Data Governance and Data Quality specialist

Tech Mahindra; Hyderabad, Pune District, Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tech Mahindra is seeking an experienced Data Governance Specialist to define and implement quality rules, metadata management and lineage across priority datasets. You will collaborate with architects and engineers to embed privacy controls, retention requirements, and compliance into delivery lifecycles while maintaining governance documentation and audit evidence.

The role focuses on building a data quality rule catalog, scorecards, glossary mappings, and lineage evidence, with cloud

Qualifications

• 6+ years in data governance, data quality, metadata management, or compliance-oriented data programs.
• Experience with cloud governance tools is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement data quality rules, thresholds, exception handling, reconciliation checks, issue workflows, and scorecards across priority datasets.
• Configure Dataplex or equivalent governance capabilities for cataloging, discovery, metadata management, business glossary mapping, lineage, domains, zones, and policy controls.
• Partner with architects and engineers to embed quality checks, lineage capture, privacy controls, retention requirements, access governance, and compliance requirements into delivery lifecycle.
• Maintain governance process documentation including data ownership, stewardship roles, issue management, metadata standards, data certification, and audit evidence.
• Track data quality incidents, root causes, remediation ownership, recurring patterns, and governance maturity improvements.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Data quality

Cataloging

Data lineage

Stewardship

Compliance controls

Dataplex concepts

SQL

Profiling

Rule design

Issue workflows

Privacy controls

Access control

Audit

Retention policies

Data management

Dataplex

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Dataplex

Job description

Key Accountabilities

• Define and implement data quality rules, thresholds, exception handling, reconciliation checks, issue workflows, and scorecards across priority datasets.
• Configure Dataplex or equivalent governance capabilities for cataloging, discovery, metadata management, business glossary mapping, lineage, domains, zones, and policy controls.
• Partner with architects and engineers to embed quality checks, lineage capture, privacy controls, retention requirements, access governance, and compliance requirements into delivery lifecycle.
• Maintain governance process documentation including data ownership, stewardship roles, issue management, metadata standards, data certification, and audit evidence.
• Track data quality incidents, root causes, remediation ownership, recurring patterns, and governance maturity improvements.

Core Skills & Tools

• Data governance, metadata management, data quality frameworks, cataloging, lineage, stewardship processes, compliance controls, and Dataplex concepts.
• SQL, profiling, reconciliation, rule design, issue workflow management, and ability to interpret data quality patterns.
• Understanding of privacy, access control, audit, retention, and enterprise data management practices.

Expected Deliverables

• Data quality rule catalog, profiling reports, DQ scorecards, governance process documents, metadata standards, glossary mapping, and lineage evidence.
• Dataplex/catalog configuration inputs, issue tracker, remediation reports, compliance checklist, and governance operating model.

Experience / Profile Fit

6+ years in data governance, data quality, metadata management, or compliance-oriented data programs. Experience with cloud governance tools is preferred.

Key Interfaces

Data owners, stewards, architects, data engineers, BI teams, security/compliance teams, business analysts, and program leadership.