<div class="content-intro"><div> <div> </div> <div>At Accenture Federal Services, nothing matters more than helping the US federal government make the nation stronger and safer and life better for people. Our 13,000+ people are united in a shared purpose to pursue the limitless potential of technology and ingenuity for clients across defense, national security, public safety, civilian, and military health organizations. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join Accenture Federal Services, a technology company within global Accenture. Recognized as a Glassdoor Top 100 Best Place to Work, we offer a collaborative and caring community where you feel like you belong and are empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more. </div> <div> </div> <div>Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!</div> <div> </div> </div></div><p>As a Data Governance & Catalog Specialist at AFS, you will implement and manage the data cataloging and metadata strategy for the product.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The work:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Act as the primary quality and testing authority for data products, serving as the bridge between engineering teams and mission data consumers.</li> <li>Help advise mission partners at the Air Force Base on what good data products should look like, including service‑level agreements (SLAs), service‑level objectives (SLOs), availability expectations, and quality standards.</li> <li>Develop and execute test plans for data pipelines, APIs, and data products to ensure accuracy, completeness, reliability, and compliance with requirements.</li> <li>Perform functional testing from a consumer perspective, ensuring data is discoverable in the enterprise catalog, accessible through APIs, and aligned with documented metadata.</li> <li>Help mission users understand tools and methods for cleaning, interpreting, and translating raw data into structured, usable formats.</li> <li>Utilize catalog and metadata tools, automated metadata tagging services, Databricks, Snowflake, Palantir, and/or Collibra to support data quality validation and catalog readiness.</li> <li>Serve as a member of the Enabling Team, advocating for data mesh principles and supporting DME adoption by helping consumers find, understand, and use data products.</li> <li>Create and maintain user-facing documentation, tutorials, and “getting started” guides.</li> <li>Gather feedback from early adopters and mission partners to maintain a continuous improvement loop for both the data products and the underlying platform.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Here’s what you need:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Must be a U.S. citizen with an active DoD Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a Top Secret</li> <li>Strong user-level experience with API testing tools (e.g., Postman).</li> <li>Experience using data catalog interfaces such as Snowflake, Collibra and metadata tagging platforms.</li> <li>Familiarity with SQL and scripting languages (e.g., Python) for data validation, cleansing, and analysis.</li> <li>Experience in data quality assurance, functional testing, and developing technical documentation.</li> <li>Strong analytical mindset with the ability to understand data from both the technical engineering and mission-user perspectives.</li> <li>Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate consumer needs into actionable technical feedback for developers.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>Experience supporting data mesh architecture or working within enabling/advocacy teams.</li> <li>Prior work with federal mission environments, especially Air Force or intelligence‑aligned data platforms.</li> <li>Experience collaborating with early adopters or mission partners to refine data product design and quality standards.</li> <li>Background in developing user‑friendly documentation and onboarding materials for data systems.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>This position is hybrid with 3 days’ onsite required in Suitland, MD.<br><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW251988378 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW251988378 BCX8">#LI-Hybrid</span></span></strong></span></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p> </p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8">As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of <strong>California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and the District of Columbia</strong></span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW225111203 BCX8">. 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