Data Management Lead
Osi Vision is seeking a Senior Data Management Lead to oversee and supervise a team of contractors supporting Data Sharing and Governance, Data Quality, and Data Standards for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) located in the National Capital Region (Washington D.C)/Maryland). This is contingent upon award of this Contract.
Overview of Support: The Senior Data Management Lead, leads and directs the overall efforts to Data Management, Sharing and Governance, Quality, and Standards in support of USCIS.
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provide support in implementing initiatives associated with data management objectives.
• Liaise and coordinate with Office of Information and Technology (OIT) on diverse topics such
as data architectural expertise for communicating data standards, data quality remediation
methods, and coordinating data policies with technical realities.
o Additionally, coordination involves OCDO and OITs’ mutual hosting of data topical
meetings for Agency-wide coordination efforts and implementation needs, these are
under the umbrellas of formal bi-weekly meetings including Data Management Council
(DMC), and Information Technology Steering Committee (ITSC), and a Technology
Implementation Group (TIG). OIT coordination also involves routine and ad hoc
informal coordination with senior-level OIT leadership.
• Implement and mature the Data Governance Framework: a complete plan for addressing
datacentric control issues such as data sharing policies, negotiating inter-agency agreements,
and, for instance, establishing models for data conceptualization and monitoring.
• Integrate Data Standards: The Data Standards branch seeks to continuously implement
standards through reference information and technical implementations.
• Support Data Quality monitoring issue resolution, and compliance.
• Support the Data Quality branch, which effects outcomes such as quality remediation both in
operations as well as with reporting and analyses.
o Promote data management. This support is separate from the formal and informal
venues, for example, promoting joint data management practices with other DHS
components or agencies.
• Promote the automation of data management functions when appropriate and practicable in
support of the goals and objectives outlined in this work statement, the USCIS Data Strategy,
and in furtherance of the OCDO mission.
DATA SHARING AND GOVERNANCE SUPPORT
Provide support for the following initiatives and projects to further USCIS Data Governance efforts:
• Sustain the USCIS Data Strategy/Data Governance Framework: Support existing governance
bodies and develop relationships across the USCIS enterprise to advance the business and
technical goals of the USCIS Data Strategy and the USCIS Data Governance Framework.
• Develop and Execute Data Sharing Agreements: Support development and execution of data
sharing agreements. Solicit data requirements from sharing partners and agency personnel with
direct equities, while ensuring the involvement from oversight teams. Assess the enterprise
impact/value for all data sharing activities and ensure broad coordination and reciprocity where
possible.
• Build Capacity: Support the development of the OCDO/Data Sharing and Governance team to
build and sustain strategic partnerships within the federal community. This includes creating
tools, resources, guidance, and processes. Support data literacy initiatives that help the OCDO
grow its value to the agency. Provide subject matter expertise and support to other teams within
the OCDO to support its broader. Promote and support USCIS capabilities and other strategic
initiatives that enable “single sources of truth” for data access and use.
Sustain the USCIS Data Strategy/Data Governance Framework
Demonstrate familiarity with DHS and USCIS organizational cultures. Provide experience developing effective governance structures for large federal agencies and recommendations. with written products (positions, plans) to agency leadership for approval and execution. Ability to proactively identify gaps in governance processes unique to the agency. Experience soliciting feedback from key stakeholders to resolve gaps and identify solutions that enhance the agency’s governance posture (including the use of data governance technologies and platforms, creation or refinement of processes, and the development of new/modification of existing policies).
Develop and Execute Data Sharing Agreements
Demonstrate knowledge and ability in developing and executing data sharing agreements at the federal level. Prior experience working with DHS and USCIS teams and with other federal interagency partners to negotiate policy, process, and procedural nuances in data sharing agreements, particularly concerning sensitive/confidential data. Demonstrated ability to work independently with data partners and coordinate with the federal team as needed to resolve outstanding issues. Experience effecting change through the use of data science or other governance platforms that enable data sharing activities to be performed with greater accountability, transparency, and operational ease.
Required Qualifications:
• Must have at least 10 years of experience leading data management efforts including, but not
limited to data, policy, data sharing, data governance, data quality, and data standards.
• BS degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related fields.
• Requires access to sensitive but unclassified information.
• Must be a United States Citizen.
• Must have resided in the United States for three of the past five years.
• Once selected for employment a complete security package, we will submit the package to the
Office of Security & Integrity Personnel Security Division (OSI PSD) 30 days before start date
Desired Qualifications:
• MS degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics preferred.