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# REMOTE - Governance Lead - Microsoft Purview - Visa Independent

- **Company:** Octans Group Llc
- **Location:** Los Angeles, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Meta-Data Management, Metadata Repositories, Microsoft SQL Server, Power BI, Data Classification, Snowflake, Data Lineage, Databricks
- **Published:** May 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us8b28a6d679ffd62b2db48eb5eae05fe1

## About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Governance Lead with strong hands-on expertise in Microsoft Purview to drive enterprise data governance, cataloging, lineage, classification, and compliance initiatives. The ideal candidate will lead governance strategy, implement Purview capabilities, and collaborate with business, security, compliance, and data engineering teams across the organization., Microsoft Purview, Data Governance, Data Catalog, Metadata Management, Data Lineage, Data Classification, Stewardship, Azure, Power BI, Databricks, Snowflake, SQL Server, Compliance (GDPR/CCPA/HIPAA/SOX), Data Quality, Stakeholder Management
Preferred:
Azure/Purview Certifications, DAMA-DMBOK, DCAM, MDM, Data Privacy Tools



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