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# Data Governance Engineer

- **Company:** Patriot Talent Solutions
- **Location:** Knoxville, TN, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Infrastructure, Data Warehousing, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Metadata Repositories, Microsoft Fabric, Data Lakes, Data Lineage, Collibra, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** October 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/558af84c-26e2-4e9d-b9e9-837b78b4a9d1

## About the Role

We are actively recruiting a Data Governance Engineer for our client in Knoxville, TN. This is a contract-to-hire, hybrid opportunity requiring a minimum of 2 days onsite per week. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Data Governance professional to help build and operationalize an enterprise governance function from the ground up. Must have 5+ years of direct Data Governance experience and hands-on experience with data catalogs, lineage, metadata, data quality, stewardship, and data certification.

Due to client request, candidates must be US Citizens., * 5+ years of hands-on enterprise Data Governance experience.

 * Demonstrated ownership of data catalogs, data lineage, metadata management, data quality, stewardship, and dataset certification.
 * Experience within a mature Data Governance environment and the ability to apply established governance practices in a developing function.
 * Experience with Microsoft Purview strongly preferred; Collibra, Alation, Informatica, or comparable governance platforms also relevant.
 * Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, data lakes, data warehouses, or similar modern data platforms preferred.
 * Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across business and technical teams.
 * Self-directed, comfortable with ambiguity, and motivated by building new capabilities rather than simply maintaining existing processes.
 * Bachelor's degree in a related discipline preferred.

## Description

* Build and operationalize enterprise Data Governance processes, standards, and workflows.
 * Administer and improve data catalog, metadata, business glossary, lineage, and certification capabilities.
 * Establish data quality requirements, stewardship practices, and data ownership models.
 * Partner with Data Engineering to embed governance into modern data pipelines and platforms.
 * Work with business data owners and stewards to improve data quality, discoverability, and trust.
 * Help evaluate, configure, and implement Data Governance technology.
 * Facilitate governance working sessions and drive adoption across technical and business teams.