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# Data Governance Analyst / Staff IT Analyst III

- **Company:** AgreeYa Solutions, Inc.
- **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $90,000.0 - $100,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Microsoft Windows, Cyber Security, Data Governance, Data Retention, Data Security, File Systems, Identity and Access Management, IT Management, Microsoft SharePoint, User Provisioning Software, National Institute of Standards and Technology Cybersecurity Framework, Performance Monitor
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=218c56b45923bff8

## About the Role

Required:

 * 3 - 5+ years of experience in IT governance, compliance operations, information security, or audit.
 * Experience working with file share environments (e.g., Windows file shares, SharePoint, OneDrive, NAS, etc.) and associated governance controls.
 * Solid understanding of data retention, classification, access management, and information protection policies.
 * Demonstrated experience executing governance controls and maintaining supporting evidence.
 * Experience writing or contributing to procedural documentation, standards, or governance control frameworks.
 * Familiarity with onboarding or migrating environments into controlled governance frameworks.
 * Working knowledge of regulatory and industry standards such as FFIEC, SOX, NIST CSF, or HIPAA with an understanding of PII, NPI, PCI, and PHI

Preferred:

 * Experience with Varonis, or other governance, reporting, or discovery platforms.
 * Strong documentation and procedural writing skills
 * Strong communication skills with ability to translate complexity terms into business terms for all levels of management
 * Technical awareness of file systems, permissions, access provisioning, or encryption-at-rest/in-transit solutions.

## Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Data Governance Analyst to support enterprise data governance efforts, with a primary focus on file share oversight and control execution. This role is responsible for detecting non-compliant activities related to data retention, access, and security; executing and tracking governance controls; and maintaining audit-ready evidence. In addition, the analyst will play a critical role in establishing governance controls and procedural documentation, as well as supporting the onboarding and migration of environments into active governance., * Monitor dashboards and reports to detect activities out of compliance with retention, data security, or access management policies.

 * Work with area Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to remediate discrepancies.
 * Investigate and escalate anomalies or policy violations in partnership with information security, data owners, and governance leads.
 * Execute and track program controls, ensuring proper implementation and maintenance of compliance procedures across file share environments.
 * Collect, organize, and retain audit-ready evidence of control execution and compliance adherence.
 * Participate in the development of governance controls and procedural documentation, including standards, operating procedures, control narratives, and desktop execution guidance.
 * Support onboarding and migration activities into file share governance, including validation, cleanup, baseline control implementation, and stakeholder coordination.
 * Help establish and improve automation for reporting, compliance tracking, and evidence collection.
 * Provide cross-functional governance support across related domains such as asset management and configuration drift management as directed.
 * Assist with control testing, readiness reviews, and remediation tracking aligned with internal and regulatory requirements.
 * Contribute to program performance reporting, metrics development, and continuous improvement initiatives.