Public Sector Data Analyst: Metadata & Privacy

RICEFW Technologies Inc; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

RICEFW Technologies Inc. is seeking a Data Analyst to identify, profile, document, and classify essential data elements across state agencies. The role focuses on metadata assessment, data quality, anonymization needs, and creating data dictionaries for a Data Cataloging and Tagging Pilot.

The ideal candidate has strong data analysis and profiling skills, experience with metadata management, and knowledge of PII and data privacy controls. Government-related data governance experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of public-sector or government experience.
• Strong experience in data analysis and data profiling.
• Experience documenting metadata and data dictionaries.
• Knowledge of data classification and sensitive data identification.
• Experience evaluating data quality and data consistency.
• Understanding of data privacy and anonymization requirements.

Responsibilities

• Identify and inventory critical data elements across State agencies.
• Analyze data structures, fields, metadata, and source systems.
• Perform data profiling and document data quality findings.
• Identify sensitive data requiring masking or anonymization.
• Develop metadata inventories and data dictionaries.
• Identify common data fields and relationships across agencies.
• Document data classification requirements.
• Prepare recommendations for data quality and classification improvements.

Skills

Data analysis

Data profiling

Metadata documentation

Data governance

Privacy & anonymization

Public-sector experience

Tools

SQL

Relational databases

Job description

RICEFW Technologies Inc. is seeking a Data Analyst to identify, profile, document, and classify essential data elements across state agencies. The role focuses on metadata assessment, data quality, anonymization needs, and creating data dictionaries for a Data Cataloging and Tagging Pilot.

The ideal candidate has strong data analysis and profiling skills, experience with metadata management, and knowledge of PII and data privacy controls. Government-related data governance experience is a plus.