Data Governance Senior Associate
$150,000–$200,000 year
HybridJersey City, New Jersey, United States
Job Summary
Monitor governance activities and ensure compliance with Data Governance policies, standards, and procedures, including implementation of Data Domain Procedures and reporting rules. Assist the Tech Lead in defining Jira Epics/stories, translating business rules into Ataccama data quality rules, and facilitating adoption of governance tools like Collibra and Ataccama. Oversee data collection for lineage activities, coordinate lineage implementation, and enable end-to-end data quality capabilities for stewards through rule configuration and monitoring dashboards. Collaborate with the Data Quality squad to validate rule logic and ensure tooling meets operational needs. This role supports DTCC's enterprise data governance framework across business units, focusing on maintaining data quality, lineage documentation, and compliance tracking to meet regulatory requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 6 years of related experience
- 6+ years in data governance, data management, or related disciplines
- Proficient knowledge of data governance tools (Collibra, Ataccama)
- Hands-on experience with data quality platforms, specifically Ataccama, including rule configuration, profiling, exception management, and monitoring dashboards
- Ability to translate business-defined data quality requirements into technical rule implementations
- Experience enabling self-service data quality capabilities for business users and stewards
- Strong understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data quality frameworks
- Expert-level ability to write complex SQL queries against Snowflake for data profiling, validation, exception analysis, cross-schema lineage verification, and performance-optimized views/stored procedures
- Proficient in building Python automation scripts, data pipelines, API integrations (Collibra, Ataccama, Snowflake connectors), and utility tools for governance operations
- Strong experience building executive governance dashboards (Power Bi), DQ scorecards, lineage coverage reports, and drill-through analytics connected to Snowflake
- Proficient in managing data sets, performing transformations, and optimizing queries within Snowflake cloud data warehouse environment
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to bridge business and technical teams
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related field preferred or equivalent experience
- Passion for data governance innovation and a curiosity-driven approach to improving data quality practices
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