Agilent Technologies

Data Governance & Quality Engineer

Agilent Technologies$124K — $232K *
US-Anywhere
+ 4 other locationsRemote
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field like Computer Science or Business Analytics.
  • 8+ years of experience in Data Governance, Metadata Management, or related disciplines.
  • Strong SQL skills and experience with large enterprise datasets.
  • Familiarity with Power BI, Snowflake, and similar enterprise platforms.
  • Experience in data catalogs, business glossaries, and stewardship frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Establish governance standards and accountability models for Customer Master Data.
  • Define and maintain metadata, classifications, and quality requirements for data assets.
  • Manage enterprise data catalog content to ensure data discoverability.
  • Support the adoption of Microsoft Fabric and business-ready data assets.
  • Analyze data and validate governance controls using SQL and related tools.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed governance requirements into solutions.
  • Perform root cause analysis and drive remediation of data quality issues.

Benefits

  • Option to work remotely.
  • Full-time position with no end date.
  • Participation in bonus and stock options.
  • Strong emphasis on data literacy and governance best practices across departments.
Full Job Description
Job Description

To strengthen Agilent’s data management foundation by ensuring that critical commercial data assets are clearly defined, cataloged, governed, and aligned to enterprise data standards. By advancing metadata management, data catalog adoption, and sustainable data quality practices, the position will improve commercial readiness and create the trusted data foundation needed for scalable analytics and AI-driven use cases. 

 

We are seeking an experienced Data Governance & Quality Engineer to play a key role in shaping Agilent's modern data management landscape. 

In this role, you will combine data governance and data quality expertise to ensure business-critical data assets are governed, discoverable, trusted, and ready to support operational, analytical, and AI-driven use cases. You will help establish and maintain governance processes for data assets within Microsoft Fabric and enterprise data catalog environments, while partnering with business stakeholders, data owners, architects, and analytics teams to improve the quality, usability, and transparency of commercial data. 

This role is ideal for a professional who enjoys working at the intersection of business processes, policy, technology, and data governance and who wants to help build the foundation for the next generation of analytics and AI capabilities. 

 

Key Responsibilities 

Data Governance & Metadata Management 

  • Become a subject matter expert in Customer Master Data and partner with business teams to establish governance standards, accountability models, and processes, governed data products, and enterprise reporting assets  

  • Govern critical data assets by defining and maintaining metadata, business context definitions, ownership, stewardship responsibilities, classifications, quality requirements, and certification criteria. 

  • Manage enterprise data catalog content, business glossary entries, lineage documentation, and impact analysis to keep data assets discoverable, understandable, and trusted. 

Modern Data Platforms & Analytics 

  • Support Agilent's adoption of Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Snowflake, and modern data management capabilities, with a focus on governed, reusable, and business-ready data assets.

  • Use SQL,Data Catalogs,Power BI, and related tools to analyze data,validategovernance controls, and support quality and metadata monitoring activities.

  • Collaborate with Data Architecture, Data Engineering, and Analytics teams to embed governance, catalog, semantic layer, and monitoring requirements into solution design and delivery.

Data Quality Engineering

  • Profile enterprise data to assess quality,identifyrisks, establishbaselines, and define data quality rules, KPIs, and monitoring processes for critical business data.

  • Perform root cause analysis and drive sustainable remediation of data quality issues in partnership with business and technical teams.

  • Develop monitoring and scorecard solutions that provide visibility into data quality, governance performance, and commercial readiness.

Business Partnership

  • Act as a trusted advisor for system implementations, integrations, business process changes, and digital transformation initiatives where data governance and quality are critical to commercial readiness.

  • Partner with stakeholders across Sales, Services, Marketing, and Operations to promote data literacy, stewardship, and practical governance best practices.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor's orMaster's degree in Computer Science, Information Management,Process Engineering,Business Analytics, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, ora related field.

  • 8+ years of experience in Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Quality, Analytics, Business Intelligence, or related disciplines.

  • Strong SQL skills and experience working with large enterprise datasets.

  • Experience with Power BI, Snowflake, SAP, CRM, HANA, or similar enterprise platforms.

  • Experience with data catalogs, metadata management, business glossaries, lineage, data ownership models, and stewardship frameworks.

  • Understanding ofmodern analytics architectures, and governed data products.

  • Experience defining and implementing data quality standards, monitoring frameworks, and remediation processes.

  • Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric or similar cloud-based analytics ecosystems.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

  • Ability to translate business requirements into practical governance and data management solutions.

Additional Details

This job has a full time weekly schedule. It includes the option to work remotely. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least September 18, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.

The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $124,160.00 - $232,800.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations

Travel Required:
Occasional

Shift:
Day

Duration:
No End Date

Job Function:
Administration

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets. With more than 50 years of insight and innovation, Agilent instruments, software, services, solutions, and people provide trusted answers to customers' most challenging questions. The company generated revenue of $5.34 billion in fiscal 2020 and employs 16,600 people worldwide.
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Size
17,400 employees
Market Cap
$44.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$810 million
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+8.9%
Revenue
$5.5 billion
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