Lead Consultant(Development)
Lead Consultant(Development)
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Engineer to implement and operationalize data governance capabilities across enterprise data platforms, with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Key Responsibilities
For a GCP-oriented environment, the candidate should have exposure to technologies such as:
- Google Cloud Dataplex
- BigQuery
- Data Catalog / metadata capabilities
- IAM
- Cloud Storage
- Sensitive Data Protection
- Cloud Logging / Monitoring
Where the organization uses an enterprise governance platform, experience integrating GCP with products such as Collibra, Informatica, Alation or Microsoft Purview would be valuable.
Collaboration & Governance Operations
- Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Modelers, Architects, Platform Engineers, Security, QA and business teams.
- Work with Data Owners and Data Stewards to establish ownership and accountability.
- Support governance assessments during data migration and modernization programs.
- Maintain governance documentation, control evidence and operational procedures.
- Participate in governance reviews and support resolution of identified gaps.
Required Technical Skills
Core skills
- Data governance
- Metadata management
- Data lineage
- Data quality management
- Data classification
- Data cataloging
- SQL
- GCP / cloud data platforms
- BigQuery
- IAM and data-access concepts
- Data security concepts
- Enterprise data-management principles
Data Governance Tools
Strong experience with one or more of:
- Google Cloud Dataplex
- Collibra
- Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog / IDMC
- Alation
- Microsoft Purview
- Equivalent enterprise metadata/governance platforms
Good to Have
- Python for governance/data-quality automation
- Terraform
- Dataform
- REST APIs
- CI/CD and Git
- Oracle or other enterprise source-system experience
- Master Data Management (MDM)
- Data retention and lifecycle management
- Data privacy and regulatory compliance exposure
- Experience in large-scale cloud data migration or modernization programs
- Knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK principles
Skill Requirements
- Data governance
- Metadata management
- Data lineage
- Data quality management
- Data classification
- Data cataloging
- SQL
- GCP / cloud data platforms
- BigQuery
- IAM and data-access concepts
- Data security concepts
- Enterprise data-management principles
Other Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Management or related discipline.
- Suggested hiring profile: 4–8 years of overall data/data-platform experience, including hands-on exposure to data governance, metadata or data-quality solutions.
- Experience implementing data governance controls in cloud or enterprise data environments.
- Strong analytical, documentation and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to translate governance requirements into implementable technical controls