Senior Data Governance Specialist
As a Senior Data Governance Specialist, you will be responsible for developing and implementing robust data governance frameworks to ensure high standards of security and compliance. This role requires a deep understanding of industrial systems and the ability to implement scalable data platforms.
Key Responsibilities:
* Serve as a technical lead or mentor on complex customer implementations, providing guidance on best practices and standardization.
* Leverage product capabilities to drive standardization, limit customization, and maximize reuse of content developed for previous solutions.
* Write project documentation in accordance with deliverables, including detailed design specifications.
* Provide training and mentorship to develop teams and customers, ensuring successful adoption and utilization of data platforms.
* Apply execution methodology and project standards to ensure seamless delivery of projects.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and scope application changes while adhering to change-management process.
* Drive continuous improvement through best practices, reference architectures, and staying current with latest technological advancements.
* Lead discussions with business users, subject matter experts, and stakeholders to gather data needs and translate them into functional architecture components.
* Define domain-driven data models aligned with electric utility processes.
* Contribute to technical analysis activities such as requirements gathering and gap analysis of user requirements.
* Collaborate with solution architects to align logical data models with physical implementations and prepare integration architecture design.
* Extract meaningful patterns and trends from data to support decision-making and optimize operations.
* Ensure data is discoverable, trustworthy, and accessible for use by analytics and AI teams.
* Implement data validation and monitoring processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability.
* Work closely with data scientists, analysts, and product managers to understand data requirements.
* Monitor system performance, troubleshoot data-related issues, and optimize data processes and queries for improved performance and scalability.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
* Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
* 10+ years of experience in industrial systems related fields, with demonstrated ability to implement robust data governance frameworks.
* Advanced proficiency in programming languages commonly used in data engineering such as Python or Java.
* Strong knowledge of database systems and advanced SQL for data querying and optimization.
* Experience with big data frameworks such as Apache Spark or Kafka.
* Familiarity with cloud platforms and their data services (AWS, Azure, GCP).
* Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
* Experience with workflow orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow or Camel.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
* Leadership experience mentoring new team members.
* Strong collaboration skills across multiple departments and stakeholders.