Data Governance Lead - Microsoft Purview
First seen by Alion on Sep 26, 2026.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain enterprise data governance strategies, policies, and standards aligned with business goals.
- Manage Microsoft Purview accounts, collections, and RBAC; optimize for large-scale environments (50TB+).
- Design metadata repositories and maintain business glossaries and data dictionaries.
- Implement ingestion workflows via ADF, REST APIs, PowerShell, Azure Functions.
- Define classification rules and sensitivity labels (PII, PCI, PHI); integrate with MIP, DLP, Insider Risk Management.
- Define KPIs and dashboards to monitor data quality across domains.
- Maintain business glossary with domain owners and stewards; enforce approval workflows.
- Automate governance processes using PowerShell, Azure Functions, Logic Apps.
- Set up dashboards for audit logs, compliance reporting, and metadata coverage.
- Collaborate across business, IT, legal, and compliance teams for role alignment.
Ideal Candidate:
- Strong Data Governance Lead Profile with deep Microsoft Purview and enterprise governance expertise.
- 7+ years of experience in data governance and data management with at least the recent 3+ years of exposure in Microsoft Purview.
- Experience defining, leading, and operationalizing an enterprise data governance framework.
- Proficient in Microsoft Purview (accounts, collections, RBAC, classification/labelling, DLP, Unified Catalog, Data Map, eDiscovery, Compliance Manager).
- Strong in metadata management, lineage mapping (ADF, Synapse, Power BI), data classification, and security governance.
- Experience with data governance tools such as Informatica (Axon), Collibra, Atlan, or IBM IG Catalog.
- Experience integrating governance with the Azure data stack (Data Lake, Synapse, SQL DB, Power BI) and Snowflake.
- Strong knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and SOX compliance requirements.
- Ability to bridge technical governance with business and compliance goals.
Additional Information:
- Full-time employment.
- Kanerika is located in Austin (USA), Singapore, Hyderabad, Indore, and Ahmedabad (India).
- Company rated 4.6/5 on Glassdoor.
- CMMI Level 3 certified, ISO 27701, 27001, SOC2, and GDPR compliant.
Skills
Data Governance, Microsoft Purview, Data Management, Data Engineering, Metadata, Informatica, Data Lineage