Aleknagik Technology, LLC (ATL) · 2 weeks ago
Technical Metadata Specialist
Falls Church City County, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expAleknagik Technology, LLC is searching for a qualified candidate to fill the role of Technical Metadata Specialist. This position supports enterprise-level data governance initiatives for a federal health organization by ensuring metadata across authoritative and secondary-use data systems is accurate, complete, standardized, and usable.
IT ManagementSoftwareTechnical SupportWeb Design
Hiring Manager
Sara Rodriguez
Responsibilities
Analyze metadata collected during baseline inventory efforts for authoritative and secondary-use data systems
Review technical, business, operational, and security metadata for completeness, accuracy, and consistency
Identify metadata gaps, duplications, inconsistencies, and ambiguities across systems and domains
Collaborate with system owners, data stewards, and subject matter experts to resolve metadata issues
Normalize metadata values to align with approved standards, naming conventions, schemas, and taxonomies
Apply controlled vocabularies and reference data to ensure semantic consistency across domains
Align data element definitions with DoD, DHA, and NIST standards
Perform metadata quality checks, including validation of accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency
Document metadata quality issues and support corrective and remediation activities
Support development and maintenance of metadata quality metrics and dashboards
Develop, review, and maintain technical and business data dictionaries
Validate AI-generated metadata documentation for accuracy, clarity, and usability
Ensure alignment between documented metadata and system implementations
Support metadata lifecycle workflows including creation, review, approval, publication, versioning, and retirement
Assist data stewards with metadata stewardship responsibilities and approval tracking
Support audit readiness through traceable metadata changes and stewardship decisions
Validate metadata synchronization across the interim repository, DHA Enterprise Data Catalog (DHA-EDC), and federated platforms
Identify and report discrepancies in federated metadata exchanges and support remediation efforts
Support user acceptance testing (UAT) for metadata search, discovery, and usability features
Capture user feedback and recommend improvements to metadata presentation and organization
Support optional federated governance initiatives and metadata requirements for data products when exercised
Qualification
Required
4–7 years of experience in metadata analysis, management, and data modeling fundamentals
Development and maintenance of data dictionaries, taxonomies, and controlled vocabularies
Metadata quality assessment and validation techniques
Enterprise data catalog platforms
DoD, DHA, or federal data standards and compliance frameworks
Technical documentation and stakeholder coordination
Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as Engineering, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Mathematics, Physical or Life Sciences
Company
Aleknagik Technology, LLC (ATL)
Aleknagik Technology, LLC (ATL) is an independent Alaska Native Village Corporation (ANC) with no affiliation to other ANCs.
51-200 employees
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