DATA GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT - Sydney

Ayan Infotech; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ayan Infotech is seeking a DATA GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT for a long-term contract in Sydney, onsite 100%. The role focuses on building and maturing governance capabilities, metadata, data quality, and stewardship across enterprise data platforms.

The successful candidate will design frameworks, implement tools like Informatica Cloud DG & Catalog, and collaborate with business teams to enable governance across Azure, Snowflake, Databricks and SQL environments.

Qualifications

• Design and implement enterprise Data Governance frameworks, standards, policies and procedures.
• Define governance operating models, decision rights, governance forums and escalation paths.
• Establish governance roles including Data Owners, Data Stewards, Custodians and Governance Councils.
• Develop governance roadmaps aligned with data strategy and compliance.
• Lead implementation and configuration of Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog.
• Configure business glossaries, metadata repositories, classifications and governance workflows.
• Implement automated metadata harvesting and lineage capabilities.
• Enable integration with Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks and SQL-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop business glossaries and taxonomy models.
• Define ownership, stewardship and approval workflows.
• Improve data discoverability and business understanding of critical data assets.
• Define critical data elements and quality rules; establish KPIs and monitoring.
• Support governance workflows and issue remediation.
• Drive Data Stewardship adoption across business units.
• Capture end-to-end data lineage and classification processes.
• Support compliance, audit requests and regulatory reporting.

Skills

Data Governance

Data Quality

Stakeholder Mgmt

Glossary/Metadata

Informatica Cloud DG & Catalog

Azure integration

Snowflake

Databricks

SQL-based systems

Governance frameworks

Tools

Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog

Azure

Microsoft Fabric

Snowflake

Databricks

SQL

Job description

Ayan Infotech has an urgent and immediate requirement for a DATA GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT for a long term contract job opportunity in Sydney.

Due to the nature of the work involved, we can only consider Australian Citizens with a baseline or higher security clearance based in Sydney with full onsite availability for this role.

Title: DATA GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT

Location: Sydney (100% onsite in Sydney)

Type: Contract (6-12 months+)

Required Skills and Experience:

Data Governance Strategy & Framework

• Design and implement enterprise Data Governance frameworks, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Define governance operating models, decision rights, governance forums, and escalation paths.
• Establish governance roles including Data Owners, Data Stewards, Custodians, and Governance Councils.
• Develop governance roadmaps aligned with organizational data strategy and compliance requirements
• Lead implementation and configuration of Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog.
• Configure business glossaries, metadata repositories, classifications, and governance workflows.
• Implement automated metadata harvesting and lineage capabilities.
• Enable integration with enterprise data platforms including Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, and SQL-based systems

Metadata & Business Glossary Management

• Develop business glossaries and taxonomy models.
• Define ownership, stewardship, and approval workflows.
• Improve data discoverability and business understanding of critical data assets.

Data Quality & Stewardship

• Define critical data elements and quality rules.
• Collaborate with business teams to establish data quality KPIs and monitoring processes.
• Support issue remediation and governance workflows.
• Drive Data Stewardship adoption across business units
• Capture and document end-to-end data lineage.
• Implement governance processes for data classification and sensitive data management.
• Support compliance requirements, audit requests, and regulatory reporting initiatives.
• Ensure adherence to privacy, security, and governance standards

Stakeholder Management & Consulting

• Conduct governance workshops and stakeholder interviews.
• Gather and document governance requirements.
• Facilitate governance councils and working groups.
• Present governance metrics, recommendations, and progress updates to leadership teams.