FAR Analyst / Product Owner

About this role

About the Role

The FAR Analyst / Product Owner sits on the ATLAS Data Governance team, is the subject matter expert for ATLAS reporting and analytics and owns the product backlog for data governance and reporting enhancements. The role connects Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) knowledge with data governance so that acquisition data is accurate, well defined, and ready for reporting.

The analyst represents ATLAS data consumers, bringing their reporting needs, questions, and pain points to the governance table. Those insights shape the Office of Acquisition and Grants Management (OAGM) outlook, including its data standards, reporting priorities, and acquisition decisions.

ATLAS data governance

• Serve as a core member of the ATLAS Data Governance team, supporting data ownership, stewardship, and decision rights for acquisition data.
• Map ATLAS data elements to FAR requirements and procurement processes (e.g., contract types, clauses, CLINs, obligations, modifications).
• Develop and maintain the ATLAS business glossary, data dictionary, and authoritative definitions for reporting fields.
• Define data quality rules and metrics; identify, track, and resolve data quality issues with data stewards and system owners.
• Document data lineage from ATLAS to reports and external systems such as FPDS and SAM.gov.
• Support data standards, access controls, records retention, and CUI and privacy requirements.

SME for reporting and analytics

• Serve as the subject matter expert for ATLAS reporting and analytics, explaining how acquisition data is created, defined, and should be interpreted.
• Translate FAR and acquisition business rules into reporting logic, metric definitions, and calculations.
• Review and validate reports and dashboards for accuracy against source data and regulatory intent before release.
• Write requirements and user stories for new or improved reports, dashboards, and data extracts.
• Analyze acquisition data to surface trends, bottle...