Data Governance Engineer

Detailed Job Description Governance Platform Implementation Operations Install, configure, and maintain the enterprise data governance and cataloging platform, including environment setup, upgrades, patching, and ongoing maintenance. Perform technical data profiling using SQL and governance platform capabilities, leveraging ETL processes for automation and integration to support data quality and data readiness initiatives.

Title: Data Governance Engineer
Location: Richardson TX75082
Duration: 6 months


Must Have Skills

• Strong SQL and scripting skills to support metadata ingestion, automation, integration, and technical data analysis.
• Experience integrating governance platforms with Oracle, AWSbased data services, and analytics tools using native connectors, APIs, and ETLELT frameworks.
• Working knowledge of data privacy, security, and compliance as they relate to metadata, classification, and access controls.

Nice to have skills

• Strong problemsolving mindset
• Collaborative team player who can translate data governance requirements into effective technical platform configurations

Detailed Job Description

• Governance Platform Implementation Operations Install, configure, and maintain the enterprise data governance and cataloging platform, including environment setup, upgrades, patching, and ongoing maintenance. Configure metadata models, asset types, relationships, workflows, and rolebased permission structures within the governance platform.
• Monitor platform performance, availability, and reliability, and troubleshoot technical issues related to configuration, integrations, and connectivity. Metadata Ingestion, ETL Profiling Design and implement automated metadata ingestion pipelines using native connectors, APIs, and ETLELT frameworks.
• Perform technical data profiling using SQL and governance platform capabilities, leveraging ETL processes for automation and integration to support data quality and data readiness initiatives.
• Enable and support data quality automation in collaboration with data engineering and governance teams.
• Integration, Lineage Classification Integrate the governance platform with data warehouses, cloud data lakes, BI and reporting platforms, and document repositories such as SharePoint. Enable, validate, and troubleshoot technical lineage across ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers.
• Implement data classification and tagging mechanisms to support sensitive data identification and compliance requirements.

Minimum years of experience
8-10 years

Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute

• Strong SQL and scripting skills to support metadata ingestion, automation, integration, and technical data analysis.
• Experience integrating governance platforms with Oracle, AWS based data services, and analytics tools using native connectors, APIs, and ETLELT frameworks.
• Working knowledge of data privacy, security, and compliance as they relate to metadata, classification, and access controls.