Data Governance / Data Manager

**About Blue Water Thinking** Guided by our principles of value generation, continuous innovation, customer-centricity, and vested collaboration, Blue Water Thinking proudly supports our Federal clients in achieving their Agency goals. Founded by a decorated twenty-eight year Veteran of the United States Army, Blue Water Thinking understands and supports the mission of our Nation's war fighters, Veterans, their families and caretakers. Leveraging our executive team's military experience and private and public sector consulting expertise, Blue Water Thinking takes an integrated "one-team" approach and brings to bear best-fit solutions, thought leadership, and grit to meet our client's transformational needs. Fueled by our values of integrity, respect, professionalism, stewardship and customer service, the Blue Water Thinking team understands the power of the human connection, collaboration, humility and loyalty to one another, our clients and industry partners. Lastly, our formula for success is simple: Build something good, take care of our people, keep our clients satisfied, nurture our work ethic and reputation, build long-lasting partnerships, enjoy what we do and give back as much as possible. **Job Description:** We are seeking a Data Governance / Data Manager to establish and maintain enterprise-level data management practices for the VA OAA Data Management Center (DMC), working toward Level 4-5 CMMI target operating maturity (formal appraisal not required). In this role, you will identify authoritative data sources, standardize data definitions, and resolve duplicate or conflicting data elements across all OAA applications, SQL Server 2022 databases, SSRS reports, Power BI, SharePoint, and Power Apps, and may propose master data management (MDM), data fabric, or metadata-driven approaches subject to Government approval. **Responsibilities:** ▪ Establish and maintain enterprise-level data management practices aligned with Level 4–5 CMMI target operating maturity; formal appraisal not required ▪ Identify authoritative data sources, standardize data definitions, resolve duplicate or conflicting data elements, fill metadata gaps, and address reporting inconsistencies across OAA applications, SQL Server 2022 databases, SSRS reports, Power BI, SharePoint, and Power Apps ▪ Develop and maintain data dictionaries, metadata documentation, stored procedure inventories, and report-to-data-source traceability ▪ Assist with data-related inputs for ATO documentation and audits ▪ Propose master data management recommendations as part of the Task 2 portfolio review; no specific MDM platform is required, but any proposed approach must align with the Microsoft-based OAA environment and comply with VA security and ATO requirements ▪ Propose data fabric or metadata-driven approaches, subject to Government approval **Minimum Qualifications:** ▪ Bachelor’s degree in Data Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field; no equivalencies accepted ▪ 5+ years of experience in data management, data governance, or data administration ▪ Familiarity with data governance frameworks and best practices **Preferred Qualifications:** ▪ Experience with Azure Data Engineering, SQL Server, Power BI, SharePoint, and Power Platform data integration **Eligibility:** ▪ Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future ▪ Must be able to obtain and maintain the required federal Public Trust clearance for this role **Compensation:** Salary for this position is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, location, the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract specific affordability and organizational requirements. The proposed salary range for this position is outlined below. **Salary Range:** $105,000 - $135,000. Blue Water Thinking offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insur…