Global Data Stewardship & Governance Specialist

Day One; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DayOne, a leading global data infrastructure company, is seeking a Data Governance professional to define metadata, steward data quality, and drive compliance across enterprise data assets. The role collaborates with data owners and engineers to ensure consistent lineage, classification, and access controls within Microsoft Purview and related tools.

You will engage in governance forums, contribute to data standards, and promote data literacy across departments while supporting onboarding of

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field.
• 2–5 years of experience in data stewardship, governance, or data quality roles.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, Azure Data Catalog, and Fabric Lakehouse.
• Experience with metadata management and data lineage tools.
• Understanding of data governance frameworks and regulatory compliance.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Detail-oriented with a passion for data accuracy and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain metadata, data dictionaries, and business glossaries within Microsoft Purview and Fabric.
• Monitor data quality metrics and implement remediation processes for critical datasets.
• Collaborate with data owners to establish stewardship workflows and data certification protocols.
• Support data classification, lineage tracking, and access controls using Azure Data Catalog and Purview.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations (e.g., PDPA, GDPR).
• Facilitate data governance forums and contribute to the development of enterprise data standards.
• Work with data engineers to validate ingestion pipelines and ensure consistency across Lakehouse tables.
• Assist in onboarding new datasets into OneLake with appropriate tagging and documentation.
• Champion data stewardship best practices across departments and promote data literacy.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Data governance

Data quality

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field

Tools

Microsoft Purview

Azure Data Catalog

Fabric Lakehouse

Power BI Dataflows

Azure Data Factory

Job description

DayOne, a leading global data infrastructure company, is seeking a Data Governance professional to define metadata, steward data quality, and drive compliance across enterprise data assets. The role collaborates with data owners and engineers to ensure consistent lineage, classification, and access controls within Microsoft Purview and related tools.

You will engage in governance forums, contribute to data standards, and promote data literacy across departments while supporting onboarding of