Data Governance Specialist || 4 days on-site in Houston, TX

Title: Data Governance Specialist

Duration: 12 months

Location: Houston, TX

Schedule: 4 days on-site, remote Fridays

Data Governance Specialist

Summary

The Data Governance Specialist supports the development, execution, and ongoing improvement of the organization’s data governance framework. This role works across business, technical, and compliance teams to help ensure data is high‑quality, protected, compliant, and used effectively, serving as a bridge between stakeholders while maturing governance processes, metadata, quality rules, lineage, and access practices.

Job Responsibilities

Data Governance Strategy & Framework

• Support the development and maintenance of DG policies, standards, and procedures.
• Contribute to designing scalable governance operating models (centralized/federated/hybrid).
• Participate in DG KPI tracking, assessments, and continuous‑improvement efforts.

Data Quality Management

• Assist in defining DQ rules, metrics, and thresholds with business SMEs.
• Help identify and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Coordinate DQ issue tracking, initial triage, and root‑cause analysis with engineering.

Metadata, Lineage & Catalog Management

• Maintain metadata standards and ensure consistent application across platforms.
• Perform Atlan catalog updates (glossary terms, owners, classifications, tags).
• Contribute to lineage documentation; partner with engineering on automated lineage.

Data Ownership & Stewardship

• Support Data Owners and Stewards through metadata updates, documentation, and workflows.
• Participate in stewardship committees and cross‑functional alignment discussions.

Policy, Controls & Compliance

• Assist in applying data retention, access, privacy, and risk‑control requirements.
• Contribute to evidence gathering for audits and compliance reviews.
• Apply data classification guidelines and verify metadata accuracy.

Master & Reference Data Governance

• Support governance of master‑data domains and documentation.
• Assist with reference‑data lifecycle management and alignment across systems.

Data Access & Security Governance

• Help maintain data classification tagging and access controls.
• Support entitlement reviews and partner with Security/IT on routine access checks.

Technology & Tools Enablement

• Perform hands‑on work in Atlan (metadata, glossary, lineage) and Monte Carlo (DQ rules, monitors).
• Help maintain governance dashboards and workflow automations.
• Support tool adoption through documentation and training support.

Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management

• Assist with DG onboarding, education sessions, and communications.
• Translate technical data‑governance details into business‑friendly content.
• Contribute to SharePoint/CNPToday governance content updates.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Data Analytics, or related field.
• 3–6 years of experience in data governance, metadata, DQ, analytics, or data management.
• Strong foundational understanding of data quality, metadata, lineage, and compliance.
• Experience with Atlan, Monte Carlo, or similar DG/DQ platforms preferred.
• Solid SQL and BI skills (Power BI, Looker, Tableau).
• Strong communication and stakeholder coordination capability.