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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Governance & AI Consultant - **Company:** COMXPS LTD - **Location:** Taunton, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Training Data, Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Data Governance, Metadata, Microsoft Office, Power BI, Red Team (Cyber Security), Azure Machine Learning, Secure Coding, SONAR (Symantec), Data Logging, Data Processing, Model Validation, Microsoft Fabric, Collibra, Machine Learning Operations, Databricks - **Published:** September 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2858068227-data-governance--ai-consultant ## About the Role * Defence experience desirable * Sonar work and underwater mapping * Hydrographic office experience would be interesting * Oil & gas also another transferable industry due to work in seas, * Proven experience in data governance delivery, including: * Policy & standards, stewardship models, RACI, decision forums. * Data quality (dimensions, rules, scorecards, monitoring, remediation). * Metadata & catalogue adoption (business glossary, lineage, classification & sensitivity). * Privacy & protection in data handling (e.g., DPIAs, retention, access control, auditability). * Practical understanding of AI assurance, covering: * Training data preparation and validation (provenance, quality, representativeness, bias mitigation). * Model selection considerations (interpretability, performance, risk, security constraints). * Testing & evaluation (appropriate metrics, benchmarking, robustness/fairness/privacy tests, safe red team exercises). * In life governance (monitoring, drift detection, risk logging, periodic re evaluation and re training with realistic data, change approvals). * Strong consulting fundamentals: structured problem solving, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder communication. * Ability to work under general direction, plan own work, and enable others-aligned to SFIA Level 4 expectations. * Excellent written/spoken English., * Experience in UK Central Government, Defence, or other regulated/public sector environments. * Familiarity with established frameworks/standards (e.g., DAMA DMBOK for data; NIST AI RMF 1.0, ISO/IEC 23894 AI risk management, ISO/IEC 27001, UK GDPR/DPA 2018). * Hands on exposure to one or more platforms: Microsoft Purview, Azure ML, Databricks/MLflow, Azure Fabric, Power BI governance; plus experience with data catalogues (e.g., Collibra, Alation) is a bonus. * Exposure to MLOps processes (model registry, approval workflows, monitoring, incidents & rollbacks) and risk/control libraries (e.g., bias, robustness, security, IP, privacy). * Awareness of secure development and deployment constraints (e.g., air gapped networks, protective monitoring, model and data escrow). ## Related Videos - [A Data Mesh needs Open Metadata](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/505-a-data-mesh-needs-open-metadata) - [Beyond Dashboards: Fixing Text-to-SQL with Semantic RAG](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2036-beyond-dashboards-fixing-text-to-sql-with-semantic-rag) - [Building Sovereign AI: Lessons from Deploying Secure RAG Systems using Confidential Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100108-building-sovereign-ai-lessons-from-deploying-secure-rag-systems-using-confidential-computing) - [Data Analytics with Microsoft Fabric: End-to-End Use Case with Data Agents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1547-data-analytics-with-microsoft-fabric-end-to-end-use-case-with-data-agents) - [Data: The Deciding Factor in AI Success](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100310-data-the-deciding-factor-in-ai-success) - [Crafting Custom Frameworks with Rust: A Deep Dive into Procedural Macros](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/849-crafting-custom-frameworks-with-rust-a-deep-dive-into-procedural-macros) ## Related Articles - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Data Analyst Salary in the UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/278-data-analyst-salary-in-the-uk) - [Dev Digest 164: AI Agents, AI Blindspots and MCP security problems](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/578-dev-digest-164-ai-agents-ai-blindspots-and-mcp-security-problems) - [Graph and AI Trends 2026: Why Is AI Running but Not Yet Delivering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/680-graph-and-ai-trends-2026-why-is-ai-running-but-not-yet-delivering) - [Everything a Developer Needs to Know About MCP with Neo4j](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/604-everything-a-developer-needs-to-know-about-mcp-with-neo4j) - [Dev Digest 137 - AI'm not sure about this](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/485-dev-digest-137-ai-m-not-sure-about-this)