Data Governance Specialist - IT

Job Role: Data Governance Specialist.

Experience: 4-5 Years.

Job Roles & Responsibilities:

- Define and implement data governance frameworks, policies, and standards.

- Manage metadata, data catalog, and lineage documentation.

- Monitor and enforce data quality, classification, access control, and security.

- Ensure compliance with data protection laws (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA).

- Collaborate with stakeholders (data owners, IT, legal) to embed governance practices.

- Conduct audits, assess governance effectiveness, and report on KPIs.

- Lead data stewardship initiatives and training to build data literacy.

- Support data governance in cloud ecosystems?AWS, Azure, Databricks.

Job skills & Requirements:

- Proven experience designing and operating data governance programs.

- Expertise in metadata management, data catalog tools, and data lineage modeling.

- Strong SQL and familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Databricks).

- Solid understanding of data privacy regulations and security/access controls.

- Experience with data quality tools, profiling, and remediation processes.

- Excellent communication skills for policy rollout and stakeholder engagement.

- Comfortable working in agile, cross-functional teams.

- Certifications such as CDMP, DGSP, or cloud governance credentials are a plus.