Metadata & Catalog Architect - Data Governance Lead

Xcel Energy, Inc.; Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory (MN); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 93 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Xcel Energy, Inc. seeks a detail-oriented, analytically driven professional to build and maintain the metadata foundation for our Customer domain from the ground up.

You will establish a data element registry, business glossary, and documented data lineage in an environment with no formal catalog or lineage. You will collaborate with data stewards across eleven sub-domains to capture metadata manually and deliver a catalog-ready format aligned to EDGO standards.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in metadata management, data cataloging, or data governance analysis.
• Proven experience building or maintaining a business glossary or critical data element registry.
• Preferred: experience with utility or customer billing data environments.
• Preferred: hands-on experience with Databricks Unity Catalog.
• Preferred: exposure to SAP metadata or conversion documentation.

Responsabilités

• Collect and quality-check critical data element templates from data stewards across eleven sub-domains before mock conversions.
• Build and maintain the CDE registry and business glossary, including systems of entry and record, owning and consuming sub-domains, and custodian assignments.
• Capture data lineage manually from conversion mappings and steward input, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Maintain all metadata in a catalog-ready structure aligned to EDGO standards and classification frameworks.
• Support evaluating existing enterprise catalog and lineage tools before new tooling purchases.
• Provide definitions and context to support report rationalization and metric certification to Product Owner and Insights Analyst.
• Develop and execute a Data Product cataloging and certification strategy aligned with ED governance standards.

Connaissances

Metadata management

Data cataloging

Data governance

Business glossary

Catalog platforms

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Independent work

Outils

Databricks Unity Catalog

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Description du poste

Xcel Energy, Inc. seeks a detail-oriented, analytically driven professional to build and maintain the metadata foundation for our Customer domain from the ground up.

You will establish a data element registry, business glossary, and documented data lineage in an environment with no formal catalog or lineage. You will collaborate with data stewards across eleven sub-domains to capture metadata manually and deliver a catalog-ready format aligned to EDGO standards.