Sr Data Governance - Full Time

Position: Sr Data Governance Consultant

Location: Jersey City, NJ (Onsite from Day 1)

Job Type: Full Time

Job Description

• Must have a minimum of 8+ years of experience in Design, Development & implementation experience in Data Governance
• Must have worked in Agile development environment and familiar with Software Development Lifecycle, Agile/Scrum process.
• Assess current lineage, metadata, and data quality practices
• Perform sample attribute-level lineage analysis
• Identify gaps in lineage coverage and automation
• Profile data quality issues (accuracy, completeness)
• Define DQ rules, KPIs, and monitoring approach
• Recommend metadata/catalog strategy
• Define standards for lineage, glossary, and DQ.

Note

This is primarily a Data Governance Consultant / Data Governance Analyst role with strong focus on Data Lineage, Metadata Management, and Data Quality Governance.

Recommended Job Titles

• Senior Data Governance Consultant
• Data Governance Lead
• Data Governance Analyst
• Data Governance & Data Quality Consultant
• Metadata & Data Lineage Specialist
• Data Governance SME (Lineage & Data Quality)

Core Skills Required

• Data Governance
• Data Lineage (Attribute-Level Lineage)
• Metadata Management
• Data Catalog Strategy
• Data Quality Frameworks
• Data Quality Rules & KPIs
• Data Profiling
• Business Glossary Management
• Data Governance Standards & Policies
• SQL
• Tableau
• JIRA
• Agile / Scrum
• SDLC

Key Responsibilities

• Assess current-state data lineage, metadata, and data quality processes.
• Perform attribute-level lineage analysis across critical data elements.
• Identify gaps in lineage coverage and recommend automation opportunities.
• Profile data quality issues and perform root-cause analysis.
• Define and implement data quality rules, metrics, and monitoring frameworks.
• Develop metadata management and data catalog strategies.
• Establish governance standards for lineage, business glossary, and data quality.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Good-to-Have Tools

If having exp with these, they are strong indicators:

• Collibra
• Alation
• Informatica Data Governance
• Informatica EDC
• Microsoft Purview
• Atlan
• Apache Atlas
• Talend Data Quality
• IBM Information Governance Catalog