Data Governance Engineer

St. Louis, MO, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 2 days ago
Contract Independent
Contract W2
12 Months
No Travel Required
On-site
$50 - $60/hr
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Job Details

Skills

  • Auditing
  • Collections
  • RBAC
  • System On A Chip
  • Mapping
  • ISO 9000
  • Documentation
  • Data Governance
  • Data Quality

Summary

Job Title: Data Governance Engineer
Location: Arlington, VA / St. Louis, MO
Duration: 12+ months contract
 Job Description :
  • 6–12+ years in Data Governance / Metadata Engineering / Data Platform governance
Hands-on experience with:
  • Microsoft Purview configuration and operations
  • Fabric governance concepts and controls (workspaces, domains, items, sharing)
  • Strong understanding of:
  • Data lineage, metadata models, business glossary, classification
  • Identity/RBAC alignment for governance enforcement
  • Experience designing integrations with enterprise governance tools (Atlan/Collibra/Alation preferred)
Key Responsibilities
  • Governance Architecture & Operating Model Enablement
  • Translate enterprise governance policies into implementable controls across Fabric.
  • Define governance blueprints for:
  • Domain-based governance (Data Mesh/data products) or centralized CoE models
  • Data product certification/endorsement workflows
  • Stewardship model (owners, custodians, data stewards), RACI mapping
  • Purview Setup & Fabric Governance Configuration
  • Configure Microsoft Purview for enterprise usage:
  • Scans, collections, role assignments, access controls
  • Classification rules, sensitivity labels, glossary, lineage settings
  • Enable Fabric integration outcomes such as: Asset discovery and catalog publishing
  • Lineage capture (as supported by sources and Fabric items) Metadata enrichment and lifecycle tagging for data products Atlan Integration (Enterprise Governance Tool Alignment)
  • Design and implement integration between Purview and Atlan (as per enterprise tool strategy): Metadata synchronization patterns Lineage strategy and reconciliation (Fabric lineage vs enterprise lineage) Business glossary alignment
  • Define integration operating model: Sync frequency, mapping rules, exception handling
  • Handling duplicates, naming standards, asset identity resolution
  • Collaborate with governance stakeholders to ensure Atlan reflects Fabric assets accurately and consistently.
  • Policy Enforcement & Controls Implementation
Implement governance controls such as:
  • Data classification, sensitivity labels, and policy tagging
  • Certification/endorsement gates for promoted data products
  • Data sharing guardrails and approval workflows
  • Work with Security/Platform teams to align:
  • Entra ID group-driven RBAC and access review processes
  • Compliance needs (retention, auditing, data access reporting)
  • Metadata Management, Data Quality Governance & Data Contracts
  • Build and maintain standards:
  • Naming conventions, domain taxonomy, data product templates
  • Implement data product documentation templates and data contracts:
  • Schema expectations, SLAs, quality rules, owners
  • Integrate with engineering teams to integrate Data Quality & Metadata within pipelines (metadata-driven approach).
Good-to-Have
  • Knowledge of privacy/security frameworks (ISO, SOC2 concepts, GDPR-like principles)
  • Experience implementing data quality governance tooling and scorecards
  • Familiarity with Data Mesh governance patterns and data product operating models.
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  • Dice Id: 10501706
  • Position Id: 9008242
  • Posted 2 days ago
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