Data Steward

Synectics for Management Decisions•Arlington, VA

22h•Remote

About The Position

The Data Steward supports enterprise data governance, data management, and data quality initiatives. The role helps ensure enterprise data is accurate, consistent, reliable, accessible, and properly managed throughout its lifecycle. The Data Steward collaborates with business stakeholders, data owners, data architects, and technical teams to maintain governance standards, manage metadata, monitor data quality, and support enterprise analytics initiatives. The position uses the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, Microsoft Power BI, and AI-enabled tools to support data management and governance activities. It is remote, though periodic onsite reporting may be required based on client and business requirements. The role supports initiatives within a government agency environment and requires passing a federal background investigation before starting and maintaining eligibility throughout the engagement.

Requirements

At least 3 years of professional experience in data governance, data stewardship, data management, metadata management, or a related discipline.
Current Collibra certification; provide the certification title or name and verification of active status.
Hands-on experience with the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform in a data governance environment.
Experience with Collibra business glossaries, data dictionaries, data catalogs, metadata, data assets, and governance workflows.
Hands-on Microsoft Power BI experience, including developing, maintaining, or reviewing dashboards and reports for analysis and visualization.
Experience using at least one AI-enabled or generative AI tool, such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, or a comparable platform, for data-related activities, analysis, documentation, or process improvement.
Understanding of data governance principles, metadata management, data quality management, data classification, and data lifecycle management.
Experience identifying data discrepancies, supporting data quality assessments, and coordinating data remediation.
Ability to document data requirements, business definitions, and data governance standards.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively with business and technical stakeholders.
Ability to pass a federal background investigation before starting work and maintain eligibility throughout the engagement.
Must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring new employer-sponsored H-1B visa sponsorship at this time.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting enterprise data governance initiatives in a federal government agency or government contracting environment.
Familiarity with federal data management, information governance, data security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
Experience with Collibra Edge, Jobserver, and automated metadata harvesting.
Knowledge of data lineage, data profiling, data cataloging, and enterprise data architecture.
Familiarity with AI-assisted data governance, data quality automation, and intelligent data discovery.
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Management, Data Analytics, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Responsibilities

Support implementation and maintenance of enterprise data governance policies, standards, procedures, and best practices.
Manage assigned business data domains and ensure data assets are defined, documented, classified, and maintained.
Use Collibra to manage business glossaries, data dictionaries, data catalogs, metadata, data assets, and governance workflows.
Maintain data ownership assignments, stewardship responsibilities, business definitions, data classifications, and data standards in Collibra.
Perform metadata harvesting, cataloging, classification, data discovery, and data lineage documentation.
Monitor data quality, identify inconsistencies, investigate data issues, and coordinate corrective actions.
Support development and maintenance of data quality rules, standards, metrics, and controls.
Develop, maintain, review, and interpret Power BI dashboards, reports, and visualizations for data quality monitoring and management reporting.
Collaborate with business and technical teams to document data requirements, business rules, metadata definitions, and data relationships.
Use AI-enabled tools for data analysis, documentation, data quality assessments, and process improvement, and evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, relevance, and consistency with governance standards.
Identify opportunities to improve data governance processes, data quality practices, and data management efficiency.
Participate in data governance meetings and work with stakeholders to resolve data-related issues.
Maintain data governance documentation, stewardship procedures, data standards, and operational reports.