Remote Data Governance Analyst for Enterprise Data

Jobgether; United States; On-site; USD 128,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work within United States

Healthcare options with HSA

401(k) with employer matching

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a Data Governance Analyst based in the United States for a fully remote role within a large modernization program supporting federal court operations. You will establish policies, standards, and accountability models to treat data as a strategic asset across business, security, privacy, legal, and records-management teams.

You will translate governance requirements into practical controls, contribute to roadmaps, maturity assessments, training, and continuous improvement,

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a relevant field with 5+ years of general information-systems experience and 7+ years of specialized experience, or comparable experience and qualifications.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise data governance programs and translating governance policies into practical operational processes.
• Strong understanding of data quality management, metadata management, data stewardship, ownership models, and enterprise data standards.
• Experience governing high-sensitivity, regulated, or compliance-focused data environments.
• Experience with data-quality profiling and monitoring techniques, as well as modern data governance tooling and operating practices.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, integration patterns, and change data capture concepts.
• Experience with metadata and data catalog platforms such as Collibra, Alation, or Qlik, with practical exposure to business glossaries and data lineage.
• Ability to translate technical metadata and governance concepts into clear, business-friendly definitions, documentation, and procedures.
• Experience implementing data privacy controls, access-management practices, and compliant data-sharing processes.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively with security, governance, engineering, business, and technology stakeholders.
• Experience in federal government or other regulated environments is preferred.
• Familiarity with enterprise data governance frameworks and operating models is preferred.
• A data management certification is a plus.
• Must be able to satisfy applicable U.S. residency and security requirements associated with the role.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of enterprise data governance frameworks, policies, standards, procedures, and operating models.
• Define and maintain data standards, naming conventions, business definitions, data structures, reference data, and governance requirements across multiple systems and delivery teams.
• Establish data ownership, stewardship, accountability, and decision-rights models, including RACI frameworks and stewardship responsibilities.
• Partner with business stakeholders, Data Owners and Stewards, security, privacy, legal, records management, engineering, and technology teams to operationalize governance requirements.
• Ensure data assets are appropriately classified and managed according to sensitivity, criticality, business value, privacy, security, retention, and regulatory requirements.
• Translate policies and regulatory requirements into actionable governance controls, procedures, and compliant data-sharing practices.
• Identify data governance gaps, risks, and compliance issues, coordinate remediation activities, and monitor the adoption and effectiveness of governance standards.
• Support data access, sharing, usage, and lifecycle governance processes while contributing to governance councils, working groups, and data-domain forums.
• Develop governance documentation, standards, decision logs, procedures, training materials, and awareness programs for technical and business audiences.
• Support governance assessments, audits, compliance reviews, maturity evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Track, analyze, and report governance metrics, maturity, and compliance status to leadership and governance councils.
• Contribute to data governance roadmaps and help foster a consistent, data-driven culture across geographically distributed business and technical teams.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality management

Metadata management

Data stewardship

Data ownership models

Governance policy translation

Business glossary

Data privacy controls

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical skills

Education

Master’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Qlik

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a Data Governance Analyst based in the United States for a fully remote role within a large modernization program supporting federal court operations. You will establish policies, standards, and accountability models to treat data as a strategic asset across business, security, privacy, legal, and records-management teams.

You will translate governance requirements into practical controls, contribute to roadmaps, maturity assessments, training, and continuous improvement,