Data Management Specialist - TS/SCI with Polygraph

General Dynamics Information Technology • McLean, VA

1d • $127,500 - $172,500 • Onsite

About The Position

Own your opportunity to turn data into measurable outcomes for our customers’ most complex challenges. This customer-focused role integrates enterprise data management, data analytics, structured records management, system data accreditation support, and controlled data library services.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, data, engineering, library science, management or related field; equivalent experience accepted.
• 5+ years’ experience across data analysis, records management, data governance, or accreditation functions.
• Experience with structured records management, metadata cataloging, and digitization workflows.
• Experience supporting the customer environments, processes, and documentation standards.
• Hands-on experience performing data integration, cleansing, processing, and analytics.
• Proficiency with data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience preparing documentation for system data accreditation, governance, or compliance.
• Knowledge of controlled document/media handling, accountability, and access control protocols.
• TS/SCI with Polygraph

Nice To Haves

• Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP).
• NARA Records Management Certification.
• Sponsor-specific SDA or governance experience.
• Experience supporting controlled repositories, data libraries, and CDRL submissions.
• Experience with JIRA/SharePoint/ServiceNow

Responsibilities

• Analyze lifecycle, operational, compliance, and technical data to derive insights and support enterprise reporting.
• Develop dashboards, metrics, and visualizations for Sponsor leadership and technical teams.
• Prepare validated datasets and analysis artifacts supporting forecasting, modernization, and risk analysis.
• Identify trends, variances, noncompliance indicators, and technical risks across distributed systems.
• Enhance workflow automation, data quality validation checks, and reporting processes.
• Provide subject matter expertise in data discoverability and best practice recommendations on enterprise data management using Sponsor tools and data repositories.
• Provide best practice recommendations of data management, data governance, data compliance
• Maintain curated repositories of classified and unclassified data sources ensuring traceability and auditability.
• Execute full-lifecycle records management including identification, cataloging, archiving, retrieval, and disposition.
• Prepare physical documents for digitization including removal of bindings, sorting, barcoding, scanning, and reassembly.
• Perform 100% quality control validation of digitized documents to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Capture and record required metadata such as title, publication date, classification, subject, document type, and retention attributes.
• Maintain tracking records, barcodes, logs, and workflow documentation for archived and active records.
• Ensure adherence to Sponsor records policy, retention schedules, and secure handling requirements.
• Support development of data definitions, data quality standards, and business rules for system accreditation packages.
• Document data collection and governance procedures aligned with Sponsor information management accreditation methodology.
• Assist in preparing and maintaining accreditation artifacts, evidence packages, data lineage documentation, and validation results.
• Ensure transparency, repeatability, and compliance of data workflows through detailed documentation and SOPs.
• Perform data integrity, validation, and reconciliation checks required for accreditation processes.
• Coordinate with system owners, engineers, ISSMs, and data stewards to ensure accreditation requirements are satisfied.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages
• 401K with company match
• Competitive pay
• Paid time off
• Full flex work weeks where possible
• Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• Short and long-term disability benefits
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior