Data Governance Engineer
About The Position
A proactive and detail-oriented Data Governance Analyst to contribute to enterprise-wide data governance initiatives. This role plays a key part in supporting the consistency, clarity, and usability of data across departments. The ideal candidate will bring foundational experience in data management, a working knowledge of data modeling and analytics tools, and a strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams. This position offers the opportunity to grow into a strategic data governance leader by working closely with senior analysts and business stakeholders to define and standardize key data elements, relationships, and metrics.
Requirements
- 0–2 years of experience in data analysis, governance, or related fields
- Basic understanding of relational databases and data modeling
- Exposure to Python for data manipulation
- Strong attention to detail and willingness to learn
- Good communication and organizational skills
Responsibilities
- Assist in scheduling and documenting stakeholder interviews.
- Capture initial definitions of KPIs, metrics, and business terms.
- Help facilitate workshops and take notes to support alignment efforts.
- Populate and update metadata repositories or data catalogs under supervision.
- Ensure definitions are tagged correctly and follow naming conventions.
- Flag inconsistencies or gaps in definitions for review by senior analysts.
- Assist in documenting table relationships and entity mappings.
- Use tools like ER diagrams or spreadsheets to visualize simple data structures.
- Validate foreign key relationships and report anomalies.
- Support the creation of basic Python scripts/Databricks Metric View for metric calculations.
- Test and validate logic created by senior analysts.
- Maintain a library of reusable scripts and templates.
- Apply existing governance policies to new data assets.
- Participate in data quality checks and report issues.
- Help enforce metadata tagging and naming conventions.
- Create simple flowcharts, diagrams, and documentation for internal use.
- Translate technical concepts into user-friendly guides for business users.
- Maintain version control of documentation and ensure accessibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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