Data Steward II: Elevate Data Quality & Governance

Thorlabs; Georgia; On-site; USD 67,000 - 94,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & vision

401(k)

PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Thorlabs is seeking a Data Steward to improve trust and usability of enterprise data across D365, Azure Synapse, ADLS, and Power BI. You will define business terms, maintain data lineage, and monitor data quality in collaboration with Data Engineers, Analysts, and business stakeholders.

The role requires 5+ years in data governance or related analytics, strong SQL, experience with Azure data platforms, and excellent communication to drive data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, data management, or closely related analytics roles.
• Hands-on SQL experience for tracing data lineage and validating business rules.
• Practical experience with Azure data platforms (Azure Synapse, ADLS) and Power BI (datasets, lineage, endorsement workflows).
• Demonstrated ability to establish glossaries and definitions and to manage structured data quality and issue remediation processes with business stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder-engagement skills across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain business glossary entries and critical data elements (CDEs) for prioritized domains (Purchasing, Production, Sales, Inventory, Finance, Quality, etc.).
• Establish data quality rules (completeness, validity, uniqueness, timeliness), coordinate technical implementation, monitor dashboards, and drive root-cause analysis and remediation with data owners.
• Maintain end-to-end data lineage and metadata from D365 through Synapse (serverless/dedicated) and into Power BI datasets and reports, using tools such as Microsoft Purview.
• Operate the data issue intake and triage process through Azure DevOps; define priorities, SLAs, track remediation progress, and validate fixes.
• Review changes to schemas, transformations, and business logic; assess downstream impacts; update definitions; and publish change communications to stakeholders.
• Coordinate dataset certification and endorsement processes; assist with sensitivity labelling and data protection requirements in partnership with IT/InfoSec.
• Support user acceptance testing for models and reports; develop user documentation, data guides, and training materials to support adoption.
• Compile and present stewardship health metrics - data quality trends, issue MTTR, risks, and resolved items - to leadership.

Skills

SQL

Azure Synapse

Power BI

Data governance

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Dynamics 365

Purview

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

Thorlabs is seeking a Data Steward to improve trust and usability of enterprise data across D365, Azure Synapse, ADLS, and Power BI. You will define business terms, maintain data lineage, and monitor data quality in collaboration with Data Engineers, Analysts, and business stakeholders.

The role requires 5+ years in data governance or related analytics, strong SQL, experience with Azure data platforms, and excellent communication to drive data-driven decisions.