Senior Data Governance Analyst position at Data Meaning, leading end-to-end Purview implementations, shaping governance strategy, and partnering directly with clients to turn data into a trusted, governed asset. The role involves designing and configuring data map and scanning strategies, metadata ingestion and classification frameworks, and establishing scalable patterns for cataloging, discovery, and governance automation.
Requirements
- 7+ years in data, analytics, engineering, or data governance roles
- 3+ years hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview
- Proven experience leading data governance implementations or programs
- Strong understanding of data cataloging, lineage, and metadata management, data governance frameworks and operating models
- Experience in client-facing / consulting roles
- Deep experience with Microsoft Purview (Data Map, scanning, classification, lineage)
- Strong experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Snowflake, Databricks / Unity Catalog
- Experience with dbt for transformations and modeling, Alteryx (preferred), strong SQL skills, working knowledge of Python for automation and data engineering
- Experience building and optimizing data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes
- Governance & Business Skills: experience designing data stewardship models, business glossaries, governance policies and standards, ability to bridge business and technical stakeholders
- Strong communication and workshop facilitation skills
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Benefits package
- Opportunity to work on high-impact, enterprise Azure data transformations
- Collaborative and fast-growing governance practice
- Opportunity to shape both governance and modern data platform capabilities