Data Privacy Consultant

Avance Consulting; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Avance Consulting seeks a data governance specialist to lead BigID platform initiatives, define onboarding for enterprise data sources, and drive discovery/classification across structured and unstructured data. You will collaborate with privacy, security, and business teams to ensure compliant, scalable governance programs.

Responsibilities include optimizing scan workflows, maintaining data inventories, and producing executive dashboards.

Qualifications

• Experience with data governance platforms and privacy tools.
• Ability to define onboarding for enterprise applications and data sources.
• Proven data discovery, classification, and governance reporting experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze client processes to identify optimization opportunities and align with standards.
• Lead benchmarking and stakeholder alignment for solution performance.
• Document configurations and draft SOPs aligned with domain requirements.
• Conduct research on third‑party products and provide feature comparisons.
• Coordinate implementation and support SOP development for post‑go‑live stability

Skills

BigID Platform

Data governance

Data discovery

PII/PHI/PCI

Onboarding strategies

SOPs & workflows

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Agile/Scrum

Dashboards

Tools

OneTrust

Collibra

Ataccama

Databricks Unity Catalog

Azure

AWS

GCP

Power BI

Job description

Job Locations: Indianapolis, Indiana | Phoenix, Arizona | Hartford, Connecticut | Raleigh, North Carolina | Richardson, Texas

Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

• Analyze client business processes to identify optimization opportunities and align them with industry-specific standards and best practices
• Facilitate benchmarking studies, working with stakeholders to align solution performance with industry standards and domain-specific insights
• Collaborate with technical teams and document system customizations and configurations, drafting standard operating procedures and workflows that align with functional requirements of the relevant sector
• Conduct in-depth research on third-party products within the domain, providing comparative analysis of features, costs, and scalability
• Coordinate the implementation of solutions addressing issues during setup and integration, and support in developing and maintaining SOPs, to ensure system stability and performance post-implementation

Required Skill and Experience

• Lead the configuration, administration, optimization, and governance of the BigID Data Intelligence Platform
• Define onboarding strategies for enterprise applications, databases, cloud platforms, repositories, and unstructured data sources
• Lead enterprise-wide data discovery and classification initiatives across structured and unstructured data environments
• Configure and maintain classifiers, tags, policies, scan configurations, and discovery workflows within BigID
• Validate and govern the identification of sensitive data including PII, SPI, PHI, PCI, and other regulated information
• Develop and maintain enterprise data inventory, volumetric analysis, risk management, compliance, and governance reports
• Support data retention, disposition, remediation, and regulatory compliance initiatives
• Collaborate with privacy, data governance, security, infrastructure, DBA, and business teams to ensure successful program execution
• Monitor scan execution, troubleshoot platform issues, and optimize discovery and classification performance

Preferred Skill and Experience

• Experience with OneTrust, Collibra, Ataccama, Databricks Unity Catalog, or similar data governance and privacy platforms
• Familiarity with Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environments
• Experience developing dashboards and executive reporting using Power BI or similar reporting tools
• Experience supporting enterprise privacy, governance, risk, compliance, or information management programs
• Knowledge of metadata management, data quality, data cataloging, and governance operating models
• Experience working in Agile, Scrum, or enterprise-scale delivery environments
• Strong analytical, presentation, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills