Data Governance Analyst — Enterprise Data Quality & Lineage

Wimmer Solutions; Renton (WA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

401k & company match

Flexible Health Care accounts

Job summary

Wimmer Solutions is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to drive enterprise data governance initiatives across the organization. You will partner with data owners, stewards, and technical teams to improve data visibility, quality, lineage, and management within our data catalog and data platform ecosystem.

You will support metadata management, EOL activities, data quality checks, and lifecycle management to ensure trusted, well-governed enterprise data assets, collaborating with stakeholders and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Data Management, Computer Science, Business, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, BI, Data Analysis, or related disciplines.
• Experience with enterprise data catalogs and metadata management tools.
• Experience with data governance platforms such as Acryl Data, Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, Informatica, or similar tools.
• Understanding of data lineage, ownership, stewardship, and governance frameworks.
• Experience with data warehouses and cloud platforms such as Snowflake.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional initiatives and driving stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Research and analyze enterprise data sources to identify common systems of record and establish relationships between related assets within the data governance platform.
• Maintain and enhance linked-record relationships within the data governance team’s workflow tool to improve data discovery, lineage, and understanding across the organization.
• Support end-of-life (EOL) activities for source systems and databases being retired or replaced.
• Analyze downstream dependencies and identify users, reports, applications, and data products consuming retired data assets.
• Develop deep expertise in the Acryl Data platform and serve as a subject matter expert for business users, data owners, and data stewards.
• Provide training, guidance, and day‑to‑day support for users of the enterprise data catalog.
• Collaborate with data owners and stewards to define data quality requirements and key business rules.
• Configure, implement, and monitor data quality checks within the enterprise data catalog and governance platform.
• Build relationships with business and technical stakeholders across multiple domains.
• Educate data owners and stewards on governance processes, metadata standards, and data quality best practices.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Stakeholder comms

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Cross-functional teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Acryl Data

Snowflake

Microsoft Purview

Collibra

Job description

Wimmer Solutions is seeking a Data Governance Analyst to drive enterprise data governance initiatives across the organization. You will partner with data owners, stewards, and technical teams to improve data visibility, quality, lineage, and management within our data catalog and data platform ecosystem.

You will support metadata management, EOL activities, data quality checks, and lifecycle management to ensure trusted, well-governed enterprise data assets, collaborating with stakeholders and