Data Governance Analyst

Cognizant; London; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Data Governance Analyst to enhance its data strategy and governance practices. Join a dynamic Enterprise Data Governance Team to help ensure the trust and protection of data assets. The role offers a hybrid work arrangement and aims to support business needs while maintaining high data governance standards.

Benefits

Hybrid work arrangement

Wellbeing programs

Qualifications

• 1-4 years of applied data governance experience.
• Knowledge of data governance and management technology.
• Experience with Microsoft products.

Responsibilities

• Support development and improvement of data governance policies.
• Implement data governance across the enterprise.
• Provide front line support to the data community.

Skills

Data Governance

Collibra

Microsoft Purview

SQL Coding

Education

Data Management Certification

Data Governance Certification (e.g. DGSP, CDMP)

Tools

Databricks

Excel

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We are seeking a Data Governance Analyst as a part of the Enterprise Data Governance Team to play an essential role for the advancement of our data strategy and maintenance of existing Data Governance Practices. This role provides the opportunity to balance enablement of our business with the governance of our data assets to ensure the trust and protection of the data in our care. The successful candidate will join a skilled team of like-minded colleagues who are naturally curious, collaborative and strive to make sense of our data, protect it and work to enable the business to advance their data roadmaps.

In This Role, You Will

• Support the development, maintenance, and improvement of our data governance policy, standards, processes, and practices.
• Support the implementation and adoption of data governance across the enterprise.
• Work with technology and business users to ensure our data is understood and reflected in our Data Inventory to enable people to find what they need when they need it.
• Support requirement definition and analysis as we build out our Connected Data Platform, connecting people to the data they need.
• Find opportunities to improve the efficiency of the data governance organization with a focus on operational collaboration.
• Provide front line support to our data community and translate complex topics into simple and effective statements that have impact.
• Support strategic decisions, issues, risks, and breakthroughs related to data initiatives.
  
  

What Will Help You Stand Out (preferred Skills)

• 1-4 years of applied data governance experience.
• Use Collibra or other data governance toolset.
• Working knowledge of data governance and management technology an asset, Collibra Microsoft Purview.
• Data certification in Data Management or Data Governance an asset. (e.g. DGSP or CDMP)
• Microsoft products excel Purview and using minimal SQL coding via Databricks to assist with developing regular expressions.
  
  

At Cognizant, we're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can make an impact in various ways. We encourage you to apply if you have most of the skills above and feel like you are strongly suited for this role. Consider what transferrable experience and skills make you a unique applicant and help us see how you’d be beneficial to this role.

Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring 3 days a week in our client office in Toronto, ON. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance though our various wellbeing programs.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting and Business Consulting and Services

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