Collibra Data Governance Lead

Analytica

$100K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
  • 4+ years in designing and governing enterprise data platforms.
  • 3+ years implementing data governance or metadata management frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of the data and analytics lifecycle including governance and engineering.
  • Hands-on experience building cloud production data solutions.
  • 2+ years working with Collibra in an enterprise setting.
  • Certification in Collibra preferred, alongside experience with other governance tools like Alation.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement enterprise data governance programs to ensure compliance with federal standards.
  • Define and enforce data governance policies concerning ownership, classification, and lifecycle management.
  • Establish data standards for metadata and data quality metrics.
  • Oversee development of metadata management tools to support transparency.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to align data architectures with regulatory requirements.
  • Assess data quality in source systems and implement monitoring controls.
  • Support master and reference data management strategies ensuring alignment with enterprise needs.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with one on-site requirement weekly.
  • Opportunity to work on long-term federal enterprise data programs.
  • Become a subject matter expert in data governance with recognized tools like Collibra.
  • Engage in translational efforts between regulations and data architecture.
  • Access to professional development in the area of data governance.
Full Job Description
Analytica is seeking a Collibra Data Governance Leadto support one or more dynamic, long-term federal government enterprise data programs. The ideal candidate will serve as a subject matter expert in enterprise data governance, leading the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of data governance frameworks, metadata management, data quality programs, and stewardship processes. This role will leverage Collibra as the primary governance platform to help ensure enterprise data assets are trusted, discoverable, secure, and compliant with federal data management standards while supporting data-driven decision-making across the organization.

This is a hybrid role with a requirement of one on-site day per week.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
  • Participate in the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise data governance programs, ensuring data is discoverable, trusted, secure, and compliant with federal standards
  • Define and enforce data governance policies, including data ownership, stewardship, classification, retention, and lifecycle management
  • Establish and maintain data standards for metadata, data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical), naming conventions, lineage, and data quality metrics
  • Oversee the development and adoption of enterprise metadata management, data catalogs, and business glossaries to support transparency and reuse
  • Partner with business, analytics, and engineering stakeholders to translate regulatory and mission requirements into governed data architectures
  • Assess source system data quality, define remediation strategies, and implement data quality monitoring and controls
  • Support the design and governing of master and reference data management (MDM/RDM) strategies aligned to enterprise and mission needs
  • Support alignment with data security, privacy, and access control requirements, including role-based access and attribute-based controls
  • Develop and review data architecture deliverables to ensure compliance with governance standards and federal best practices
  • Produce and maintain high-quality governance artifacts, including data dictionaries, lineage diagrams,glossaries, governance playbooks, and compliance documentation
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on data governance and architecture in support of federal proposals and solution design efforts

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
  • 4+ years of experience designing and governing enterprise data platforms in complex environments
  • 3+ years of experience implementing data governance, metadata management, or data quality frameworks
  • Solid knowledge of the end-to-end data and analytics lifecycle, including governance, engineering, quality, and consumption
  • Hands-on experience building cloud production data solutions leveraging cloud solutions
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience implementing and administering Collibra in an enterprise environment
  • Demonstrated experience configuring and maintaining Collibra assets, domains, workflows, metadata models, business glossaries, data lineage, and governance processes.
  • Certification on Collibra data governance platform strongly preferred
  • Experience with other governance tooling such as Alation,Microsoft Purview, Databricks Unity Catalog, or similar platforms strongly preferred
  • Understanding of federal data governance, security, and compliance requirements
  • Experience leading or supporting on-premises to cloud data migrations with governance embedded by design
  • Ability to obtainPublic TrustClearance
  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Must be located in the Washington, DC / Maryland / Northern Virginia metro region

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