Data Governance Specialist Jobs in Virginia

About NDi:

Network Designs, Inc. (NDi) is a leading Federal contractor that specializes in designing, developing, and delivering information technology and network solutions for government customers. Founded in 1985, NDi's firmly defined core values have driven all aspects of the business, which have been paramount to our company's success and the establishment of an enjoyable workplace atmosphere. At NDi, we believe that our people are the cornerstone of our success, and we value collaboration, career growth, and winning ideas. Military Veterans Encouraged to Apply.

Job Description:

We are seeking a Data QualityGovernance Analyst to define, implement, monitor, and improve data-quality controls that make FAA enterprise data accurate, complete, consistent, timely, and trusted. This role supports the FAA Chief Data Office Enterprise InformationData Integration Program and works with cross-functional technical and mission teams to deliver secure, reliable, and well-documented outcomes.

Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance
• This position is remote, candidate must reside in one of the following states: AL, AZ, DC, FL, GA, ID, MD, MS, NJ, NC, OK, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WV
• Occasional travel may be required. Candidates should be able to attend meetings at FAA facilities and other locations throughout the Continental United States (CONUS) as required.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information management systems, or a similar field
  
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated ability to perform work closely related to the assigned tasks and work products.
  
• Strong written, verbal, analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  
• Ability to work with sensitive, confidential, or regulated information and follow FAA and federal policies and procedures.
  
• Ability to use FAA-issued accounts and Government-designated collaboration and task-tracking systems as required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• FAA or federal data-governance experience.
  
• Experience with Collibra or comparable governance and data-quality tooling.
  
• Experience with enterprise data platforms, metadata, lineage, data catalogs, and regulated data environments.

Responsibilities:

• Profile datasets and define data-quality dimensions, rules, thresholds, validation logic, scorecards, and monitoring approaches aligned with FAA business and governance requirements.
• Translate business rules into repeatable SQL-based and governance-platform checks for accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness, conformity, and integrity.
• Monitor data-quality results across EDP, EDR, ADX, FAA1, PURE, DGC, and related ingestion and reporting environments.
• Investigate anomalies and failed controls, perform root-cause analysis, document impacts, and coordinate corrective actions with data stewards, owners, engineers, and platform teams.
• Support quality scoring, issue tracking, remediation status, trend reporting, dashboards, metadata-quality enhancement, and leadership reporting.
• Validate schema alignment, reconciliation, lineage, tagging, catalog registration, and data transformations during onboarding, integration, modernization, and release activities.
• Configure, test, and operationalize data-quality capabilities within the Data Governance Center and ensure use cases and metrics align with FAA governance needs.
• Document quality definitions, testing methods, findings, decisions, and improvement recommendations for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Promote upstream process improvements, stewardship accountability, and sustainable controls that reduce recurring data defects.

Compensation and Benefits:

At NDi, we value our team and are committed to retaining top talent by offering competitive benefits and compensation packages. Our employee benefits package includes comprehensive health, dental, vision, pet, and legal insurance. Our corporate benefits include 401(k) retirement matching, paid leave, paid holidays, and health and wellness programs. In addition, we provide employer-paid life and disability insurance, professional development, education benefits, and much more to ensure our team has the resources they need to thrive on and off the job.

Veterans First Commitment:

As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), NDi is dedicated to hiring veterans and providing a supportive work environment that honors their service while recognizing the unique skills and experiences they bring to our organization.

Our Commitment:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Apply Now: Take advantage of this unique opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing companies in Federal contracting!