Data Governance & Release Operations Specialist

Dupaco Community Credit Union; Dubuque (IA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Dupaco Community Credit Union seeks a Data Operations Specialist to advance data capabilities by strengthening governance, improving processes, and ensuring trusted data through reliable releases. The role partners to uphold data standards, manage intake, monitor quality, and provide visibility into work, capacity, and release readiness.

With 3+ years in data operations and strong SQL proficiency, you will collaborate with Data Architecture to maintain data definitions, standards, and lineage,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 3+ years in data operations or related field.
• Proficient SQL queries.
• Experience with an ETL tool.
• Experience with Snowflake including performance optimization and security.
• Experience pulling data from APIs.
• Ability to work with structured and semi-structured data.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the data governance framework and ensure adherence to standards.
• Manage governance reviews, approvals, and compliance tracking.
• Partner with Data Architecture to maintain data definitions and lineage.
• Design, implement, and improve data team operating processes.
• Administer and optimize Jira for the Data & Analytics team.
• Define standards for tracking work, releases, and incidents.
• Report on team performance, throughput, and bottlenecks.
• Handle intake for data requests and prioritize work.
• Oversee release lifecycle for data pipelines and BI assets.
• Ensure production readiness, versioning, and rollback docs.

Skills

SQL

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ETL Tool

Snowflake

Jira

Job description

Dupaco Community Credit Union seeks a Data Operations Specialist to advance data capabilities by strengthening governance, improving processes, and ensuring trusted data through reliable releases. The role partners to uphold data standards, manage intake, monitor quality, and provide visibility into work, capacity, and release readiness.

With 3+ years in data operations and strong SQL proficiency, you will collaborate with Data Architecture to maintain data definitions, standards, and lineage,