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Data Governance Specialist

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Job Description - Data Governance Specialist

Company Description

Derex Technologies Inc specializes in providing IT consulting, staffing solutions and software services. Globally headquartered in Harrison New Jersey since 1996 Derex delivers the highest quality technology professionals and an array of customized IT talent solutions designed to improve productivity and drive results to global clients throughout North America.

With over two decades of unparalleled experience, Derex provides supports to its clientele, across such industries as Systems Integration, Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Energy, Healthcare, Technology, Transportation, and local and federal Government agencies.

Job Description

Role: Data Governance Specialist

Location: Wooster OH (Onsite)

Duration: Long Term

 

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

  • 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.

 

 

Regards,

 

Manoj Goud

Derex Technologies INC

Contact : 973-834-5005 Ext 206

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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