Data Governance & Metadata Analyst
Guidehouse
US - VA, Falls Church
Full-Time
Competitive
OfficeAssociate
Job Family:
Operational Effectiveness Consulting
Travel Required:
Clearance Required:
What You Will Do:
The Data Governance & Metadata Analyst is responsible for defining, governing, and enforcing enterprise metadata workflows across domains. This role leads the design and execution of metadata creation, review, approval, and publication processes, ensuring consistency, completeness, and alignment with established standards. The Lead Business Analyst facilitates workshops with data stewards and subject matter experts to harmonize definitions, resolve conflicts, and drive consensus, while establishing quality checkpoints to ensure metadata accuracy and readiness for publication. Acting as a senior working‑level authority, the role provides analytical leadership, ensures adherence to governance practices, and supports scalable, repeatable metadata management across a federal health entity. Additional work may include quality assurance and testing, technical writing, understanding end-user needs and experiences, having a training mindset to support customer learning, and establishing data management and governance practices.
This role is not focused on advanced modeling, dashboard development, or data engineering.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and enforce metadata lifecycle workflows, including creation, review, approval, and publication processes.
Lead metadata harmonization workshops with data stewards and SMEs to resolve definition conflicts and align standards.
Establish and apply completeness and quality checkpoints for metadata validation.
Provide working‑level leadership for metadata governance execution across domains.
Draft and maintain governance artifacts, process documentation, and workflow definitions.
Escalate unresolved metadata disputes or definition conflicts to governance, information architecture, or program leadership as appropriate.
What You Will Need:
Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "SECRET" security clearance; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of clearance prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE "SECRET" or higher-level clearance are preferred.
Bachelor’s degree
FIVE (5) or more years of experience with data health system with TWO (2) or more of those years in Defense Health Agency (DHA) and/or military health data systems
THREE (3) or more years experience working with Metadata
**Must be able to go on client site in Falls Church, VA**
What Would Be Nice To Have:
Experience with Healthcare/Health systems data
Experience with Veterans Affairs data systems
Masters in Business And/or Data analytics
Experience conducting structured interviews and facilitating discussions with technical and business stakeholders.
Experience capturing and documenting metadata using standardized templates.
Experience with technical writing, developing data related reports and documents.
Experience with quality assurance and testing.
Experience with end-user training, developing materials and delivery.
What We Offer:
Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.
Benefits include:
Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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