Data Governance Specialist

Experian; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

Experian in Sandton is seeking a Data Governance Specialist to design and implement controls governing access to data assets, ensuring security, integrity, and the ability to detect and remediate inappropriate access.

You will build a data catalogue and glossary, monitor access, prepare reports, and partner with line managers to enforce suitable data access across teams. Strong analytical, communication, and reporting skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Degree with high IT content.
• 3–5 years of monitoring/evaluation experience.
• Splunk, Cribl and SAS/SQL proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Implement controls for daily monitoring and auditing of data access to detect improper activity.
• Evaluate monitoring results and provide actionable remediation recommendations.
• Maintain data catalogue and business glossary with accurate metadata and ownership.
• Prepare and maintain monitoring databases using available tools.
• Produce daily and monthly monitoring reports and present findings.

Skills

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Report writing

Time management

Problem solving

Adaptability

Execution

Innovation

Education

Degree or equivalent with high information technology content

Tools

Splunk

Cribl

SAS/SQL

Job description

Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. We operate across a range of markets, from financial services to healthcare, automotive, agribusiness, insurance, and many more. Experian invests in people and new advanced technologies to unlock the power of data. We have an amazing team of 25,200 people in 32 countries.

Job Description

The Purpose:

The Data Governance Specialist will be accountable for the implementation of required standards and controls that govern the appropriate use of user access to our data assets. This includes the design of a robust process, that supports the security and integrity of our data assets, using available tools, in ensuring that inappropriate access activity can easily be detected, reported and remediated.

What you’ll need to bring to the party

• Collaborating
• Highly responsive and effective
• Attention to detail
• Excellent Stakeholder Management
• Communication– written and verbal
• Have the ability to work effectively across teams
• Manage time effectively / Deadline driven
• Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills
• Strong administrative qualities
• Innovation
• Execution
• Adaptability
• Report Writing

Main Responsibilities

• Implement required controls to ensure daily monitoring and auditing of access to our data assets that enable early detection and reporting of inappropriate access that has not met the required standards, so that corrective action can be taken.
• Implement required controls and standards that promote effective evaluation of the monitoring results and the impact of inappropriate access activity, so that useful recommendations can be presented to aid remediation.
• Build and maintain the data catalogue and business glossary, ensuring metadata, ownership, lineage, and business definitions remain accurate, documented, and discoverable.
• Prepare and maintain the monitoring database, using available tools.
• Carry out activities to collect, review, analyse and report on data to meet required standards and controls.
• Develop creative solutions and best practice in the utilisation of Experian and client data to produce relevant monitoring and evaluation insights on the use of and access to our data.
• Create triggers that can alert users on inappropriate access activity.
• Evaluate, assess and validate monitoring results to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Identify and resolve data problems, producing appropriate analysis to verify results.
• Follow policies, procedures and standards throughout the monitoring and evaluation process to ensure all requirements are fulfilled.
• Produce reports daily and monthly reports on monitoring and evaluation findings and prepare presentations based on data as required.
• Define measurable outputs and performance indicators to manage monitoring and evaluation activities around data access.
• Collaborate with line managers to ensure that they have implemented adequate controls and standards within their teams to promote appropriate access to our data assets.
• To be recognised as a role model who solves problems, inspires and fully embraces Experian Way.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent standard with high information technology content
• 3 – 5 years of monitoring and evaluation experience
• 1- 3 years of data analysis and statistical measurements
• Splunk Proficient
• Cribl Proficient
• SAS / SQL Proficient

Additional Information

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