Data Governance Engineer

Data Governance Engineer

Experience Level:Senior

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Review and assess the current data governance policies, identifying gaps and areas for improvement.
• Evaluate the data lake house model in Snowflake, ensuring compliance with governance standards and best practices.
• Define and create reference benchmarks for data governance, focusing on security, privacy, and compliance.
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop and enforce data governance frameworks for consistent, accurate, and compliant data management.
• Establish guidelines for data stewardship, ownership, accountability, and accessibility.
• Monitor and improve data governance tools, ensuring they provide adequate visibility into data quality, usage, and compliance.
• Create and enforce best practices for data access, data security, and privacy.
• Provide regular status updates on governance progress, highlighting risks, issues, and mitigation steps.
• Collaborate with the Data Quality team to align governance policies with quality standards.

Must Have Skills:

• Overall with 7years with 5+ years of relevant experience  in data governance frameworks and best practices (e.g., DAMA, DCAM).
• Experience with Snowflake or similar cloud data platform governance.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance standards (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA).
• Experience with data governance tools (e.g., Alation, Collibra, Informatica, or similar).
• Solid understanding of data stewardship concepts, including data ownership, accessibility, and accountability.
• Experience with data access controls and security frameworks.
• Proficiency in SQL for data governance assessments and reporting.
• Strong analytical skills to assess governance practices and suggest improvements.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for working with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Good to Have:

• Familiarity with cloud data security practices (e.g., encryption, data masking, access controls).
• Experience with data privacy tools and technologies (e.g., OneTrust, TrustArc).
• Familiarity with data observability tools (e.g., Monte Carlo, Datafold, Bigeye).
• Knowledge of metadata management and lineage tracking tools.
• Experience in implementing data classification and data retention policies.
• Experience with Agile methodologies for governance project management
• Familiarity with machine learning and AI concepts as they relate to data governance.

Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Management, Data Science, or a related field.

Location: 

• Bangalore.

About Nomiso:

Nomiso is a product and services engineering company. We are a team of Software Engineers, Architects, Managers, and Cloud Experts with expertise in Technology and Delivery Management. 

Our mission is to Empower and Enhance the lives of our customers, through efficient solutions for their complex business problems. 

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