Data Governance Analyst (CDC Funded)

Job Title: Data Governance Analyst (CDC Funded)

Job Location: Richmond, VA

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

Pay Range: $40.00hr - $50.00hr

Requirement/Must Have:

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Business Analysis, Metadata Management, or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing enterprise Data Governance programs.
• Experience facilitating governance workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong SQL skills for data analysis and validation.
• Experience documenting metadata, business glossaries, and data dictionaries.
• Experience defining business rules and Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Experience performing data profiling, reconciliation, and validation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with Data Lineage / Cataloging.
• Data Policy / Procedure creation experience.
• Datawarehouse experience.
• Requirements Elicitation experience.
• Experience with Databases including Relational databases, SQL Server, Oracle, and Snowflake.

Responsibilities:

• Support implementation of the Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Facilitate governance workshops with business stakeholders.
• Support onboarding of new applications into the Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Partner with Data Owners and Data Stewards to establish governance for new enterprise datasets.
• Develop and maintain governance policies, standards, procedures, and supporting documentation.
• Capture and maintain business metadata, technical metadata, and data dictionaries.
• Develop and maintain the Enterprise Business Glossary.
• Define and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Map business metadata to technical metadata.
• Support metadata ingestion into the enterprise metadata repository.
• Define business data quality rules.
• Support data profiling and business validation activities.
• Monitor data quality metrics and trends.
• Assist Data Stewards with remediation planning.
• Perform reconciliation and validation across enterprise data sources.
• Document business and technical data lineage.
• Document end-to-end data flows.
• Assist with impact analysis for new data sources.
• Support governance activities across Bronze, Silver, Gold, Operational Data Store (ODS), and Analytical Data Store (ADS) layers.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers supporting Python-based AWS data pipelines.
• Support governance of enterprise datasets published to Snowflake.
• Assist with proof-of-concept initiatives to consolidate data from multiple source systems into governed enterprise data assets.
• Support Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), data classification, retention, and internal data sharing processes.
• Produce governance dashboards and metrics.
• Prepare executive presentations and governance reports.
• Present recommendations to governance committees and project teams.
• Communicate governance requirements to both business and technical audiences.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), S3, Glue, Glue Data Catalog, and Lake Formation.
• Experience with Python and Power BI.
• Experience with SharePoint.
• Experience in healthcare, behavioral health, Medicaid, or state government environments.
• Knowledge of Master Data Management.
• Knowledge of AI-ready data governance.

Skills:

• Data Analysis.
• Data Lineage.
• Data Cataloging.
• SQL.
• Data Warehousing.
• Metadata Management.
• Data Quality Management.
• AWS.
• Snowflake.
• Python.
• Business Analysis.

Qualification And Education:

• Strong facilitation skills.
• Excellent analytical abilities.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented.
• Ability to translate business requirements into governance artifacts.

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities