Data Governance Analyst
About The Position
The Data Governance Analyst supports the Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program, an initiative for the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to develop a modern cloud-based solution for more than 204 federal courts. As part of the CMM Data Modernization and Governance team, this role contributes to integrated data governance, engineering, data platform, reporting, analytics, and AI/ML capabilities that support operational decision-making and the AO’s data and analytics objectives. The analyst establishes, implements, and maintains the organization’s data governance framework, helping manage and protect data as a strategic enterprise asset and accelerate CMM modernization. Acting as a Data Standards Architect, the role defines and documents data standards, definitions, and structures across systems. The analyst partners with legal, compliance, security, business, and technology stakeholders to ensure data is managed in accordance with privacy, security, retention, classification, records-management, regulatory, and Judiciary requirements. The role also supports alignment with the Data Governance Roadmap and promotes a data-driven culture across the AO and local courts.
Requirements
- MA/MS degree with 5+ years of general experience in information systems and 7+ years of specialized experience.
- 8+ years of related experience.
- Demonstrated experience supporting enterprise data governance programs.
- Experience translating governance policy into practical operational processes in delivery environments.
- Strong understanding of data quality management, metadata practices, and stewardship models.
- Experience governing high-sensitivity or regulated data with clear compliance expectations.
- Experience with data quality profiling and monitoring techniques and common tooling patterns.
- Experience defining and governing enterprise data standards across multiple teams and delivery pods.
- Strong background in data modeling, integration patterns, and change data capture concepts.
- Experience with metadata and catalog tools such as Collibra, Alation, or Qlik.
- Practical experience implementing glossary and lineage capabilities in modern data platforms.
- Ability to translate technical metadata into business-friendly definitions and documentation.
- Experience implementing data privacy controls in regulated or high-sensitivity environments.
- Experience with access management and operationalizing privacy requirements.
- Experience partnering with security, governance, and engineering teams to implement compliant data sharing.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in Federal Government or regulated environments.
- Experience with enterprise data governance frameworks and operating models.
- Data management certification.
Responsibilities
- Support development, implementation, and maintenance of the CMM data governance framework, policies, standards, procedures, and operating models.
- Define, document, and maintain data standards, naming conventions, definitions, structures, reference data, and governance requirements as a Data Standards Architect.
- Develop and maintain governance standards aligned with enterprise architecture, security, privacy, records management, and regulatory requirements.
- Establish and maintain data ownership, stewardship, accountability, and decision-rights models.
- Partner with data stewards, data owners, business stakeholders, security, privacy, legal, records-management, and technology teams to operationalize governance requirements.
- Ensure data assets are classified and managed according to sensitivity, criticality, and business value.
- Support compliance with privacy, security, retention, classification, records-management, and regulatory requirements.
- Translate policies and regulatory requirements into actionable governance controls and procedures.
- Identify governance gaps, risks, and non-compliance, and coordinate remediation activities.
- Support data access, sharing, usage, and lifecycle governance processes.
- Participate in governance councils, working groups, and data-domain forums.
- Develop governance documentation, standards, procedures, decision logs, and supporting artifacts.
- Monitor adoption and effectiveness of governance policies and standards.
- Support governance assessments, audits, and compliance reviews.
- Contribute to data governance roadmaps, maturity assessments, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
- Support the data stewardship program by defining ownership roles, responsibilities, and RACI models across business and technical teams.
- Develop training materials and deliver awareness sessions on governance policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Track, analyze, and report governance program metrics, maturity, and compliance status to leadership and governance councils.
Benefits
- Medical plan options, including plans with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental plan options.
- Vision plan.
- 401(k) plan with pre-tax and post-tax contributions and a company match.
- Full flex work weeks where possible.
- Paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, and paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life insurance.
- Accidental death and dismemberment coverage.
- Personal accident coverage.
- Critical illness coverage.
- Business travel and accident insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
