Data Governance Analyst - SQL & BI Dashboards

Edge Services; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Edge Services is seeking a mid-level Data Analyst to lead remediation of a large data governance backlog. You will identify priority tables and develop governance artifacts to make data understandable, trusted, and reusable across the enterprise.

You will build data dictionaries, STTM, CDE documentation, and lineage notes while coordinating with governance partners and data owners. Strong SQL and Power BI skills will be essential as you enable broader data usability.

Qualifications

• Significant experience researching, compiling, documenting, and validating data, business processes, data flows, and analytical workflows.
• Advanced SQL skills to profile, validate, and document tables, transformations, and data quality.
• Experience managing complex workstreams with multiple stakeholders, deadlines, and deliverables.
• Experience creating data dictionaries, metadata docs, STTM, and lineage notes.
• Knowledge of metadata management, data governance concepts, and data quality practices.
• Familiarity with data warehousing concepts, ETL/ELT, and analytical pipelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication to summarize findings for technical and business audiences.
• Ability to collaborate with governance teams, data owners, engineers and analysts to publish high-quality docs.

Responsibilities

• Lead remediation plan for a large data governance backlog from intake to delivery.
• Identify and prioritize core tables requiring governance artifacts.
• Create and maintain data dictionaries, STTM, CDE docs, metadata and lineage notes.
• Profile and document tables using SQL, including business rules and data quality checks.
• Align deliverables with enterprise standards and governance workflows.
• Collaborate with analysts and subject matter experts to capture process knowledge.
• Translate technical findings into concise stakeholder updates, risks, and next steps.
• Support democratization of governed tables for enterprise use.
• Develop Power BI dashboards to visualize remediation progress and readiness.
• Propose improvements to templates, processes, and quality controls.
• Ensure documentation is clear for analysts, data stewards, and leadership.
• Contribute to analytics work as backlog matures, including BI requirements and storytelling.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Data storytelling

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Info Systems / CS / Eng / Analytics

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Edge Services is seeking a mid-level Data Analyst to lead remediation of a large data governance backlog. You will identify priority tables and develop governance artifacts to make data understandable, trusted, and reusable across the enterprise.

You will build data dictionaries, STTM, CDE documentation, and lineage notes while coordinating with governance partners and data owners. Strong SQL and Power BI skills will be essential as you enable broader data usability.