Senior Data Quality Lead

Piper Companies is seeking a Senior Data Quality Lead to support a leading financial services organization’s enterprise data platform modernization. This exclusive engagement will focus on building and scaling a data quality framework across a modern Azure and Microsoft Fabric environment. This role is onsite in Bethesda, MD (4 days per week) and offers the opportunity to define and own data quality practices within a high-impact, greenfield initiative. This position is structured as contract-to-hire with strong intent for full-time conversion.

The Senior Data Quality Lead will serve as the founding leader for enterprise data quality, partnering closely with engineering, analytics, and business teams to ensure trusted, high-quality data across the organization. This individual will design and implement a scalable data quality framework, establish validation standards, and ensure that data pipelines are delivering clean, reliable, and audit-ready data for business consumption.

Responsibilities of the Senior Data Quality Lead include:

• Design and implement an enterprise data quality framework, including validation rules, thresholds, and governance processes
• Partner with data engineering teams to ensure quality across data pipelines (ADF → Fabric) and overall data lifecycle
• Develop and execute data validation, reconciliation, and certification processes across multiple data layers
• Identify and resolve data quality issues, bottlenecks, and inconsistencies before data reaches business users
• Establish monitoring and reporting mechanisms to track data health, quality metrics, and exceptions
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into data quality standards and controls
• Drive alignment across engineering, analytics, and business teams to ensure consistent data practices
• Support documentation, governance, and continuous improvement of data quality processes
  
  

Required Qualifications for the Senior Data Quality Lead:

• 5 years of experience in data quality, data engineering, or data governance roles
• Hands-on experience working in Azure data environments, including ADF and/or Microsoft Fabric
• Strong proficiency in SQL and data validation techniques
• Proven experience building or contributing to data quality frameworks or QA processes
• Experience working with data pipelines, ETL processes, and large datasets
• Strong business acumen, ideally within financial services or regulated environments
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across technical and business teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
  
  

Compensation for the Senior Data Quality Lead:

• Salary Range: $60/hr - $67/hr
• Full Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, Paid Time Off, and Federal Holidays
  
  

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