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ACT1 Federal

Data Curation Lead

Arlington, VA · On-site

$160K - $210K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Data Curation Lead Location: National Capital Region Category: Contingent Schedule (FT/PT): FT Travel Required: NA Shift: Day Remote Type: Remote Clearance required: Active Secret Clearance required ...

BBC UK

Senior Curation Editor

Washington, DC · On-site

$90K - $100K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Senior Curation Editor Senior Curation Editor Editorial, Production & Programming Permanent - Full Time Washington Bureau Job Closing Date: August 20, 2026 THE ROLE JOB DETAILS BBC Studios ...

Addison Group

AI Curation Operator

Boston, MA · On-site

$35/hr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

AI Curation Operator Location: Boston, MA - Onsite, 3 days a week Job Type: Contract Pay Rate: $35/Hour Benefits: This position is eligible for medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Position Overview:

Bridge

VP, Curation Products

Paramus, NJ · Remote

$200K - $290K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The VP of Curation Products will own and drive the product vision across for this product, which touches data, media, and sales. You'll define the roadmap, align Technology, Data, Marketing, and ...

Labcorp

Sr Curation Scientist

Durham, NC · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Labcorp is seeking a Senior Curation Scientist to join our team in a fully remote capacity. Work Schedule: This is a full time, exempt (salaried) position. Standard business hours align with Monday ...

Elixir Technologies

Curator

New Orleans, LA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The Curator participates in the research, proposal, and documentation of acquisitions; publication and presentation on the collection; and will serve as lead on exhibition projects, including the ...

The National World War II Museum Inc

Curator

New Orleans, LA

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The Curator participates in the research, proposal, and documentation of acquisitions; publication and presentation on the collection; and will serve as lead on exhibition projects, including the ...

The National World War II Museum

Curator

New Orleans, LA · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The Curator participates in the research, proposal, and documentation of acquisitions; publication and presentation on the collection; and will serve as lead on exhibition projects, including the ...

Labcorp

Sr Curation Scientist

Durham, NC · On-site +1

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Labcorp is seeking a Senior Curation Scientist to join our team in a fully remote capacity. Work Schedule: This is a full time, exempt (salaried) position. Standard business hours align with Monday ...

Zeta Global

Director, Inventory Curation

New York, NY · On-site +1

$120K - $150K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • PTO

Define and evolve the curation strategy, including packaging and go-to-market approach * Identify new opportunities to leverage data, inventory, and partnerships to drive incremental revenue

Audubon Institute

Curator of Birds

New Orleans, LA · On-site

$67K/yr

Curator of Birds Department: Animal Reports To: General Curator Location: Audubon Zoo FLSA Status: Exempt Position Type: Full Time Who We Are Audubon Nature Institute comprises Audubon Park, Audubon ...

Zeta Global

Director, Inventory Curation

New York, NY · On-site

$120K - $150K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • PTO

Define and evolve the curation strategy, including packaging and go-to-market approach * Identify new opportunities to leverage data, inventory, and partnerships to drive incremental revenue

City of Mesa

Museum Curator

Mesa, AZ

$75K - $102K/yr

The Museum Curator develops, interprets, evaluates, communicates, and curates the collections of the Arizona Museum for Natural History for the fields of natural and social sciences. Responsibilities ...

BANDANA

Curatorial Assistant

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$25.25/hr

Curatorial Assistant Whitney Museum Greenwich Village, 99 Gansevoort St Base pay starts at $25.25/hr. The Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude ...

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How much do curation jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 14, 2026, the average yearly pay for curation in the United States is $203,468.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $78,500.00 and $400,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Curation vs Content Management?

AspectCurationContent Management
Primary FocusSelecting, organizing, and sharing relevant content from various sourcesCreating, editing, and maintaining original content for digital platforms
Skills & CertificationsResearch skills, content sourcing, basic digital toolsWriting, editing, CMS proficiency, SEO knowledge
Work EnvironmentResearch-heavy, curating from multiple sourcesContent creation and publishing within digital platforms
Industry UsageMedia, museums, online platformsDigital marketing, publishing, corporate websites

While both roles involve working with digital content, curation focuses on selecting and organizing existing content from various sources, whereas content management involves creating and maintaining original content within digital systems. Understanding these differences helps clarify career paths and employer expectations in the digital content industry.

What are the jobs of a curation?

A curation job involves selecting, organizing, and presenting content, artifacts, or collections for specific audiences or purposes. This can include tasks such as evaluating materials, creating displays or digital collections, and ensuring relevance and quality, often requiring knowledge of the subject area and attention to detail.

What is a curation job?

A curation job involves selecting, organizing, and managing content, artifacts, or information for a specific audience or purpose. Curation professionals often work in fields like museums, media, or digital platforms, using skills in research, analysis, and digital tools to ensure relevant and high-quality collections or content are presented effectively.

Do curators make a lot of money?

Curators typically earn a median annual salary of around $50,000 to $70,000, depending on experience, location, and the institution. Advanced roles or those in major museums may offer higher compensation, especially with specialized knowledge or advanced degrees. Salary can also vary based on the size and funding of the organization and whether the position is full-time or part-time.

What degree is needed to be a curator?

A career as a curator typically requires at least a bachelor's degree in fields such as art history, museum studies, archaeology, or a related discipline. Many curators also pursue master's degrees or higher, along with relevant experience and skills in collections management, research, and preservation.
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Infographic showing various Curation job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% Internship, 75% Full Time, 19% Part Time, 1% Temporary, and 4% Contract. Highlights an 68% Physical, 5% Hybrid, and 27% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $203,468 per year, or $97.8 per hour.

Data Curation Lead

ACT1 Federal

Arlington, VA • On-site

$160K - $210K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 19 days ago

Job description

Position Title: Data Curation Lead
Location: National Capital Region
Category: Contingent
Schedule (FT/PT): FT
Travel Required: NA
Shift: Day
Remote Type: Remote
Clearance required: Active Secret Clearance required
Division: Aviation
Salary: $160,000-$210,000
***THIS POSITION IS CONTINGENT UPON CONTRACT AWARD***
Who is ACT1 Federal? ACT1 Federal LLC is a 100% employee-owned company. We've served the Department of Defense (DoD) for nearly thirty years. Our core missions include weapon systems engineering, logistics, space domain expertise, global defense and security, business and financial management for security assistance and major defense articles, as well as military training and arctic security. Join us!
Description: Perform data curation, metadata tagging, and data quality preparation activities on CSDR submission data in support of the CSDR data ingestion environment maintained by the Government. The objective is to ensure that CSDR submissions - the Cost Data Report (Flexfile and 1921 series), the Quantity Data Report, the Technical Data Report, the SRDR, and the M&R, and the CBDR - are properly tagged, normalized, and quality-checked as they move from the submission state into the downstream cost estimating analytical environment. This task is performed as recurring data stewardship in support of the CSDR mission and is not pipeline development.
Responsibilities:
  • Review CSDR submissions for data quality issues including missing values, internal inconsistencies, mis-aligned WBS elements, inflation/escalation treatment, and other issues that would impede downstream analytical use.
  • Apply normalization treatments as directed by the AFCAA technical lead, including WBS alignment to the CADE Standard WBS, Cost Element Structure (CES) standardization, and inflation/price-escalation adjustments.
  • Document each cleansing and normalization action taken on each submission such that the original-submitted data and the curated data remain distinguishable and traceable.
  • Apply metadata tags to CSDR submissions consistent with the AFCAA-approved metadata schema, including programmatic identifiers (program, contract, contractor, contract line item, reporting period, submission type, ACAT level, commodity area, and other approved tags).
  • Where new tags are required to support emerging cost estimating analytical needs, the contractor shall recommend additions or modifications to the metadata schema to the AFCAA technical lead for Government concurrence prior to implementation. The contractor shall not unilaterally modify the approved schema.
  • Apply technical parameter tagging to Technical Data Report submissions to support discoverability and traceability of form, fit, and function parameters across the program portfolio.
  • Perform focused curation of Quantity Data Report submissions, including standardization of quantity-time phasing representations, reconciliation of quantity reporting against contract and program quantities, and tagging of quantity data to support downstream cost-per-unit and learning-curve analysis.
  • Perform focused curation of Technical Data Report submissions, including extraction and structured tagging of form, fit, and function parameters; mapping to the approved CSDR Plan technical parameter list; and identification of parameter gaps relative to the cost estimating community's known analytical needs.
  • Provide recommendations to the AFCAA technical lead on improvements to the Quantity Data Report and Technical Data Report planning templates and tagging conventions based on patterns observed during curation.
  • Perform upstream data preparation activities required for CSDR submissions to be ingested by Government-maintained data infrastructure. These activities are limited to data preparation, tagging, normalization, and quality-check actions performed on the CSDR submission data itself. Configuration, modification, or development of Government data infrastructure is not in scope for this PWS.
  • Coordinate with Government data engineers on data format, tagging, and quality issues that affect downstream ingestion.
  • Maintain documentation of curation rules, tagging conventions applied, normalization procedures, and data quality findings sufficient for Government personnel to understand, audit, and reproduce the curation work performed.
  • Deliver curation and tagging documentation

Key Skills and Experience:
  • Data Curation and Stewardship: Demonstrated experience curating large, structured datasets, including data quality assessment, normalization, and traceable documentation of curation actions.
  • Metadata and Tagging: Demonstrated experience designing and applying metadata schemas and programmatic tags to structured data, with familiarity with cost-data tagging conventions (program identifier, contract identifier, WBS, CES, ACAT level, commodity).
  • CSDR Submission Familiarity: Working familiarity with the CSDR submission set, including the Cost Data Report (FlexFile and 1921-series), the Quantity Data Report, the Technical Data Report, the SRDR, and the M&R.
  • Programming and Data Manipulation: Proficiency in Python and SQL, with practical experience using data-manipulation libraries (Pandas, NumPy, or equivalent) for cleansing and transformation of structured data.
  • Data Pipeline Familiarity: Familiarity with data pipeline concepts (ETL/ELT, staging, quality checks) sufficient to support upstream data preparation work. The Key Personnel is not expected to design or develop Government pipelines under this PWS but shall coordinate effectively with the Government pipeline owners.
  • Tools Proficiency: Working knowledge of CADE, DACIMS, cPet, PPM, and CSDR-SR submission systems; working familiarity with DAF Data Fabric platforms including VAULT and Envision.
  • Documentation and Communication: Strong written documentation skills; ability to communicate data curation findings and tagging recommendations clearly to both cost analyst and data engineering audiences.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • Must have at least ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in data engineering, data curation, or data science with substantial experience working with DoW cost data, CSDR submissions, or comparable structured technical/financial reporting data.
  • CSDR experience is mandatory.
  • Expertise shall include a strong understanding of CSDR policy, planning, validation, compliance, and the CADE application.
  • Active Secret Clearance required.

Benefits:
  • Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
  • ACT1 Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
  • Company Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Company Paid Short-Term Disability
  • Voluntary Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
  • Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • 401K with employer match
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • Military Leave
  • Education, Training & Professional Development
  • Voluntary Accidental Injury/Critical Illness/Hospital Care
  • Voluntary Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, and Identity Protection

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.
  • If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you'll periodically work from a ACT1 Federal or client site facility.
  • If this position is listed as onsite, you'll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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