Senior Data Governance Analyst - Data Quality & Lineage

Jobtailor; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States (Richmond, VA) is seeking an experienced Data Governance professional to support enterprise governance programs, define CDEs, and maintain metadata, glossaries, and data quality. You will collaborate with data owners, stewards, and engineers to implement governance across multiple data platforms and cloud services.

The role emphasizes SQL proficiency, data lineage, and policy creation, with on-site work in Richmond two days per week and strong communication skills

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in data analysis, governance, management, quality, or related disciplines.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with data lineage and cataloging.
• Minimum 10 years of experience creating data policies and procedures.
• Minimum 10 years of experience with SQL.
• Minimum 10 years of data warehouse experience.
• Minimum 10 years of requirements elicitation experience.
• Minimum 7 years working with relational databases (SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake).
• Experience implementing enterprise Data Governance programs.
• Experience facilitating governance workshops with stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must reside in the United States and be eligible to work without sponsorship; onsite in Richmond, VA two days/week.

Responsibilities

• Support implementation of DBHDS's Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Facilitate governance workshops with business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Support onboarding of new applications into the Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Partner with Data Owners and Data Stewards to establish governance for new enterprise datasets.
• Develop and maintain governance policies, standards, procedures, and documentation.
• Capture and maintain business metadata, technical metadata, and data dictionaries.
• Develop and maintain the Enterprise Business Glossary.
• Define and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Map business metadata to technical metadata.
• Support metadata ingestion into the enterprise metadata repository.
• Define business data quality rules.
• Support data profiling and business validation activities.
• Monitor data quality metrics and trends.
• Assist Data Stewards with remediation planning.
• Perform reconciliation and validation across enterprise data sources.
• Document business and technical data lineage and end-to-end data flows.
• Assist with impact analysis for new data sources.
• Support governance across Bronze, Silver, Gold, ODS, and ADS layers.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers supporting Python-based AWS data pipelines.
• Support governance of enterprise datasets published to Snowflake.
• Assist with proof-of-concept initiatives consolidating multiple source systems into governed enterprise data assets.
• Support Information Lifecycle Management, data classification, retention, and internal data sharing processes.
• Produce governance dashboards and metrics.
• Prepare executive presentations and governance reports.
• Present recommendations to governance committees and project teams.
• Communicate governance requirements to business and technical audiences.
• Collaborate with Data Owners, Data Stewards, Business Owners, Enterprise Architecture, Data Engineers, Project Teams, and Information Security.
• Facilitate cross-functional discussions and governance working sessions.
• Translate business requirements into governance artifacts, policies, standards, and documentation.
• Promote data stewardship, data quality, and consistent governance practices.

Skills

Data Governance

SQL Proficiency

Data Lineage Documentation

Metadata Management

Data Quality Management

Data Profiling

Reconciliation

Excellent Communication

Facilitation Skills

Organized & Detail-Oriented

Self-Motivated

Collaboration

Translate Business Requirements

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint

AWS Glue

AWS Lake Formation

AWS

Snowflake

SQL Server

Oracle

Data Catalogs

Job description

Jobtailor in the United States (Richmond, VA) is seeking an experienced Data Governance professional to support enterprise governance programs, define CDEs, and maintain metadata, glossaries, and data quality. You will collaborate with data owners, stewards, and engineers to implement governance across multiple data platforms and cloud services.

The role emphasizes SQL proficiency, data lineage, and policy creation, with on-site work in Richmond two days per week and strong communication skills