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# Data Governance Lead in Atlanta, GA

- **Company:** Sysmind LLC
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $166,000.0 - $214,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Validation, Data Governance, Identity and Access Management, DataOps, Collibra, Apache Kafka, TIBCO (Software), Databricks
- **Published:** July 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usccc82074e27ac17765dced7b62d9d952

## About the Role

Position Type : Full time Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education) Job Description Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you'll ha…

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## Description

Own and drive end to end data governance (design operate sign-off) for the TIBCO modernization program ensuring governance-by-design across Kafka, Databricks, and Collibra, aligned to client's enterprise standards.
Key Responsibilities
Align and Firm up on enterprise data governance framework, policies, and operating model
Lead metadata, lineage, classification, and cataloging (Collibra) in line with NS policies
Govern Kafka topics, schemas, retention, and ownership standards
Ensure data quality, reconciliation, and zero data-loss during migration
Drive compliance (PII, IAM, audit, security controls) and audit readiness
Anchor data governance council, stewardship, and issue resolution
Integrate governance into DataOps pipelines and platform (not applications)
Lead parallel run validation, business sign-offs, and go-live approvals
Key Deliverables
Data Governance Framework & Operating Model
Collibra catalog (lineage, glossary, ownership)
Kafka schema & governance standards
Data Quality rules, dashboards & exception workflows
Audit-ready artifacts (classification, lineage, policies)
Data validation & business sign-off reports (parallel run cutover)


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