Metadata and Catalog Specialist

General Dynamics

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Remote
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$128,039–$173,229 / yr
Posted
7 days ago
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This role $151k
$89k most similar roles pay here $188k

This role pays more than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$178,650 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $151k versus about $153k for comparable roles.

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

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TL;DR · Metadata and Catalog Specialist

The Metadata and Catalog Specialist joins the CMM Data Modernization and Governance team to support a cloud-based modernization initiative for federal courts. This role is responsible for implementing and operating metadata management, business glossaries, data catalogs, and data lineage capabilities to ensure enterprise data assets are discoverable, well-defined, and traceable. The specialist will establish metadata standards, manage governance platforms, integrate metadata from various sources like data lakes and warehouses, and develop reporting dashboards to measure catalog adoption. Key technical competencies include expertise in Data Lake environments, Data Warehousing, Enterprise Data management, and Metadata Management. The role involves translating complex governance policies into operational procedures while managing high-sensitivity data. Essential skills include process mapping, stakeholder management, and the ability to coordinate with architects and engineers to ensure data quality and security across integrated systems.

What you'll do

  • Implement and maintain metadata management, business glossary, data catalog, and data lineage capabilities.
  • Configure and manage governance platforms, metadata repositories, and related technical tools.
  • Establish metadata standards, naming conventions, and management practices for enterprise data assets.
  • Develop and maintain the enterprise and domain-level business glossary.
  • Integrate metadata from source systems, databases, data lakes, APIs, and ETL/ELT pipelines.
  • Configure automated metadata harvesting, scanning, classification, and tagging capabilities.
  • Implement data ownership, stewardship, certification, and approval workflows within governance platforms.
  • Develop dashboards and reports to measure catalog adoption and governance maturity.

What we're looking for

  • Must have an MA/MS degree.
  • Must have 5 years of general experience in information systems.
  • Must have 7 years of specialized experience.
  • Must have experience supporting enterprise data governance programs.
  • Must be able to translate governance policy into practical operational processes.
  • Must have experience governing high-sensitivity or regulated data with compliance expectations.
  • Must have experience with access management and operationalizing privacy requirements.
  • Must possess strong process mapping, documentation, and business analysis skills.

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