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RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in Baltimore, MD that is seeking a Data Quality Lead responsible for ensuring that data within the organization is properly cataloged, maintained, and analyzed for quality.
Responsibilities:
* Design and implement data quality dashboards using tools like Power BI to provide clear and actionable insights to business and technical stakeholders on data quality metrics and trends
* Regularly audit data sets and processes to ensure compliance with internal governance policies and external regulatory requirements, providing recommendations for any necessary corrective actions
* Lead and participate in cross-functional teams aimed at improving data quality across the organization, driving initiatives that address systemic data quality issues and align with broader data governance objectives
* Develop, implement, and manage the organization's data catalog, ensuring accurate data representation and metadata management to enhance data discoverability and usability across departments
* Perform complex data quality assessments on data sources and products, ensuring referential and historical integrity. Work closely with stakeholders to resolve issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement processes for continuous improvement
* Collaborate with data stewards and governance teams to enforce data governance standards, including data quality, privacy, and security, to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory policies
* Provide expertise and support for projects involving data migration, integration, and new data initiatives to ensure seamless integration with the data catalog
* Perform complex data analysis and provide expertise in researching data sources, acquiring, profiling, analyzing, manipulating data in support of the construction of the data warehouse and maintaining the quality and integrity of the data
REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline with typically 5 to 8 years of experience in data management, data governance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
* Strong proficiency with data cataloging tools, metadata management platforms, SQL, and data modeling
* Experience in data quality management and familiarity with ETL processes and data warehouses
* Demonstrated ability to manage and improve processes involving data quality, metadata, and governance
* Excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues
Preferred:
* Hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview for managing data governance initiatives, including data profiling, data cataloging, and metadata management
* Ability to configure and maintain data quality rules, metrics, and assessments within Purview for comprehensive data quality monitoring
* Expertise in using Power BI for building interactive dashboards that communicate data quality metrics, lineage, and trends to business stakeholders
* Ability to automate the reporting of data quality metrics to support continuous monitoring and improvement
* Experience in utilizing Microsoft Synapse with Purview for comprehensive data lineage tracking and quality monitoring across cloud-based and on-premise data platforms, ensuring data consistency and traceability across systems
* Experience working with other leading data quality and metadata management tools like Informatica Data Quality, Collibra, Alation, and Talend
* Understanding of how these platforms integrate to ensure data consistency and quality across the enterprise
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.
Kforce has a client in Baltimore, MD that is seeking a Data Quality Lead responsible for ensuring that data within the organization is properly cataloged, maintained, and analyzed for quality.
Responsibilities:
* Design and implement data quality dashboards using tools like Power BI to provide clear and actionable insights to business and technical stakeholders on data quality metrics and trends
* Regularly audit data sets and processes to ensure compliance with internal governance policies and external regulatory requirements, providing recommendations for any necessary corrective actions
* Lead and participate in cross-functional teams aimed at improving data quality across the organization, driving initiatives that address systemic data quality issues and align with broader data governance objectives
* Develop, implement, and manage the organization's data catalog, ensuring accurate data representation and metadata management to enhance data discoverability and usability across departments
* Perform complex data quality assessments on data sources and products, ensuring referential and historical integrity. Work closely with stakeholders to resolve issues, conduct root cause analysis, and implement processes for continuous improvement
* Collaborate with data stewards and governance teams to enforce data governance standards, including data quality, privacy, and security, to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory policies
* Provide expertise and support for projects involving data migration, integration, and new data initiatives to ensure seamless integration with the data catalog
* Perform complex data analysis and provide expertise in researching data sources, acquiring, profiling, analyzing, manipulating data in support of the construction of the data warehouse and maintaining the quality and integrity of the data
REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline with typically 5 to 8 years of experience in data management, data governance, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
* Strong proficiency with data cataloging tools, metadata management platforms, SQL, and data modeling
* Experience in data quality management and familiarity with ETL processes and data warehouses
* Demonstrated ability to manage and improve processes involving data quality, metadata, and governance
* Excellent communication skills, capable of collaborating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues
Preferred:
* Hands-on experience with Microsoft Purview for managing data governance initiatives, including data profiling, data cataloging, and metadata management
* Ability to configure and maintain data quality rules, metrics, and assessments within Purview for comprehensive data quality monitoring
* Expertise in using Power BI for building interactive dashboards that communicate data quality metrics, lineage, and trends to business stakeholders
* Ability to automate the reporting of data quality metrics to support continuous monitoring and improvement
* Experience in utilizing Microsoft Synapse with Purview for comprehensive data lineage tracking and quality monitoring across cloud-based and on-premise data platforms, ensuring data consistency and traceability across systems
* Experience working with other leading data quality and metadata management tools like Informatica Data Quality, Collibra, Alation, and Talend
* Understanding of how these platforms integrate to ensure data consistency and quality across the enterprise
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.
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