Data Scientist

Software People, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 179,000; Part time

Job summary

Software People, Inc. seeks a Senior Data Scientist contractor to lead enterprise data strategy, governance, and modern data architecture initiatives in Raleigh-area teams. You will align business and technical stakeholders to establish data definitions, lineage, and reusable patterns across platforms.

Remote work is common, with occasional on-site in Triangle-area offices as required by management. 12+ month engagement, on-site collection of equipment on day one.

Qualifications

• Advanced enterprise data strategy expertise.
• Proven governance and data quality experience.
• Ability to define data definitions and lineage across units.
• Experience standardizing data ingestion, transformation and cleansing patterns.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders to understand data needs and opportunities.
• Identify authoritative data sources and establish common definitions.
• Incorporate governance, metadata, lineage into ongoing initiatives.
• Standardize data ingestion, transformation, cleansing across projects using Azure tools.
• Maintain inventory of enterprise data assets, owners and relationships.
• Document data flows across applications and platforms.
• Support data architecture discussions for scalability and reuse.

Skills

Data strategy

Data governance

Data architecture

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Job description

Phone/Skype Hire. Onsite from day 1

Location: Raleigh, NC

Duration: 12+ months

The candidate will need to come on-site on the first day to collect equipment.

All candidates must be local to the Triangle region of North Carolina.

While most working days will be remote, there will be the occasional need to be onsite at a Triangle area office for various in-person responsibilities as required by management.

Seeking a Data Scientist - Senior to support the rapid expansion of its enterprise data capabilities through Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and modern analytics platforms. This contractor will be a dedicated resource focused on establishing consistent enterprise data practices that span both technical teams and business units as they are building data ingestion, transformation, cleansing and analytics solutions.

The contractor will provide the organization with an experienced consultant who can work directly and collaboratively with business units to understand how they define, interpret, and use their data, and then translate those needs into consistent enterprise standards. This role will help refine business-critical data elements, improve data definitions and lineage, and establish reusable patterns that align both technical and business perspectives. By partnering closely with business owners, the consultant will strengthen data quality, improve confidence in enterprise data, and reduce friction caused by inconsistent or unclear business rules.

The ideal candidate has advanced, specialized expertise in enterprise data strategy, governance, and modern data architecture that cannot be performed by an early career resource. The position is responsible for establishing foundational, organization wide data management practices and must operate as the initial member of a new Data Strategy & Governance function. This requires a high level of independent judgment, architectural leadership, and hands on experience with complex data platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with business stakeholders, application teams, Database Administration, Data Engineering, Power BI, and project teams to understand data needs and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Facilitate discussions to identify authoritative data sources, establish common business definitions, and improve understanding of enterprise data assets.
• Work with project teams to incorporate practical data governance, metadata, lineage, and data quality practices into ongoing initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to standardize and reuse data ingestion, transformation, cleansing and validation patterns across projects using Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks.
• Help develop and maintain an inventory of enterprise data assets, including data owners, stewards, business definitions, and system relationships.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to document how data flows across applications, platforms, and reporting solutions.
• Participate in data architecture and solution design discussions to promote consistency, scalability, and reuse across enterprise data solutions.

Skills Needed

Ability to define and standardize enterprise data elements, lineage, and business rules across units with no existing framework. Required 3 Years

Ability to collaborate with business teams to translate data needs into consistent enterprise standards. Required 3 Years

Ability to implement governance practices including metadata, lineage, and data quality across projects with no existing framework. Required 3 Years

Ability to document end-to-end data flows across systems to improve transparency and architecture clarity. Required 3 Years

Question 1 The role is hybrid, and we require the candidate to be local to the Triangle area. While most working days will be remote, there may be the occasional need to be onsite at customer offices in NCDOT's Wake/Durham County offices. Do you accept this requirement?

Question 2 ONLY SUBMIT CANDIDATES CURRENTLY LIVING IN THE RALEIGH/DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL, NC AREA.