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Data Governance and Analytics SME

Booz Allen Hamilton
Alexandria, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Feb 2026
💰 $198,000/yr($86,800/yr – $198,000/yr)

About the role

Data Governance and Analytics SME

The Opportunity:

As a defense mission professional, you ask questions others don’t. You understand the nuances of complex situations. You use your skills to think bigger and push further, solving complex problems. We’re looking for someone like you to help create solutions for missions that keep our nation safe.

As an Adaptive Acquisition Framework (AAF) Software Pathway (SWP) Data Governance and Analytics SME, you’ll bring your data analytics and decision support background to engage program managers and SMEs to develop new analytic questions and metrics to track and improve DoD software procurements as part of the acquisition transformation strategy for a DoW client. You’ll conduct research, develop data acquisition and standardization strategies, and implement metrics, data collection tools, and algorithms to evaluate metrics and prepare decision briefings shaping efficient and effective acquisitions. 

You’ll impact the work we do for the DoW to more rapidly and effectively deliver software intensive solutions to the warfighter.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

  • 7+ years of experience with data governance and analytics, including the evaluation of DoW software programs and collecting, transforming, and organizing raw data to identify patterns, insights, and trends to drive informed operational and strategic level decision-making

  • Experience engaging, aligning, monitoring, analyzing, reporting on, supporting, or guiding software programs, pilots, or pathfinders, including collection and use of modern software metrics

  • Experience engaging stakeholders to generate new analytic questions and metrics and developing or implementing the data acquisition or standardization strategy to be able to evaluate the metrics

  • Experience effectively executing the action and staff officer role on OSW, Joint Staff, or Service or Agency-level headquarters staff, including developing strategies, decision briefs, and information papers and analyzing policy documents for the DoW

  • Ability to engage peer and senior stakeholders to refine metrics for proper governance

  • Ability to work independently, creatively, and analytically in a problem-solving environment, anticipating client and stakeholder requirements, engaging proactively, and working with minimum oversight or direction

  • TS/SCI clearance

  • Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

  • Experience developing executable, modular application programming interface (API) architecture software and implementing modular API architecture features, including scalability, flexibility, interoperability, reusability, and ease of integration

  • Experience with DoD adaptive acquisition framework processes and policies and assisting with developing required program documentation and strategic-level recommendations according to DoW regulations and directives

  • Experience working as part of a cross-functional delivery team, integrating and incorporating detailed technical data from multiple team members into executive-level decision-making products, and communicating the findings, insights, and recommendations to senior-level clients effectively

  • Experience with analytical activities for U.S. government acquisition programs, including stakeholder requirements definition, requirements analysis, test and evaluation, trade studies, or architecture design per U.S. government processes

  • Experience writing and synthesizing data from multiple sources into comprehensive technical documents that are easy to comprehend

  • Knowledge of the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) or Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) processes

  • Ability to pay strict attention to detail

Clearance: 

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required. 

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leav

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