Data Governance & Quality Analyst

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The Advana team is seeking a Data Governance & Quality Analyst

to join their program. Advana is the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office’s (CDAO) enterprise-wide, multi-domain data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) platform that provides all DoD military and civilian decision makers, analysts, and builders with unprecedented access to enterprise data, tools, and capabilities.

Data Governance & Quality Analyst

• Executes data governance and data quality operations that support metadata accuracy, controlled access, and compliant data usage across Advana systems operating on Unclassified and NIPR, Secret and SIPR, and Top Secret and JWICS enclaves.

• Maintains data catalog entries, verifies metadata completeness, updates lineage information, and validates role-based access controls using platforms such as Collibra, Apache Atlas, and Databricks Unity Catalog.

• Performs data quality assessments that analyze completeness, schema conformity, reference integrity, and anomaly patterns using Databricks workflows, SQL validation checks, and automated profiling tools.

• Processes data-access requests by reviewing justification, confirming stewardship approval, validating policy alignment, and updating role entitlements.

• Coordinates with data engineers to document domain models, governance rules, and pipeline-level quality constraints.

• Supports development of training materials, stewardship guides, onboarding manuals, and governance communication products distributed to mission users.

• Collects feedback from data stewards, consolidates analytic observations, and prepares improvement recommendations for governance leadership.

• Tracks metrics including catalog update frequency, quality defect volume, remediation cycle time, and user engagement with governance tools.

• Produces recurring reports and documentation that strengthen governance transparency and operational discipline.