Data Governance Analyst, Richmond, VA, US

Intellibee; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Long-Term Stability

Health Coverage

401(k) Program

Green Card Assistance

Job summary

IntelliBee seeks a seasoned Data Governance Analyst to support enterprise data governance initiatives in Richmond, VA. You will collaborate with data owners, stewards, and engineers to establish governance for new datasets and to maintain metadata, business glossaries, and data dictionaries.

The role emphasizes data quality, profiling, reconciliation, and impact analysis across Bronze to ADS layers, with hands-on SQL/. Python-based AWS pipelines experience desirable.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Business Analysis, Metadata Management, or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing enterprise Data Governance programs.
• Experience facilitating governance workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong SQL skills for data analysis and validation.
• Experience documenting metadata, business glossaries, and data dictionaries.
• Experience defining business rules and Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Experience performing data profiling, reconciliation, and validation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Data Governance: Support implementation of the DBHDS Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Facilitate governance workshops with business stakeholders.
• Support onboarding of new applications into the Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Partner with Data Owners and Data Stewards to establish governance for new enterprise datasets.
• Develop and maintain governance policies, standards, procedures, and supporting documentation.

Skills

Data governance

Data management

Data quality

Business analysis

Metadata management

Data profiling

Data reconciliation

Data lineage

Communication skills

Workshop facilitation

Tools

AWS

S3

Glue

Glue Data Catalog

Lake Formation

Snowflake

Python

SQL

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

Data Governance Analyst, Richmond, VA, US

Data Governance Analyst (CDC Funded)

The Office of Data Governance is seeking an experienced Data Governance Analyst to support implementation of the agency's Enterprise Data Governance Program.

The analyst will work closely with Data Owners, Data Stewards, Business Owners, Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineers, Project Teams, and Information Security to establish trusted, governed enterprise data supporting both operational and analytical use cases.

This role focuses on governance activities supporting enterprise data ingested into the AWS Data Platform and consumed through Snowflake. The successful candidate will help establish governance processes, metadata, business rules, data quality standards, and stewardship practices while supporting the agency's growing enterprise data platform.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Business Analysis, Metadata Management, or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing enterprise Data Governance programs.
• Experience facilitating governance workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong SQL skills for data analysis and validation.
• Experience documenting metadata, business glossaries, and data dictionaries.
• Experience defining business rules and Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Experience performing data profiling, reconciliation, and validation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

Experience with several of the following technologies:

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• S3
• Glue
• Glue Data Catalog
• Lake Formation
• Snowflake
• Python
• SQL
• Power BI
• SharePoint
• Experience in healthcare, behavioral health, Medicaid, or Virginia state government is highly desirable.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The successful candidate will:

• Data Governance
• Support implementation of the DBHDS Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Facilitate governance workshops with business stakeholders.
• Support onboarding of new applications into the Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Partner with Data Owners and Data Stewards to establish governance for new enterprise datasets.
• Develop and maintain governance policies, standards, procedures, and supporting documentation.

Metadata Management

• Capture and maintain business metadata, technical metadata, and data dictionaries.
• Develop and maintain the Enterprise Business Glossary.
• Define and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Map business metadata to technical metadata.
• Support metadata ingestion into the enterprise metadata repository.

Data Quality

• Define business data quality rules.
• Support data profiling and business validation activities.
• Monitor data quality metrics and trends.
• Assist Data Stewards with remediation planning.
• Perform reconciliation and validation across enterprise data sources.
• Document business and technical data lineage.
• Document end-to-end data flows.
• Assist with impact analysis for new data sources.
• Support governance activities across Bronze, Silver, Gold, Operational Data Store (ODS), and Analytical Data Store (ADS) layers.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers supporting Python-based AWS data pipelines.
• Support governance of enterprise datasets published to Snowflake.
• Assist with proof-of-concept initiatives to consolidate data from multiple source systems into governed enterprise data assets.
• Support Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), data classification, retention, and internal data sharing processes.

Reporting & Communication

• Produce governance dashboards and metrics.
• Prepare executive presentations and governance reports.
• Present recommendations to governance committees and project teams.
• Communicate governance requirements to both business and technical audiences.

DESIRED KNOWLEDGE:

Candidates with experience in the following areas are strongly preferred:

• Data Stewardship
• Metadata Management
• Data Catalogs
• Data Quality Management
• Master Data Management
• Business Glossaries
• Critical Data Elements
• Data Classification
• Information Lifecycle Management
• Operational Data Stores
• Data Warehousing
• AI-ready data governance

DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS

• Excellent analytical abilities
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Self-motivated and collaborative
• Ability to translate business requirements into governance artifacts
• Passion for improving enterprise data quality and governance

Skill Matrix:

• Data Analysis Required 10 Years
• Experience with Data Lineage / Cataloging Required 10 Years
• Data Policy /Procedure creation Required 10 Years
• Proficiency with SQL Required 10 Years
• Datawarehouse Experience Required 10 Years
• Requirements Elicitation Required 10 Years
• Experience with Databases(Relational databases, SQL Server, Oracle , Snowflake etc) Required 7 Years

Benefits at IntelliBee

• Long-Term Stability: Join us on a multi-year opportunities with room to grow.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Access quality healthcare benefits to keep you and your family well.
• Future Planning: Enroll in our 401(k) program and invest in your financial security.
• GC Assistance: We support immediate Green Card processing, if required.