief Data Office is desired
* Knowledge of machine learning is desired

* Proficient in MS Office with advanced skills in Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Projects, and Visio.
* Strong writing skills and experience conveying highly technical material to non-technical audiences.
* Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with diverse audiences and influence cross functionally.
* Knowledge and experience with Agile, Scrum and DevOps principles and practices.
* Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a government suitability clearance.

Benefits

* Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
* Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
* Paid Time Off (Vacation & Federal Holidays)
* Short Term & Long Term Disability
* Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)