Data Governance Analyst 1

Location: Fairfax, VA

Period: 08/24/2026 to 02/26/2027

Job Summary

The Data Governance Analyst (Contractor) supports enterprise data governance initiatives with a focus on theEpic Analytics Catalog, Epic Reset alignment, and data governance standardization across analytics platforms. This role is responsible for advancingmetadata management, data quality, catalog governance, and data literacy, while ensuring analytics assets align with enterprise standards, lifecycle requirements, and security models. The contractor will partner with Data Governance, Analytics, and IT teams to improve catalog usability, governance adoption, and data-driven decision-making across the organization. Duties & Responsibilities

• SupportEpic Analytics Catalog assessment and Epic Reset alignment efforts, including reviewing catalog structure, evaluating asset inventory, and identifying assets to retain, update, consolidate, or retire. Execute data governance updates within the catalog to ensure proper ownership, certification, and lifecycle alignment with enterprise standards.

• Develop and implementmetadata and catalog governance standards, including defining tagging frameworks, creating metadata templates, normalizing existing metadata, and establishing validation processes to ensure consistency and quality across reports, dashboards, and other analytics assets.

• Establish and monitordata quality and governance metrics, including defining rules and thresholds, tracking catalog adoption and metadata completeness, and building dashboards and reporting using Business Intelligence tools to measure effectiveness of governance initiatives.

• Supportaccess and security alignmentby mapping role-based access and Active Directory groups to analytics assets, validating access consistency across environments (POC, DEV, PROD), and ensuring alignment with enterprise security standards and Epic Reset changes.

• Define and enforcepromotion and lifecycle governance standards, including establishing processes for assets moving through POC, Development, and Production, implementing governance checkpoints, and documenting approval and ownership requirements aligned to Epic build and migration processes.

• Contribute to thedata governance operating modelby aligning catalog ownership to value streams and Triad structures, supporting stewardship responsibilities, and participating in governance review cadences to monitor catalog health and compliance.

• Develop and delivertraining, enablement, and communication materialsto support catalog usage, metadata understanding, and governance adoption, including end-user guidance and stakeholder presentations to promote a data-driven culture.

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Governance, Analytics, and IT teams to ensure consistent adoption of governance practices and support broader enterprise data initiatives. Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

• Minimum Education Level: Bachelors Degree
• Area of Study: Information Systems, Data Science, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field.
• Alternate Qualifications:
• Bachelor''s degree; or Associate degree and 2 years relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum experience requirement; or HS Diploma/GED and 4 years relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum experience requirement.

Years of Experience: Minimum Years of Experience: 3 years of relevant professional experience

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in healthcare data and analytics environments, including Epic Cogito (Caboodle, Clarity, SlicerDicer, Radar)

• Experience supporting analytics catalog management, metadata governance, or data catalog tools

• Experience with enterprise analytics platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)

• Experience working on enterprise initiatives or large-scale transformations (e.g., Epic optimization or Epic Reset)

• Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams (Data, IT, Clinical, Operational stakeholders)

• Experience developing training materials, documentation, or data literacy content

Certification Preferred Certifications:

• Epic Cogito Certification

• Data Governance or Data Management certifications (e.g., CDMP DAMA)

• Process improvement certification (e.g., Six Sigma Yellow Belt)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Active Epic Certification
• Strong project management skills managing complex technology and data initiatives
• Understanding of enterprise data architecture, analytics platforms, and AI solutions
• Ability to coordinate cross?functional teams across technical and clinical domains
• Knowledge of data governance and data quality practices
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Ability to translate business needs into actionable project plans
• Strong analytical and problem?solving capabilities
• Familiarity with healthcare performance analytics preferred