Data Management Analyst/ Principal Data Management Analyst

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available

CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret

TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman Defense Systems in Huntsville, AL, is seeking a Data Management Analyst. This position may be filled at a level 2, Data Management Analyst, or a level 3, Principal Data Management Analyst.

Job Duties include:

• Planning meeting agendas, conducting meetings, and recording meeting minutes, controlling technical baselines, and tracking configuration status, performing document reviews to include classification markings, data rights markings, and formatting, Familiarity with development and transfer of technical baselines, and conducting configuration audits.
• Developing Data Management products, knowledge, and experience with both Contractor Data Requirement List (CDRL) and Subcontractor Data Requirements List (SDRL) processes.
• Perform research and determine the best course of action from a variety of options without manager guidance.
• Plan, schedule and arrange activities to accomplish objectives.
• Provide detailed CM/DM subject matter knowledge to both internal and external stakeholders when requested.
• Interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations
• Facilitate board meetings as needed by keeping notes and making updates based on meeting charters and process documents.
• Responsible for data management activities.
• Implement high-level prioritization of requests and communicate schedules to stakeholders, including customers.
• Create and maintain program data library asset databases.
• Ensure timely and accurate release of deliverables and program documents.
• Coordinate with document authors and project managers to ensure deadlines and special handling requirements are met for on-time quality delivery.
• Provide education on naming conventions and document format standards.
• Promote consistency in naming conventions and documentation standards across multiple projects.
• Ensure high-quality program documentation by performing technical editing to comply with deliverable templates.
• Create locked working templates for Engineers and Program Managers using Microsoft Office applications.
• Conduct all aspects of documentation management and data management for multiple projects.
• Review and report on program data metrics to benchmark effectiveness.
• Collaborate with team members and contribute to upgrading standards and best practice guidelines.
• Develop and implement review cycle plans, ensuring proper marking of classified documents according to required standards.
• Plan and coordinate preparation of project documentation
• Review contract modifications to ensure customer contract requirements are met
• Review contract to determine documentation required for each phase of project applying knowledge of engineering and manufacturing processes
• Coordinate modification of records for management control
• Establish change orders and prepare for change authorization and documentation by company and subcontractor
• Review and analyze released engineering change data and coordinate changes with engineering, quality, support, manufacturing, and data control activities
• Keep project on schedule

Basic Qualifications:

• For a level 2: Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience. An additional 4 years of CM/DM experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
• For a Principal level: Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of relevant experience. An additional 4 years of CM/DM experience may be used in lieu of a degree.
• Must be a US Citizen with an active DoD Secret Clearance with an investigation date within the last 6 years
• Must be able to be successfully screened for Enhanced Security Clearances, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by the company to meet its business needs