Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Capgemini is seeking a Data Governance Specialist to establish and maintain enterprise data governance artifacts and support trusted, compliant, and well-governed data. The role focuses on documenting data flows and exchanges, maintaining the Alation data catalog, supporting data quality initiatives, and collaborating with business, IT, and vendor stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Create and maintain end-to-end data flow diagrams across source systems, integrations, and downstream consumers
- Support data lineage documentation to improve traceability and auditability
- Document field-level metadata, definitions, business rules, and data usage for extracts shared with external vendors
- Maintain detailed records of data extracts, transformations, and transmission processes
- Develop and document policies and standards for data exchange, including security, privacy, and compliance requirements
- Ensure adherence to enterprise data governance frameworks and controls
- Populate and maintain Alation data catalog with datasets, glossary terms, metadata, lineage, and ownership information
- Collaborate with data owners/stewards to ensure catalog completeness and accuracy
- Support data quality initiatives through documentation of rules, issues, and remediation tracking
- Partner with stakeholders to improve data transparency and usability
- Work with business, IT, and vendor teams to gather requirements and validate data assets
- Act as a bridge between technical and business teams to ensure clarity of data definitions and usage
Skills
- * 3–5 years of experience in data governance, data management, or data analysis
- * Hands-on experience with data catalog tools (preferably Alation) or similar platforms
- * Working knowledge of data modeling, metadata management, and data lineage concepts
- * Experience documenting data flows, field-level mappings, and system integrations
- * Strong SQL/data querying fundamentals and familiarity with relational data structures
- * 6–10 years of experience in data governance, metadata management, or data stewardship roles
- * Proven experience leading data catalog initiatives (Alation preferred) and governance artifact development
- * Deep understanding of data exchange standards, policies, and regulatory considerations
- * Experience defining and implementing data governance policies and frameworks
- * Ability to drive cross-functional alignment with senior business and technology stakeholders
- * Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Lineage
- * Data Flow Diagramming (e.g., Visio, Lucidchart)
- * Data Cataloging (Alation preferred)
- * Data Quality & Stewardship Practices
- * SQL and Data Analysis
- * Strong documentation and communication skills
- * Experience in data lake / medallion architectures (Bronze/Silver/Gold) and enterprise platforms
- * Exposure to data privacy, vendor data exchanges, or regulated environments
- * Familiarity with tools such as Databricks, Kafka, ETL pipelines, or integration platforms
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Retirement benefits
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