Data Governance (Alation)- TX

Zortech Solutions - San Antonio, TX

Full-time

San Antonio, TX

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Data Governance role focuses on developing and implementing data governance policies, standards, and procedures to ensure data quality and integrity. The position involves overseeing data usage and compliance, managing data lineage, and maintaining a data catalog using tools like Alation. Additionally, the role requires conducting data profiling and collaborating with data engineers and analysts to enhance data integration processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement data governance policies, standards, and procedures.
• Oversee data quality and integrity.
• Identify and resolve data quality issues.
• Monitor data usage and compliance.
• Create and maintain data lineage maps.
• Analyze data flows and dependencies.
• Identify data sources and their transformations.
• Manage and maintain the data catalog using tools like Alation.
• Enrich metadata with business context and usage information.
• Ensure data catalog accuracy and completeness.
• Conduct data profiling to assess data quality, consistency, and completeness.
• Identify data anomalies and inconsistencies.
• Generate data profiling reports.
• Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to ensure data integration processes are efficient and accurate.
• Identify data integration challenges and propose solutions.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of data management principles and best practices.
• Experience with data governance tools like Alation.
• Proficiency in data lineage tools like BigEye.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Knowledge of data modeling and data warehousing concepts.
• Experience with data quality tools.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.