Metadata Analyst

Summary We are seeking an experienced Metadata Governance Lead to join our team as an individual contributor. This role will be focused on the implementation, curation and governance of our enterprise data catalog in Alation, ensuring that metadata management processes are effectively established and maintained across the organization. Duties and Responsibilities: · Enterprise Data Catalog Implementation: Assist in the implementation of the enterprise data catalog, ensuring it meets the needs of various business units and aligns with organizational goals. · Product Ownership: Assist the product owner of the catalog in prioritizing features and enhancements based on business value and user feedback. · Metadata Management: Develop and maintain metadata management processes, including metadata collection, documentation, and standardization. · Governance Processes: Establish and enforce governance processes for metadata management, ensuring compliance with data governance policies and regulatory requirements. · Business Requirements Gathering: Lead the collection and documentation of business requirements to ensure the data catalog aligns with user needs and the organization’s strategic objectives and priorities. · Data Catalog Metamodel Ownership: Own and manage the metamodel, ensuring it accurately represents the structure and relationships of metadata within the organization. · Data Catalog Curation: Curate the data catalog to ensure it is comprehensive, up-to-date, and accurately reflects the organization's data assets. · Collaboration: Work closely with data stewards, data owners, and other stakeholders to ensure accurate and comprehensive metadata documentation Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in business Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent relevant work experience 7+ years of related experience working with data, metadata and reference data frameworks, and experience in metadata and/or data quality monitoring 3+ years of experience leading colleagues/work efforts and managing toward deadlines 2+ years’ experience in SQL with strong working knowledge and active skills Deep experience in leveraging and maintaining data catalog tools (i.e., Alation) and delivering frameworks for roles, responsibilities, and sustainable processes for data catalog governance Preferred Qualifications: Demonstrated experience with data management concepts including data governance, data quality, master data management, data lineage, metadata, and reference data management Demonstrated technical competency of organizing and facilitating problem solving in a group environment Business acumen in relating data to business process drivers and performance management Collaborative, team-focused, delivery experience Job Types: Full-time, Contract Pay: $125,000.00 - $135,000.00 per year Schedule: 8 hour shift Day shift Monday to Friday Education: Bachelor's (Required) Experience: Metadata: 3 years (Required) Alation: 3 years (Required) Ability to Commute: Pittsburgh, PA 15219 (Required) Work Location: In person