Data Governance Expert (Microsoft Purview Specialist)
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Job Location - Newark NJ (Day One Onsite - Hybrid)
About The Role
- We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Expert with deep hands on expertise in Microsoft Purview and strong exposure to data and AI initiatives.
- The ideal candidate will have proven experience implementing enterprise scale data governance programs including metadata management lineage classification and stewardship operating models.
- Experience within the investment management or financial services domain is highly preferred.
Key Responsibilities
1 Purview Administration Technical Enablement
- Lead setup configuration and operations of Microsoft Purview Data Map Catalog Scanning Lineage Classification Glossary
- Implement metadata harvesting from diverse sourcesSQL Oracle Data Lake S3 Lakehouse BI tools Fabric pipelines
- Develop API based automation for metadata ingestion lineage enrichment and stewardship workflows
- Maintain Purview policies sensitivity labels roles permissions and governance rules
2 Data Governance Program Implementation
- Design and operationalize enterprise wide governance frameworks ownership models stewardship processes metadata standards certification workflows and RACI structures
- Drive governance adoption across domains ensuring alignment to regulatory compliance and business reporting requirements
- Establish KPIs to track catalog coverage lineage completeness classification accuracy and data quality improvements
- Support audits controls and compliance evidence creation using Purview lineage and metadata
Key Responsibilities 2
3 Metadata Lineage Data Quality Integration
- Build end to end lineage across ingestion transformation and consumption layers
- Integrate metadata with DQ tools to surface profiling quality rules and issue insights directly within Purview models
- Work with engineering teams to embed metadata contracts and lineage
4 Business Technical Stakeholder Engagement
- Engage with business owners data stewards portfolio managers investment operations teams and technology teams to drive data governance activities
- Facilitate workshops governance forums lineage walkthroughs and metadata curation sessions
- Translate complex technical concepts into businessfriendly narratives to support decision making
- Act as a bridge between analytics AI teams data engineering and business product owners
Required Technical Skills
- Strong hands on experience with Microsoft Purview Data Map Catalog Scanning Lineage Classification Glossary
- Background in data engineering data architecture or AIML data pipelines understands how data flows through modern platforms
- Proven experience implementing data governance programs from planning to operational execution
- Familiarity with Azure fabric data lakehouses SQL platforms BI ecosystems
- Knowledge of data modeling metadata standards lineage frameworks and DQ concepts
Domain Skills
Exposure to investment management asset management or financial services with understanding of data domains like
- Portfolio positions
- Security master
- Trades transactions
- Reference data
- Risk performance analytics
- Ability to map governance requirements to regulatory expectations in the investment domain
Preferred Qualifications
- 10-15 years of data governance experience preferably within a large enterprise
- Experience with complementary tools such as Solidatus Collibra Alation Informatica Purview
- Certifications Azure DAMA DCAM Data Governance or related
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