Data & AI Governance Specialist (SWY-DAI)

Govcio LLC•Kearneysville, WV

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

GovCIO is seeking a Data & AI Governance Specialist to support a critical government computer system for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Data & AI Integration Team within the Software Yard – Product Delivery Service. This role is primarily responsible for establishing data readiness standards, ensuring AI/ML compliance, and coordinating data governance frameworks across platform-aligned Product Teams to enable secure, scalable AI capabilities. This position will be located in Kearneysville, WV, and will be a hybrid position.

Requirements

High School with 6 years (or commensurate experience)
Proven experience coordinating data governance, data quality management, or AI compliance frameworks within an enterprise software development or analytics environment.
Experience managing complex schedules involving data pipelines, data profiling, model metadata management, or user acceptance testing (UAT) for data/AI assets.
Comprehensive operational understanding of Agile methodologies, modern software delivery lifecycles (SDLC), and how data governance integrates into MLOps/DevSecOps pipelines.
Strong experience facilitating collaboration and maintaining continuity among multi-disciplinary AI engineering teams, Data Owners, and operational stakeholders.
Proficiency tracking data assets, AI workflows, and task dependencies using enterprise tools (such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Collibra, or Git-based environments).
Strong foundational understanding of diverse data management concepts, data architecture principles, and the fundamentals of machine learning lifecycles.
Public Trust Clearance Required

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting U.S. Coast Guard, Software Yard, or Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enterprise data or AI/ML programs.

Responsibilities

Serve as a primary operational resource for ensuring that data assets feeding platform-aligned AI/ML models are secure, trusted, ethically compliant, and optimized for mission readiness.
Maintain coordination continuity to balance rapid AI innovation with strict federal security and privacy standards.
Coordinate and synchronize data governance workflows, data preparation pipelines, and feature store cataloging to support enterprise AI/ML deployment lifecycles.
Facilitate communication acting as an operational bridge between AI/ML engineers, Data Stewards, Product Owners, and Portfolio Product Line Managers.
Track and monitor data compliance milestones to ensure AI models and data pipelines meet federal AI directives, Responsible AI guidelines, and privacy baselines.
Organize and maintain data dictionaries, data lineage maps, model cards, and governance verification documentation for mission-critical applications.
Manage and track data quality and model drift issue resolution schedules, ensuring post-deployment feedback from operational users is routed back to product backlogs.
Monitor data quality metrics, training data integrity, and key performance baselines to help guarantee delivered AI products sustain long-term mission reliability.
Proactively identify data security risks, data bias, compliance bottlenecks, or data silo constraints affecting AI rollout schedules and track remediation efforts.
Ensure all data and AI activities support strict adherence to DoD/DHS Data and AI Strategies, federal AI Executive Orders, and relevant government security baselines.