Data Governance Analyst 2

Inova Health System; Fairfax (VA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Retirement match program

Tuition and student loan assistance

Mental health support services

Paid time off and parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Inova Health System is seeking a Data Governance Analyst 2 to join our team. This full-time role offers regular daytime hours with remote work eligibility for qualified U.S. residents.

The position focuses on defining governance policies, improving data practices, and monitoring data assets across the organization, while collaborating with Security, Compliance, and IT to ensure audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Associate degree or 2 years relevant professional experience required.
• 3 years in healthcare or business environment and 2 years in data access/quality/metadata or governance.
• EPIC certification within six months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Support the data governance office in defining policies, standards, processes, and metrics.
• Develop quality data practices and define thresholds for success with the business.
• Promote a data-driven culture and collaborate with stakeholders for data improvement.
• Maintain governance documentation, standards, and guidance for consistent data usage.
• Monitor data asset inventories, catalogs, glossaries, and data lineage.
• Review and validate access requests and enforce least privilege.
• Partner with Information Security, Compliance, Audit, and IT on governance reviews.

Skills

Data governance

RBAC

Active Directory

Data access controls

Education

Associate degree

2 years relevant professional experience

EPIC certification

Tools

Epic

Active Directory

Job description

Inova Health is looking for a dedicated Data Governance Analyst 2 to join the team. This role is Full-time Days working regular office hours Monday to Friday fully Remote.

This position is eligible for remote work for candidates residing in the following states – VA, MD, DC, DE, FL, GA, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, WV.

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

Committed to Team Member Health:offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.

Retirement:Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.

Tuition and Student Loan Assistance:offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.

Mental Health Support:offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Work/Life Balance:offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules.

Data Governance Analyst 2 Job Responsibilities:

Support the data governance office in defining and developing policies, standards, processes, and metrics.

Develop quality data practices and work with business to define acceptable thresholds for success.

Recommend and implement strategies to promote a data-driven culture within the organization.

Collaborate with stakeholders to assess understanding of data and identify opportunities for improvement.

Supports development of governance documentation, standards, and guidance to promote consistent data usage across the organization.

Maintain awareness of Inova’s Data Asset Inventories, Catalogs, Business Glossaries, Data Lineage including documentation of data architecture.

Monitor metrics related to use of Inova’s data assets.

Provide practice knowledge guidance to Junior analysts as needed.

Supports data access controls across analytics and enterprise platforms.

Reviews and validates access requests (e.g., PROD vs NON-PROD, reports, dashboards, data extracts).

Applies role-based access governance and least privilege standards while identifying potential risk gaps or policy exceptions.

Partners directly with Information Security, Compliance, Audit, and technical teams on governance-related reviews and remediation activities.

Supports governance decisions related to data sharing, outbound data usage, and sensitive data handling practices.

Maintains and improves governance controls, documentation standards, and audit readiness processes.

Identifies trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement related to data governance and access management practices.

Partners with Information Security and IT to align governance processes with security policies.

• Education:Associate degree OR 2 years relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum Experience requirement
• Experience: 3 years of experience in healthcare or business environment AND 2 years of experience working with data access, data quality, or metadata management processes or with data governance, data management, or analytics operations.
• Certification: EPIC certified within six months of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Epic Security and Epic Certification preferred***
• Analytics security administration and user access management.
• Role-based access control (RBAC), security provisioning, and permission management.
• Epic analytics security (Cogito, Radar, Reporting Workbench, SlicerDicer, or related Epic security experience preferred).
• Troubleshooting user access issues and partnering with technical teams to resolve security-related requests.
• Understanding of least-privilege access principles, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Working with Active Directory/security groups and access request workflows.
• Documentation of security standards, access procedures, and governance processes.

About Us

We are Inova, Northern Virginia’s leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better — to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Job Info

• Job Identification 686890
• Job Category Information Technology
• Posting Date 10/26/2026, 02:27 PM
• Locations Inova 8095 - Fairfax East (Remote)