Data Governance Analyst

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
Data Science and Data Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Data Analysis, Data Quality, Governance Framework
Certifications:
None
Experience:
8 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
No

Job Description:

Data Governance Analyst

Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact supporting the Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program. The CMM program is an initiative to support the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) in developing a modern cloud-based solution to support all 204+ federal courts across the United States.

Data Governance Analyst will be part of the CMM Data Modernization and Governance team responsible for delivering an integrated data governance, engineering, data platform, reporting, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) capabilities that support operational decision-making and fulfill AO's data and analytics objectives in support of the CMM program.

The successful candidate will be responsible for establishing, implementing, and maintaining the organization's data governance framework so that data is managed and protected as a strategic enterprise asset and to accelerate CMM modernization efforts. This role acts as a Data Standards Architect, defining and documenting data standards, definitions, and structures across systems, and works closely with legal, compliance, security, and business stakeholders to ensure data is handled in accordance with privacy, security, retention, classification, and regulatory requirements. This role also ensures alignment with Judiciary policies, practices, and the current Data Governance Roadmap, and fosters a data driven culture across the AO and local courts.

The Data Governance Analyst will execute the following responsibilities:

• Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of the CMM Data Governance framework, policies, standards, procedures, and operating models.
• Serve as a Data Standards Architect, define, document, and maintain data standards, naming conventions, data definitions, data structures, reference data, and governance requirements.
• Develop and maintain data governance standards aligned with enterprise architecture, security, privacy, records management, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain data ownership, stewardship, accountability, and decision-rights models.
• Partner with Data Stewards, Data Owners, business stakeholders, security, privacy, legal, records management, and technology teams to operationalize governance requirements.
• Ensure data assets are appropriately classified and managed based on sensitivity, criticality, and business value.
• Support compliance with data privacy, security, retention, classification, records management, and regulatory requirements.
• Translate policies and regulatory requirements into actionable data governance controls and procedures.
• Identify governance gaps, risks, and areas of non-compliance and coordinate remediation activities.
• Support data access, sharing, usage, and lifecycle governance processes.
• Participate in governance councils, working groups, and data domain forums.
• Develop governance documentation, standards, procedures, decision logs, and supporting artifacts.
• Monitor adoption and effectiveness of governance policies and standards.
• Support governance-related assessments, audits, and compliance reviews.
• Contribute to the development of data governance roadmaps, maturity assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support the data stewardship program by defining data ownership roles, responsibilities, and RACI models across business and technical teams.
• Develop training materials and deliver awareness sessions on data governance policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Track, analyze, and report data governance program metrics, maturity, and compliance status to leadership and governance councils.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• MA/MS degree with 5+ years of general experience in information systems and 7+ years of specialized experience.
• Demonstrated experience in supporting enterprise data governance programs.
• Experience translating governance policy into practical operational processes in delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of data quality management, metadata practices, and stewardship models.
• Experience governing high-sensitivity or regulated data with clear compliance expectations.
• Experience with data quality profiling and monitoring techniques and common tooling patterns.
• Experience defining and governing enterprise data standards across multiple teams and delivery pods.
• Strong background in data modeling, integration patterns, and change data capture concepts.
• Experience with metadata and catalog tools such as Collibra, Alation, or Qlik.
• Practical experience implementing glossary and lineage capabilities in modern data platforms.
• Ability to translate technical metadata into business-friendly definitions and documentation.
• Experience implementing data privacy controls in regulated or high-sensitivity environments.
• Experience with access management and operationalizing privacy requirements.
• Experience partnering with security, governance, and engineering teams to implement compliant data sharing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Federal Government or regulated environments.
• Experience with enterprise data governance frameworks and operating models.
• Data management certification.

The likely salary range for this position is $131,750 - $178,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
None

Telecommuting Options:
Remote

Work Location:
USA TX Home Office (TXHOME)

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.