Master Data Management Specialist, Advise

About Us

DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech) is an international consulting firm dedicated to development, with 39 years of experience providing advisory services and technical assistance to government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in more than 100 countries. DevTech core practice areas include: Monitoring Evaluation, Research and Learning; Data Solutions; Public Financial Management and Fiscal Sustainability; and Education, Gender, and Youth. 

 

At DevTech, we care deeply about doing work that leads to positive change in the world. We celebrate diverse perspectives and are committed to an inclusive environment. We empower our employees to work autonomously and simultaneously give them the professional support that they need to learn and grow. 

Overview

DevTech is recruiting for a Master Data Management (MDM) Specialist to work as part of an agile team, supporting our client, the Office of the Chief Information Officer. The agile team will be investigating, planning, and implementing data standard guidance across a broad spectrum of systems and data repositories.  The results will demonstrate the value of MDM to improve awareness, availability, access, and capacity to transform the way our client collects, analyzes, and uses data to ensure development outcomes are supported by evidence. 

 

The MDM Specialist will be responsible for building the master domain(s) keeping with or enhancing existing data governance policies. Seeking an individual who not only values the importance of Master Data Management but understands the process and has had direct experience standing up a domain. Projects vary from requirements gathering only, through design and implementation of new data domains and products.  This role includes both hands-on technical work and stakeholder collaboration work. 

 

This position is hybrid in-person and telework, requiring three days a week in person at the USAID Annex building in Washington DC.

 

About the Team

USAID Data Services' core values are:

• We are passionate, ambitious and care deeply about our work and the USAID mission.
• We are serious about meeting the needs of our customers.
• We are funny. We have fun. And we are human.
• We communicate and close feedback loops.
• We are proactive. We do not wait for success to come find us.
• We are a team who is committed to each other.

In keeping with these core values, we respect and encourage an inclusive and diverse environment in which we see our differences as strengths. We are a team of motivated and responsible self-starters that enjoy working in a team-oriented environment. We are always looking for ways to grow, through feedback, learning, and collaboration.

 

Responsibilities

• Attend and document MDM meetings.
• Work with the Senior Data Architect to formulate MDM approaches, identify tasks/action items.
• Document and update requirements.
• Convert requirements into code.
• Clean and format data domains using pre-approved tools.
• Create SQL queries to ETL or generate reports.
• Create schemas as needed to support data domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field. Graduate degree strongly preferred.
• At least five (5) years of professional experience in a relevant field.
• At least two (2) years of direct, recent, hands on experience with Master Data Management.
• Experience with ETL and ELT concepts using Informatica Data Quality.
• Experience with generating Rules for Data Discovery. 
• Experience gathering and documenting business requirements.
• Experience with applying data cleansing to new data domains.
• Experience with Oracle complex SQL queries and views.
• Ability to take initiative on broad directions (does not require continuous hands-on management).
• Understanding of data models, i.e., 3rd normal form, star, snowflake.
• Ability to translate technical concepts and terminology to laypersons.
• Able to facilitate meetings as necessary.
• Able to generate documentation, as needed.
• Willing to learn new technologies.

Preferred: 

• Erwin Experience.
• Oracle SQL.
• AWS Familiarity.
• Azure Familiarity.
• Current Secret security clearance preferred.

 

The candidate must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for the required U.S. government security clearance for this project. 

EEO Statement

NOTE: This job posting should not be construed to imply that the requirements are the exclusive standards of the position nor will it be the sole basis for any subsequent employee evaluations. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), age (40 and older), physical and mental disability, genetic information (including family medical history) or characteristics, military status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship or alienage, or any other protected status as established by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Employment Type: FULL_TIME