
Data Governance Engineer, Lead
Columbia, MDJob$99–225K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Data Governance Engineer, Lead will lead modernization efforts for a client’s enterprise data flow team supporting national security missions. The role provides Tier 1 operations support, specifies data handling and usage requirements, defines data schemas and metadata tagging, and coordinates with service providers and stakeholders. It also develops processes and requirements for mission systems and integrates AI tools to modernize data governance.
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Data Governance Engineer, Lead
The Opportunity:
Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security? You understand your customer's environment and how to develop the right solutions for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.
As a Data Governance System Engineer on our team, you have the chance to shape the evolution of mission data governance by leading modernization efforts for the client's enterprise data flow team. Your customer will trust you to provide Tier 1 operations support for customer data flow requests, specify data handling and usage requirements for new data flows, define and harden data schemas, determine metadata tagging to support data interoperability. You will coordinate with data flow service providers, and define processes, business rules, and functional requirements for mission systems that support effective data governance. You will work closely with customers and stakeholders across a variety of roles and teams to plan and implement dataflows supporting critical cyber missions. On our team, you'll be able to broaden your skill set into areas like cross-domain technologies and concepts, data handling and tagging, data schema development, and validation. You will integrate the use of AI tools to develop schemas and modernize data governance processes. Grow your skills by merging system engineering and mission data governance to create modernized processes and systems supporting enterprise data flow for a national security client. Join our team and create the future of mission data governance in national security.
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:
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15+ years of experience working on contracts for the federal government
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Experience with data flow, Apache NiFi, or mission systems
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Experience defining and applying data tagging and handling requirements
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Experience analyzing and defining data schemas and data processing requirements
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Experience developing capability level and functional requirements, mission scenarios, use cases, or business processes for automation
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Knowledge of data governance concepts, such as data provenance, classification, sizing, retention, data sharing, and marking
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TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
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Bachelor's degree in an IT Engineering field and 15+ years of experience with systems engineering, or 20+ years of experience with systems engineering in lieu of a degree
Nice If You Have:
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Experience with XKYS
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Experience defining requirements, architecture, or design elements for systems or software that deal with data exchange, interfaces, or APIs
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Experience with scripting or coding in Python, JSON, XML, or JavaScript
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Knowledge of signals intelligence (SIGINT) or cyber data discovery and analysis methods
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Knowledge of cross-domain technologies, concepts, or policies
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Knowledge of DoD agency policies and directives as they apply to IT SIGINT collection, dataflow, and information sharing with internal and external partners
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Knowledge of DoD or IC data formats and legal authorities for mission data
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
Identity Statement
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 interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy
AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
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Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
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Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
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Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
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How this job compares
Set against the 10,536 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$99–225K/yr
- Maryland median$121–199K/yr507 salary ranges
- US median$115–188K/yr7,864 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $162K, is close to the Maryland median midpoint ($159K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 632 open Systems Engineer jobs in Maryland and 10,536 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 15 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 8,741 postings).
- Education
- 4,680 of the 10,536 open Systems Engineer jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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