Data Governance Specialist

Skills - Databricks, Unity Catalog

Key Accountabilities

• Design and rollout of the client's Data Governance Framework covering Data Ownership & Stewardship, Data Standards & Quality, and Access, Security & Usage Controls.
• Evaluate, recommend, and configure governance tooling aligned to the client's Databricks Unity Catalog ecosystem (native Unity Catalog features and other data governance tools).
• Build and maintain the enterprise Data Catalog and Business Data Dictionary
• Design and implement end-to-end Data Lineage tracking from Guidewire source systems through bronze, silver, and gold layers.
• Define and enforce Data Quality rules and profiling standards across the Medallion Architecture layers; coordinate with the dbt transformation team for quality gate integration.
• Establish and enforce Data Security classification and access control policies
• Define governance KPIs
• Collaborate with the Data Architecture, Engineering, and BI teams to embed governance controls into platform workflows without creating delivery bottlenecks.
• Participate in client-facing governance reviews with client stakeholders (including the parallel governance workstream
• Document governance policies, standards, and procedures into the client's governance knowledge base; deliver training and enablement for data stewards and owners.

Must-Have Skills & Experience

• 5 years of hands-on Data Governance experience including framework design, stewardship operating models, policy enforcement
• Proficiency in data cataloging, lineage, access control, and metadata management using data governance tools
• Strong expertise in data quality management, data profiling, and standardization techniques across large-scale enterprise datasets, CDE identification
• Experience implementing Data Catalogs and Business Data Dictionaries at scale across multiple business domains.
• Hands-on experience with data lineage design and documentation across multi-layer Lakehouse architectures (Bronze / Silver / Gold or equivalent).
• Working knowledge of data security classification frameworks and access control enforcement in cloud data platforms (column masking, row-level security, tag-based policies).
• Strong SQL proficiency and comfort working with structured data at scale; familiarity with Delta Lake or similar table formats preferred.
• Experience operating within Agile delivery models, contributing to sprint planning, backlog grooming, and milestone-based governance delivery.
• Strong client communication and stakeholder engagement skills; ability to translate technical governance concepts for business audiences.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Familiarity with enterprise data catalog/lineage tools, particularly experience migrating or bridging to Unity Catalog.
• Experience in the P&C Insurance domain and understanding of insurance data governance best practices.
• Knowledge of data privacy and regulatory frameworks (NAIC Model Privacy Act, PCI-DSS, GDPR, CCPA) and their impact on data governance policies.
• Familiarity with dbt Core/Cloud for embedding data quality tests and metadata documentation within transformation pipelines.
• Experience with BI governance (Power BI semantic model governance, certified datasets, report lineage) to extend governance posture to analytics layer.
• Certifications in Databricks Data Governance, Microsoft Purview, or equivalent data governance platforms.