Data Governance Consultant

Visvero Inc
United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Query Performance Data Analysis Profiling Data Auditing Data Validation Data Governance Data Structures Database Queries Dimensional Modeling Issue Tracking Systems Meta-Data Management Metadata Repositories
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Scrum Methodology Release Management Power BI DataOps SQL Databases Tableau (Software) Sql Optimization Snowflake Model Validation Documentation System Data Layers Data Lineage Data Management Data Delivery Looker Analytics Software Version Control

Job description

  • Define, document, and maintain data quality rules, business definitions, and validation standards for key reporting and analytics data assets * Use SQL, dbt, and Snowflake to profile data, investigate quality issues, validate transformations, and confirm data readiness for business use * Partner with BI teams to ensure dashboards, reports, metrics, and curated datasets are supported by trusted and well-understood data * Monitor recurring data quality checks, identify anomalies, document root causes, and coordinate remediation with data owners and technical teams * Maintain metadata, data lineage, business glossaries, and data issue logs to improve transparency and usability of data assets * Promote data governance and stewardship best practices by educating stakeholders on data standards, ownership, and proper use of certified data

Requirements

Experience in data stewardship, data governance, data quality, business intelligence, analytics, or data management * Strong SQL skills with experience profiling data, validating business rules, researching discrepancies, and supporting reporting accuracy * Hands-on experience with dbt, including data tests, documentation, lineage, model review, and transformation validation * Experience working with Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse platforms * Understanding of data governance, metadata management, data lineage, data quality dimensions, and data lifecycle concepts

Technical Skills * Advanced SQL for data analysis, reconciliation, profiling, exception identification, and validation of reporting data * Working knowledge of Snowflake objects, data structures, query performance considerations, and access patterns * Experience using dbt tests, source freshness checks, documentation, exposures, and lineage to support trusted data delivery * Ability to translate business rules into data quality checks, validation queries, and repeatable monitoring processes * Familiarity with BI reporting datasets, semantic layers, KPIs, dimensional models, and curated analytics tables * Experience documenting data definitions, transformation logic, ownership, lineage, and known data limitations * Strong analytical problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate data issues across source, transformation, and reporting layers * Comfort working with ticketing, issue tracking, version control, and collaborative documentation tools

Preferred Qualifications * Experience supporting data governance programs, data councils, or domain-based data ownership models * Familiarity with BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, or Looker * Experience with data observability, data catalog, data quality, or metadata management tools * Knowledge of data privacy, security, compliance, and access control concepts * Exposure to DataOps practices, version control, release management, and change control for analytics assets * Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and partnering with product managers, analysts, engineers, and business stakeholders

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