Data Steward

We are seeking a qualified Data Steward to support enterprise data governance, data management, and data quality initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, Microsoft Power BI, and familiarity with AI-enabled tools used to support data management and governance activities.

The Data Steward will help ensure enterprise data is accurate, consistent, reliable, accessible, and properly managed throughout its lifecycle. This individual will collaborate with business stakeholders, data owners, data architects, and technical teams to maintain data governance standards, manage metadata, monitor data quality, and support enterprise data analytics initiatives.

Candidates must have a minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience, an active Collibra certification, and demonstrated hands-on experience with Collibra and Power BI. This is a remote position; however, staff may be required to report onsite periodically based on client and business requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and maintenance of enterprise data governance policies, standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Assist with managing assigned business data domains to ensure data assets are properly defined, documented, classified, and maintained.
• Utilize the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform 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 within Collibra.
• Perform metadata management activities, including metadata harvesting, cataloging, classification, data discovery, and data lineage documentation.
• Monitor data quality, identify inconsistencies, investigate data issues, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support the development and maintenance of data quality rules, standards, metrics, and controls to promote data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Utilize Microsoft Power BI to develop, maintain, review, and interpret dashboards, reports, and data visualizations supporting data quality monitoring and management reporting.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to document data requirements, business rules, metadata definitions, and data relationships.
• Leverage AI-enabled tools to support data analysis, documentation, data quality assessments, and process improvement.
• Evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy, relevance, and consistency with established data governance standards.
• Identify opportunities to improve data governance processes, data quality practices, and data management efficiencies.
• Participate in data governance meetings and collaborate with stakeholders to resolve data-related issues.
• Maintain data governance documentation, stewardship procedures, data standards, and operational reports.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 3+ years of professional experience in data governance, data stewardship, data management, metadata management, or a related discipline.
• Mandatory: Current Collibra certification. Candidates must provide certification title and status.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience using the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform in a data governance environment.
• Experience working with Collibra business glossaries, data dictionaries, data catalogs, metadata, data assets, and governance workflows.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Power BI, including developing, maintaining, or reviewing dashboards and reports for data analysis and visualization.
• Experience using at least one AI-enabled or generative AI tool, such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, or comparable platforms, to support 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 activities.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise data governance initiatives within 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.

Education and Certification

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Management, Data Analytics, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.

Required: Current Collibra certification. Candidates must provide certification name and verification of active certification status.

Core Technical Skills

• Data Governance: Data Stewardship, Enterprise Data Governance, Data Quality, Metadata Management, Data Lineage.
• Data Governance Platform: Collibra Data Intelligence Platform.
• Business Intelligence: Microsoft Power BI, Dashboards, Data Visualization, Reporting.
• Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, or comparable AI-enabled tools.
• Data Management: Business Glossaries, Data Dictionaries, Data Catalogs, Data Classification, Data Standards.

Additional Requirements

• Must be able to pass a federal background investigation prior to starting work and maintain eligibility throughout the engagement.
• Salary range for this position is $112,000.00 - $130,000.00
• Work Authorization: The Company is not currently sponsoring new H-1B visa petitions. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without requiring new employer-sponsored H-1B visa sponsorship at this time.

Work Environment

This position supports enterprise data governance and data management initiatives within a government agency environment. The Data Steward will collaborate with business and technical teams to improve data quality, strengthen governance practices, support enterprise analytics, and promote the effective use of data and emerging AI technologies.

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.