Data Governance Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Support implementation of the DBHDS Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Facilitate governance workshops with business stakeholders.
• Support onboarding of new applications into the Enterprise Data Governance Program.
• Partner with Data Owners and Data Stewards to establish governance for new enterprise datasets.
• Develop and maintain governance policies, standards, procedures, and supporting documentation.
• Capture and maintain business metadata, technical metadata, and data dictionaries.
• Develop and maintain the Enterprise Business Glossary.
• Define and document Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Map business metadata to technical metadata and support metadata ingestion into the enterprise metadata repository.
• Define business data quality rules, support data profiling and business validation activities, monitor data quality metrics and trends, and assist Data Stewards with remediation planning.
• Perform reconciliation and validation across enterprise data sources.
• Document business and technical data lineage, document end‑to‑end data flows, and assist with impact analysis for new data sources.
• Support governance activities across Bronze, Silver, Gold, Operational Data Store (ODS), and Analytical Data Store (ADS) layers.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers supporting Python‑based AWS data pipelines.
• Support governance of enterprise datasets published to Snowflake.
• Assist with proof‑of‑concept initiatives to consolidate data from multiple source systems into governed enterprise data assets.
• Support Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), data classification, retention, and internal data sharing processes.
• Produce governance dashboards and metrics, prepare executive presentations and governance reports, and present recommendations to governance committees and project teams.
• Communicate governance requirements to both business and technical audiences.

Required Experience

• Minimum 10 years of experience in Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Business Analysis, Metadata Management, or related disciplines.
• Experience implementing enterprise Data Governance programs.
• Experience facilitating governance workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong SQL skills for data analysis and validation.
• Experience documenting metadata, business glossaries, and data dictionaries.
• Experience defining business rules and Critical Data Elements (CDEs).
• Experience performing data profiling, reconciliation, and validation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with several of the following technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), S3, Glue, Glue Data Catalog, Lake Formation, Snowflake, Python, SQL, Power BI, SharePoint.
• Experience in healthcare, behavioral health, Medicaid, or Virginia state government is highly desirable.

Desired Knowledge

• Enterprise Data Governance
• Data Stewardship
• Metadata Management
• Data Catalogs
• Data Quality Management
• Master Data Management
• Business Glossaries
• Critical Data Elements
• Data Classification
• Data Lineage
• Information Lifecycle Management
• Cloud Data Platforms
• Operational Data Stores
• Data Warehousing
• AI‑ready data governance

Desired Characteristics

• Strong facilitation skills
• Excellent analytical abilities
• Outstanding written and verbal communication
• Highly organized and detail‑oriented
• Self‑motivated and collaborative
• Ability to translate business requirements into governance artifacts
• Passion for improving enterprise data quality and governance

Skill Matrix

• Data Analysis – Required 10 Years
• Data Lineage / Cataloging – Required 10 Years
• Data Policy / Procedure creation – Required 10 Years
• Proficiency with SQL – Required 10 Years
• Datawarehouse Experience – Required 10 Years
• Requirements Elicitation – Required 10 Years
• Experience with Databases (Relational databases, SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, etc.) – Required 7 Years

Benefits

• Long‑Term Stability – Join us on a multi‑year opportunity with room to grow.
• Comprehensive Health Coverage – Access quality healthcare benefits to keep you and your family well.
• Future Planning – Enroll in our 401(k) program and invest in your financial security.
• GC Assistance – We support immediate Green Card processing, if required.

Date Posted: 11‑Sep‑2026