Senior Data Governance & Data Quality Specialist (Microsoft Purview)

Hybrid in Newark, NJ, US • Posted 3 hours ago • Updated 3 hours ago

Full Time

No Travel Required

Hybrid

$110,000 - $133,000/yr

Capgemini America, Inc.

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Skills

API
Access Control
Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Business Data
Business Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Communication
Data Analysis
Data Architecture
Data Engineering
Data Flow
Data Governance
Data Modeling
Data Quality
Financial Services
Informatica
KPI
Machine Learning (ML)
Management
Master Data Management
Meta-data Management
Microsoft
Microsoft Azure
Reference Data
SQL
Scripting
Stakeholder Engagement
Microsoft Purview
Data Lineage
Data Catalog
Data Stewardship
Regulatory Compliance

Summary

Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior Data Governance & Data Quality Specialist with handson expertise in Microsoft Purview to help design, implement, and operationalize enterprisescale data governance capabilities. This role requires a strong blend of technical platform ownership, data lineage and metadata management, and governance operating model execution in a regulated environment.
The ideal candidate has deep experience working across modern data platforms, understands how data flows through analytics and AI pipelines, and can partner effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities
Microsoft Purview Platform Ownership

Lead the configuration, administration, and ongoing operation of Microsoft Purview, including:

Data Map, Catalog, Scanning, Lineage, Classification, and Glossary

Implement and manage metadata scanning across diverse data sources such as:

SQL and relational databases
Data lakes and lakehouses
Cloud analytics platforms and BI tools

Develop APIbased automation and scripts to enhance metadata ingestion, lineage enrichment, and stewardship workflows
Manage Purview policies, sensitivity labels, access controls, roles, and governance rules

Data Governance Program Execution

Design and operationalize enterprise data governance frameworks, including:

Data ownership and stewardship models
Metadata and glossary standards
Certification and curation workflows
RACI structures and governance forums

Drive adoption of governance practices across business and technology teams
Define and track governance KPIs such as catalog coverage, lineage completeness, classification accuracy, and data quality improvement

Lineage, Metadata & Data Quality Integration

Build and maintain endtoend data lineage across ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers
Integrate metadata with data quality tools to surface profiling results, quality rules, and issue insights within governance views
Partner with data engineering teams to embed metadata standards and lineage into pipelines and platforms

Stakeholder Engagement

Collaborate with business data owners, data stewards, analytics teams, AI/ML teams, and platform engineering
Facilitate governance workshops, lineage walkthroughs, and metadata curation sessions
Translate complex technical concepts into clear, businessfriendly language to support decisionmaking

Required Qualifications
Technical & Functional Skills

Strong, handson experience with Microsoft Purview in a production environment
Background in data engineering, data architecture, or analytics platforms
Experience implementing enterprise data governance programs from planning through operational execution
Familiarity with modern cloud data ecosystems, including:

Data lakes and lakehouses
SQL platforms
BI and analytics tools

Solid understanding of data modeling, metadata standards, lineage frameworks, and data quality concepts

Domain Experience

Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries
Exposure to complex data domains such as transactions, reference data, master data, risk, or analytics is strongly preferred

Soft Skills

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to work effectively with both technical and nontechnical audiences
Comfortable operating in a matrixed, enterprise environment

Preferred Qualifications

8 15+ years of experience in data governance, data engineering, or related disciplines
Experience with complementary governance tools such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Solidatus, or similar platforms
Relevant certifications (Azure, DAMA, DCAM, Data Governance, or related)

Why This Role

Opportunity to own and shape a modern data governance and quality capability
High visibility role partnering across data, analytics, and business teams
Focus on practical, measurable governance outcomes not just policy

About Capgemini:
Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of 22.1 billion.
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Life at Capgemini:
Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:
Flexible work
Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
Paid time off and paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
Employee Resource Groups
Disaster Relief

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Company Info

About Capgemini America, Inc.

Capgemini is a global leader in partnering with companies to transform and manage their business by harnessing the power of technology.

The Group is guided everyday by its purpose of unleashing human energy through technology for an inclusive and sustainable future. It is a responsible and diverse organization of over 325,000 team members more than 50 countries.

With its strong 55-year heritage and deep industry expertise, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to address the entire breadth of their business needs, from strategy and design to operations, fueled by the fast evolving and innovative world of cloud, data, AI, connectivity, software, digital engineering and platforms. The Group reported in 2021 global revenues of 18 billion.
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When you join Capgemini, you become a part of a diverse collective of freethinkers, entrepreneurs and experts, all working together to unleash human energy through technology, for an inclusive and sustainable future.

What we offer:
Experiences with challenge and impact
You will get a chance to work on complex global projects to make a broader impact by leveraging innovative portfolio offers from us. Unparalleled industry and sectorial expertise to foster your growth to give you the experiences you need to go further in your journey.

Freedom to explore and innovate
You will get opportunities to be bold, try new things and really make your mark. Our strategic partnership with technology leaders, award-winning Capgemini Research Institute and alliances with startups provides you with an ecosystem to innovate fueled by an entrepreneurial spirit.

A network of people to inspire you
From 7 people in 1967 to over 325,000 employees in more than 50 countries today, people are at the heart of everything we do. You ll belong to an inclusive network of people to learn from each other, share knowledge and be part of a global team.
Our culture of camaraderie and team spirit will enhance your experiences and your career with us.

An environment where you thrive
We are passionate about finding new ways technology can help us reimagine what s possible. Our people-driven culture, ethics and values will guide you to harness that energy source inside you to get the future you want. We are rated as the most ethical company to work in, 10 years in a row.

Learning for life
You will have access to an always-on learning ecosystem designed to spark your curiosity and fuel your imagination. We have partnered with some of the world's leading learning and development content providers to help you build skills of the future, today.

The flexibility to work your way
We give you the digital tools and flexibility to gain meaningful experiences and connections to build the ways of working that are right for you. Our collaborative and agile work environment supports you to drive your professional development in the most suitable conditions.

An opportunity to make the difference
Together, we fight exclusion, promote diversity, preserve natural resources, act on climate change and ensure equal opportunities. And we help our clients do it too. Our goal is to be carbon net-zero by 2030. Let s take on the challenge, together.

About Us
Headquartered in Paris, France and operates in more than 50 countries with 325,000 team-members.

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