Senior Data Governance & Quality Analyst

General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc.

$128K — $173K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of related experience
  • Strong skills in analytics, collaboration, and data operations
  • Ability to obtain and hold TS/SCI clearance
  • Experience with data governance frameworks and tools
  • Technical training or certifications preferred

Responsibilities

  • Lead enterprise data governance and quality operations
  • Develop governance policies and coordinate with engineers and analysts
  • Create and implement data quality procedures
  • Manage data-sharing agreements and document responsibilities
  • Design and deliver governance training programs
  • Conduct effectiveness reviews measuring governance metrics
  • Collaborate with data teams to embed governance controls into systems

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision plan options
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible work weeks and paid time off plans
  • Short and long-term disability, life, and accident insurance
  • Regularly reviewed Total Rewards offering to remain competitive
Full Job Description
Type of Requisition:
Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:
None

Job Family:
IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Analytics, Collaboration, Data Operations
Certifications:
None
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

The Advana team is seeking a Senior Data Governance & Quality Analyst to join their programAdvana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office's (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoW military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

Senior Data Governance & Quality Analyst

  • Leads development and execution of enterprise data governance and quality operations supporting Advana across multi-classification enclaves.
  • Builds governance policies, stewardship standards, and access control frameworks while coordinating with platform engineers, cybersecurity officers, and mission analysts to maintain accurate metadata, asset documentation, and catalog traceability using Collibra, Apache Atlas, Databricks Unity Catalog, and ServiceNow CMDB integrations.
  • Develops data quality procedures by implementing profiling scripts, anomaly detection models, field-level validation rules, lineage tracking checks, and completeness scoring mechanisms.
  • Manages data-sharing agreement activities by documenting stewardship responsibilities, classification markings, cross-domain transfer requirements, and consumption constraints.
  • Designs and delivers governance training programs covering compliance workflows, catalog practices, approved ingestion pathways, and quality expectations.
  • Conducts governance effectiveness reviews by measuring rule adoption rates, remediation throughput, catalog freshness metrics, and user access review completion.
  • Collaborates with data operations and data engineering teams to embed governance controls into pipelines, monitoring systems, and enclave-specific data storage patterns.
  • Produces documentation packages, governance dashboards, quality status reports, risk summaries, and policy updates that improve mission readiness and reinforce trust in Advana data assets.


WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED
• Education: Technical Training, Certification(s) or Degree
• Experience: 10+ years of related experience
• Certification: IAT II (CompTIA Security+ CE, CompTIA CySA+, CompTIA Cloud+, Cisco CCNA Security, GIAC GSEC, GIAC GCED, or ISC² SSCP)
• Security clearance level: TS/SCI Eligibility

The likely salary range for this position is $128,039 - $173,229. 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 VA Falls Church

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.

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