Data Steward and Analyst

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About the Role:

Data Steward and Analyst

Ab Initio (preferred), Informatica, Talend, Atlan, Databricks, or Snowflake

If you’re passionate about building robust data governance frameworks and thrive in a dynamic environment, this is an excellent opportunity to advance your career.

Responsibilities:

1. Define, maintain, and govern enterprise-wide

   Business Glossary

   and

   Metadata Hub

   , ensuring consistent and standardized definitions across domains.
2. Collaborate with Data Owners, SMEs, and Data Architects to assign

   data ownership, stewardship roles, and accountability

   for critical data assets.
3. Support ongoing

   metadata curation and enrichment

   efforts, ensuring metadata completeness, quality, and alignment with business objectives.
4. Establish workflows for

   metadata onboarding, change management, versioning, and lifecycle governance

   .
5. Work closely with Governance, Risk, Compliance, and IT teams to support

   data classification, policy enforcement, and regulatory alignment

   .
6. Assist in generating

   data lineage documentation

   and support catalogue integration efforts.
7. Provide periodic reports and metrics on metadata completeness, glossary usage, and stewardship activities.
8. Champion metadata awareness and drive

   data literacy initiatives

   across business units.
9. Guide adoption and optimization of data governance tools like

   Ab Initio (Preferred), Informatica, Atlan, or Snowflake

   .
10. Define roles and responsibilities for data stewards and custodians.
11. Train and evangelize data governance practices across departments.
12. Support audit and compliance reporting through accurate data lineage and usage logs.
13. Ensure business continuity with proper

    data backup, archival, and purging strategies

    .
14. Align governance goals with broader

    digital transformation and analytics strategies

    .

Technical Skills:

• Strong understanding of

  Data Governance principles, metadata management, and data stewardship frameworks

  .
• Hands-on experience with

  Business Glossary, Metadata Hub, or metadata management/collaboration tools

  (e.g., Collibra, Informatica, Alation).
• Excellent documentation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Working knowledge of

  data modelling, data lineage, and data quality concepts

  .
• Familiarity with

  SQL, ETL/ELT pipelines, cloud data warehouses (BigQuery, Snowflake, GCP lakes)

  .
• Knowledge of

  Python, Shell Scripting, JSON, Java 8+, Spring Boot, REST APIs, GCP

  .
• Debugging and design skills.
• Awareness of

  GenAI, LLM, RAG, Agentic RAG

  is a plus.

Qualifications:

• BE/B.Tech and/or M.Tech in any discipline.
• 2–4 years of experience in

  metadata governance, business glossary management, and data ownership frameworks

  .
• Familiarity with

  Ab Initio Metadata Hub and Business Glossary

  is a strong plus.
• Exposure to

  cloud data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

  and modern data stacks is an advantage.
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.