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Title: Data Governance Location: REMOTE Duration: 12 Months Must work on our W2

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Data Governance Analyst Recap & Key Skills

Core Responsibilities

• Define and manage critical data elements, metadata, classifications, and standards.
• Apply data privacy and regulatory tags (PII, compliance labels, etc.).
• Focus on data classification, validation, and cataloging in data catalogs.
• Develop and validate classification rules to ensure alignment with data protection requirements.
• Work with modern data catalogs such as Collibra, Alation, Informatica (IDMC).
• Ensure proper definitions and clarity around data usage and ownership.

Governance Role Expectations

• Strong alignment with data protection and privacy requirements.
• Hands-on with Informatica IDMC (preferred, not required).
• No responsibility for access management, but must handle data classification and cataloging.

Candidate Profile

• Hybrid skillset: technical + business acumen.
• Technical skills: SQL, ETL understanding, data profiling, data warehouse knowledge.
• Ability to read, query, and analyze data.
• Business skills: Work directly with the business, understand data purpose, interpret rules.
• Recognize and define PII and sensitive data elements.

Backgrounds that fit best: data modelers or data architects (already familiar with purpose, structure, and proper definitions of data).

Most Important Qualities

• Ability to work with the business is the #1 requirement.
• Direct experience in data governance (classification, cataloging, metadata, PII identification) is rare but highly valued.
• If not experienced, candidates must have the right foundation (data modeling/architecture) so they can be trained.
• Knowledge of compliance is less critical for contractors (often reserved for FTEs).

Top Skills to Highlight: Data governance experience (classification, cataloging, metadata, PII identification). Strong SQL and data profiling skills. Familiarity with data catalogs (Collibra, Alation, Informatica IDMC). Business-facing communication and requirements interpretation. Background in data modeling or architecture is a strong plus.

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