Data Governance

Virtusa; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa is seeking a Data Steward to support the Data Governance team by documenting metadata, ensuring data quality, and maintaining data products in the enterprise lakehouse environment. The role focuses on metadata management, data cataloging, and data product lifecycle tasks, ideal for those starting in data governance and eager to gain hands-on experience.

You will collaborate with analysts, engineers, and business partners to collect requirements, organize information, and contribute to

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in data stewardship and governance.
• In-depth understanding of metadata, data quality concepts, and governance practices.
• Proficiency with SQL and data analysis tools to explore data structures.
• Experience with data catalog tools; data.world preferred.
• Strong communication, organization, and documentation skills.
• Curiosity to learn modern data platforms and governance methods.

Responsibilities

• Document business requirements, definitions, and metadata during intake and define phases.
• Collect information from business partners, analysts, and engineering teams.
• Prepare data product materials such as use-case summaries and metadata pages.
• Support testing, validation, and metadata completeness during deploy and sustain phases.

Skills

Data governance

SQL

Metadata management

Data quality

Data catalog

Tools

data.world

AWS Glue Data Catalog

Amazon Redshift

Apache Iceberg

Job description

Job Requirements

Job Description: Data Steward

Data Governance Team

Overview

The Data Steward supports the Data Governance team by helping document, curate, and maintain high-quality metadata and data products within the enterprise lakehouse environment. This role assists with data product lifecycle activities, catalog administration, and stewardship tasks that ensure data is accurate, well-defined, compliant, and easy for the business to use. This is an ideal role for someone early in their data governance journey who wants to build hands-on experience in metadata management, data quality, data cataloging, and data product lifecycle work.

Qualifications

Required

• 3+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance.
• In-depth understanding of metadata, data quality concepts, and data governance practices.
• Expertise with SQL and data analysis tools to understand data structures.
• Experience with any data catalog tool, preferably data.world.
• Strong communication, organization, and documentation skills.
• Curiosity and willingness to learn modern data platforms and governance methods.

Preferred

• Experience with healthcare, payer operations, or regulated data environments.
• Exposure to cloud data ecosystems (AWS preferred) such as Glue Data Catalog, Redshift, or Iceberg.
• Basic understanding of privacy concepts (PII/PHI) and regulatory drivers.
• Interest in data product management principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in documenting business requirements, definitions, and metadata during the Intake and Define phases.
• Collect and organize information from business partners, analysts, and engineering teams.
• Help prepare data product materials such as use-case summaries, metadata pages, and draft product definitions.
• Support testing, validation, and metadata completeness checks during the Deploy and Sustain phases.

Work Experience

710years