Summary
The Data Governance Analyst plays a vital role in ensuring the quality, integrity, and security of our organization's data assets. This role support data governance activities and initiatives in alignment with the Data Governance Program, policies, and organizational goals. Leveraging technology, this role will participate in the curation and governing of the organization's Business, Data, and Technical Assets through the management of an Enterprise Business Glossary and Data Catalog. The ideal candidate possesses an understanding of data governance principles, data management practices, and has a keen eye for identifying and mitigating data quality issues.
Duties
- Execute data governance activities and initiatives in alignment with the Data Governance Program.
- Support the data governance framework that aligns with the Data Governance Program, policies, and organizational goals.
- Collaborate with team members to improve data governance policies, standards, processes, and documentation.
- Assist the organizational adoption of the data governance platform by providing user documentation, training, and demonstrations to ensure proper usage and adherence to processes and procedures.
- Perform tasks to ensure proper administration of the data governance platform.
- Create and improve user guides, procedures, and other documentation to improve communication and understanding of the data governance platform.
- Collaborate with other team members to identify additional documentation needs.
- Partner with data stewards and other subject matter experts to curate and govern terms and other assets in the business glossary.
- Partner with data stewards and other subject matter experts to ingest, classify and categorize metadata based on sensitivity and establish criteria to protect sensitive information.
- Partner with developers to document data lineage and data dictionaries for data assets.
- Monitor and assess data quality across various systems, identifying discrepancies and implementing measures to improve and maintain data accuracy.
- Generate comprehensive reports on data quality, compliance, and the effectiveness of data governance processes.
- Communicate findings to relevant stakeholders.
- Perform audits of glossary and metadata/catalog content and data governance processes.
- Collaborate with data governance team to foster a collaborative and knowledge-sharing environment.