Data Governance Lead

NR Consulting; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 1,400,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

NR Consulting in Chennai is seeking a Data Engineer Lead/Assistant Manager to design, develop, and support enterprise data pipelines. You will enable metadata management and data lineage using Informatica EDC and AXON, while ensuring data quality and regulatory compliance.

The role requires 7.5+ years in data governance with 15 years of education, and is based at the Chennai office. The incumbent will lead governance initiatives, enforce coding standards, and drive operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 7.5+ years of experience in data governance and data engineering.
• 15 years of full-time education required.
• Experience leading data engineering initiatives is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and operational support of enterprise data pipelines.
• Implement metadata management and data lineage using Informatica EDC and AXON.
• Ensure data quality, validation, and compliance across ETL processes.
• Manage production jobs, RCA, and on-call support.
• Drive governance adoption and enforce coding standards and release management.

Skills

Data Governance

Big Data & Hadoop Ecosystem

Hive

Spark

Impala

Sqoop

Cloudera Data Platform

Education

15 years full time education

Tools

Informatica EDC

AXON

Informatica Data Governance

Job description

Project Role : Data Engineer
Project Role Description : Design, develop and maintain data solutions for data generation, collection, and processing. Create data pipelines, ensure data quality, and implement ETL (extract, transform and load) processes to migrate and deploy data across systems.
Must have skills : Data Governance
Good to have skills : NA
Minimum 7.5 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education

Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced Data Engineering Team Lead / Assistant Manager with strong expertise in ETL, Big Data platforms.The ideal candidate will lead the design, development, and operational support of enterprise-scale data pipelines while also enabling metadata management and data lineage capabilities using Informatica EDC and AXON.

1. Data Governance & Metadata Management

• Implement enterprise data governance frameworks using Informatica EDC and AXON.
• Configure data cataloguing, metadata harvesting, and automated lineage tracking.
• Enable data discovery, data classification, and impact analysis across the data landscape.
• Maintain business glossary, data policies, and governance workflows within AXON.
• Support data stewardship processes and governance adoption across business units.
• Integrate ETL pipelines with metadata and lineage tracking frameworks.

2. Data Quality & Compliance

• Implement data validation, reconciliation, and cleansing frameworks within ETL pipelines.
• Develop automated checks for:
• o Null handling
• o Duplicate detection
• o Data format validations
• Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and consistency across systems.
• Enforce data governance policies and regulatory compliance requirements.

3. Production Support & Incident Management

• Manage scheduling jobs
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement preventive solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotations and L1/L2 production support.
• Ensure adherence to SLAs and operational compliance standards.

4. Stakeholder Management

• Drive automation, operational efficiency, and engineering best practices.
• Enforce coding standards, version control, and release management processes.

5. Must-Have Skills

• Big Data & Hadoop Ecosystem
• Hands-on experience with:
• o Apache Hive
• o Apache Spark
• o Apache Impala
• o Apache Sqoop
• Experience working on Cloudera Data Platform

Additional Information

• The candidate should have minimum 7.5 years of experience in Data Governance.
• This position is based at our Chennai office.
• A 15 years full time education is required.