Specialized IT Consultant

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Support & assist lead data stewards, data owners and data stewards from the Spokes/Divisions to define & manage the business glossaries, assets & metadata in Purview.
• Support the administration & operation of Purview including managing the collections, asset scans, workflows, data lineages, classifications, etc.
• ssist onboarding/refreshing data to MDIS Platforms & maintain an inventory of sources and target locations for the data brought into MDIS Platform.
• Monitor the operation of Purview to ensure safe & proper custody, transport, and storage of data assets and metadata with support from the Operations team.
• Support & assist data architects, data modelers, data science developers or DBAs from the data delivery teams to develop data pipelines & analytical data models to meet Business needs.
• Provide administration support to coordinate user access, backup and recovery activities & schedules on MDIS Platform.
• Monitor the MDIS Platforms on data availability, data storage and data security per data governance/security rules.

Specific Deliverables:

• Data governance policies and procedures document.
• Data classification framework and custom classifications.
• Data asset inventory.
• Data sensitivity identification process.
• Data access and authorization framework.
• Data quality management plan.
• Data incident response and management plan.
• Data privacy compliance plan.
• Data backup and restore plan.
• Data Client and Quality assessment tool recommendations.
• Data custodian training materials.
• Data retention schedule documentation.
• Data sharing and exchange agreements.
• Data incident log and audit trail.
• Data custodian monitoring and enforcement plan.
• MDIS Service Level Agreements.

Skill Set / Experience Required:

• Experience providing program coordination support for a large, diverse program with an established data services framework.
• Experience with identification of risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigation strategies can be developed.
• Experience with coordinating and contributing to reporting and briefing materials.
• Experience with creation of diagrams to visualize and specify requirements and/or concepts.
• Experience with advising on business analysis policies, processes, best practices, and standards.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills capable of maintaining strong relationships.
• Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Solid organization and multitasking skills.
• bility to pay attention to detail and think ahead.
• team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and delivering high-profile, complex initiatives.
• Experience in the use of collaboration management tools.
• Understanding of Agile Methodology and frameworks.
• Experienced user of MS Office toolset including Microsoft Teams.
• Knowledge of OPS I&IT standards and best practices.
• Knowledge of Project management best practices.

Data Management Skills (40%):

• Demonstrated ability to manage and maintain large amounts of complex data.
• Experience with data governance, security, and retention policies.
• Knowledge of data quality, profiling, and cleansing techniques.
• Familiarity with industry tools and technologies for data cataloging, in particular Azure Purview.

Technical Proficiency (35%):

• Experience with Data Modelling.
• Experience with Data Warehouse and Data Lake technology and Azure Analysis Services.
• Strong understanding of data architecture and related technologies (e.g. Synapse, Data bricks, Azure Data Factory, CI/CD Pipelines, and DevOps).
• Proficiency in programming languages typically used in data management (e.g. SQL, Python, R, Stored Procedures, Logic Apps, Power Apps).
• Experience with Azure cloud-based data management solutions.

Communication and Collaboration (15%):

• bility to work collaboratively with various stakeholders, including data users and other IT professionals.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in presenting complex technical information to a non-technical audience.

Regulatory Compliance (10%):

• Knowledge of industry standards and regulations regarding data privacy and security.
• Familiarity with best practices for data security.
• bility to effectively apply regulatory requirements to ensure compliance.