Job Description
Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior Governance Training Specialist to work in the National Capital Region covering the Pentagon, Falls Church, and Fairfax. Please Note: This position is contingent upon contract award.
The War Data Platform (WDP) is a key initiative within the U.S. Department of War's (DoW) AI-First strategy introduced in early 2026. The WDP separates business and financial data from operational warfighting data, aiming to accelerate the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) on the battlefield. The WDP extends to Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret environments, and supports collaboration between Combatant Commands, Joint Staff directorates, Senior Executive Service leaders, and operational analysts.
The Senior Governance Training Specialist serves as the principal authority for data governance training and enablement across WDP's multi-classification environments, designing and delivering the role-based instructional programs that equip data custodians, system owners, and operational stakeholders with the skills to execute catalog management, lineage registration, access control workflows, and audit compliance responsibilities in direct support of DoW data governance policy objectives. This is a senior-level role demanding deep expertise in enterprise data governance frameworks, cross-functional coordination, and measurable training outcomes that drive adoption of CDAO-approved governance standards across Combatant Commands, Joint Staff directorates, and mission-owner communities.
• Delivers governance training across Unclassified, Secret, and Top Secret enclaves and aligns instruction to CDAO-approved policies, standards, data-sharing agreements, lineage expectations, and access-control procedures.
• Translates approved governance policies and standards into role-based materials that show how to update catalog metadata, register lineage, process access requests, and assemble audit evidence using Collibra or Apache Atlas catalogs, Unity Catalog policies, identity services, and WDP-approved templates.
• Schedules recurring governance working sessions where data custodians and system owners bring active catalog, access, and lineage tasks and receive guided walkthroughs with validated methods.
• Publishes and maintains governance job aids, assessment rubrics, and policy quick guides in Government-approved repositories with accurate taxonomy, version control, and release notes tied to policy or tool changes.
• Tracks adherence indicators including catalog adoption, access-review timeliness, approval accuracy, lineage completeness, and conformance findings, and publishes governance impact reports.
• Coordinates with platform engineering, cybersecurity, and data tooling teams to verify pre-production test cases and to time content updates with enclave deployment windows for Combatant Commands and Joint Staff elements.
• Provides escalation paths for complex access and catalog issues and records lessons learned that feed the governance roadmap.
• Demonstrates measurable improvement in access-cycle performance, reduction in conformance defects, and increased use of approved governance workflows across WDP programs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.