Lead Data Quality Engineer - Enterprise Data Governance

FlightSafety International; Virginia; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

FlightSafety International seeks a Lead Data Quality Analyst to drive enterprise‑wide data quality initiatives and governance. You will partner with data engineers, stewards, and stakeholders to establish standards, monitor quality, and ensure alignment with data strategy.

Responsibilities include designing quality frameworks, validating ETL pipelines, and leading cleansing and profiling efforts across lakehouse architectures. Strong SQL, MDM, and BI experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent industry experience.
• 8+ years in data quality, data governance, or data management roles.
• 5+ years with SQL and data validation techniques.
• Experience leading data quality or governance initiatives at scale.
• Familiarity with data warehousing, lakehouse platforms, and ETL/ELT processes.
• Experience with MDM platforms and practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of enterprise data quality frameworks, rules, and validation processes.
• Collaborate with engineering to validate ETL/ELT pipelines, Delta Lake tables, and data transformations.
• Define and monitor data quality KPIs across structured and unstructured data sources.
• Develop automated data quality monitoring systems with alerts and dashboards.
• Perform advanced data profiling and root cause analysis to resolve issues.
• Enforce data quality standards, workflows, and documentation.
• Align data quality with governance policies and data stewardship models.
• Support Master Data Management initiatives for key data domains.
• Define data ownership and stewardship roles with business units.
• Lead cross-functional data quality improvement initiatives and mentor junior analysts.
• Ensure data integrity across lakehouse architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold).
• Contribute to metadata management and data cataloging practices.

Skills

SQL

Databricks

Data governance

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile / SAFe

Data profiling

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Informatica DQ

Great Expectations

Talend

Informatica MDM

SAP MDG

Reltio

Informatica EDC

Alation

Collibra

Power BI

Job description

FlightSafety International seeks a Lead Data Quality Analyst to drive enterprise‑wide data quality initiatives and governance. You will partner with data engineers, stewards, and stakeholders to establish standards, monitor quality, and ensure alignment with data strategy.

Responsibilities include designing quality frameworks, validating ETL pipelines, and leading cleansing and profiling efforts across lakehouse architectures. Strong SQL, MDM, and BI experience are essential.