Data Governance Analyst

This position is a fully remote opportunity based in the United States, supporting a large-scale modernization program for federal courts nationwide. The role focuses on shaping data governance, including how data is defined, managed, protected, shared, and governed across complex environments.

About the role

You will play a central role in establishing data governance principles and turning them into practical processes and controls. This position combines data governance, standards architecture, data quality, privacy, security, and compliance. You will collaborate with business, technical, legal, security, and data stakeholders to strengthen data integrity, improve transparency, and enable effective analytics and technology initiatives. The environment is highly collaborative, mission-focused, and centered on modern cloud-based data capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the data governance framework, including policies, standards, procedures, operating models, and governance roadmaps.
• Act as a Data Standards Architect by defining and maintaining data standards, naming conventions, business definitions, structures, reference data, and governance requirements across systems and teams.
• Establish clear data ownership, stewardship, accountability, and decision-rights models, including RACI frameworks across business and technical stakeholders.
• Partner with data stewards, data owners, business teams, security, privacy, legal, records management, and engineering teams to operationalize governance requirements.
• Ensure data is appropriately classified and managed according to sensitivity, criticality, business value, privacy, security, retention, and regulatory requirements.
• Translate policies and regulatory obligations into actionable governance controls, procedures, and data management practices.
• Identify governance gaps, data risks, and compliance issues, coordinating remediation efforts and tracking progress through resolution.
• Support data access, sharing, usage, lifecycle, and privacy governance processes across the organization.
• Participate in governance councils, working groups, data domain forums, assessments, audits, and compliance reviews.
• Develop and maintain governance documentation, standards, procedures, decision logs, training materials, and other supporting artifacts.
• Monitor adoption and effectiveness of governance policies and standards, reporting program metrics, maturity, risks, and compliance status to leadership.
• Support data quality profiling, monitoring, and improvement initiatives, helping ensure reliable and consistent enterprise data.
• Contribute to maturity assessments, continuous improvement initiatives, and the evolution of the data governance operating model.
• Deliver training and awareness sessions that help stakeholders understand governance policies, standards, responsibilities, and regulatory expectations.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Information Systems or a related discipline with 5+ years of general experience and 7+ years of specialized experience, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise data governance programs and translating governance policies into practical operational processes.
• Strong understanding of data quality management, metadata practices, data stewardship, governance frameworks, and operating models.
• Experience defining and governing enterprise-wide data standards across multiple teams, systems, or delivery environments.
• Experience working with high-sensitivity, regulated, or otherwise tightly controlled data and implementing appropriate privacy and security practices.
• Practical experience with data quality profiling and monitoring techniques and common governance tooling.
• Strong knowledge of data modeling, integration patterns, and change data capture concepts.
• Experience with metadata and data catalog platforms such as Collibra, Alation, or Qlik.
• Experience implementing business glossaries, data lineage, and metadata capabilities within modern data platforms.
• Ability to translate technical metadata and governance concepts into clear, business-friendly definitions and documentation.
• Experience implementing data privacy controls, access management practices, and compliant data-sharing processes.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Preferred experience in federal government or other regulated environments, as well as familiarity with enterprise data governance frameworks and data management certifications.
• Ability to work independently in a remote environment while managing multiple priorities and maintaining a high level of attention to detail.

U.S. citizenship is not required, and no security clearance is required for this position.

Benefits

• Fully remote work from anywhere in the United States.
• 40-hour full-time workweek with no required travel.
• Multiple medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).
• Dental and vision insurance options.
• 401(k) plan with company matching and pre- and post-tax contribution options.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal, and holiday leave (typically 15 days of paid leave per calendar year for new employees, plus 10 paid holidays, prorated based on hire date).
• Up to 160 hours of paid family leave during a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.
• Paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
• Full-flex work weeks where applicable to support work-life balance.
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel accident insurance.

Pay

Salary range: $128,039–$173,229, with actual compensation based on experience, geographic location, and applicable contractual requirements.