Senior Data Governance Consultant - Microsoft Purview & Azure

About the role

A UAE government department is looking for a Senior Data Governance Consultant to strengthen its enterprise data governance across Microsoft Azure data environments. The role suits a hands-on professional who turns governance requirements into practical solutions, sets enterprise-wide standards and works with business and technical teams to improve data quality, transparency, traceability and control. It is a full-time, 100% onsite position in Abu Dhabi.

Key responsibilities

• Establish and run data governance frameworks, policies, standards, procedures and operating models, including data ownership, stewardship, roles and RACI matrices
• Assess current governance capabilities, find gaps and build implementation roadmaps
• Configure Microsoft Purview for data discovery, cataloguing, metadata management, classification and lineage, and maintain glossaries, data dictionaries, data domains and critical data element inventories
• Improve data discoverability and traceability through consistent metadata standards and fix metadata and lineage gaps with technical teams
• Define data quality rules, KPIs, monitoring, issue management and remediation; support data classification, sensitivity management and privacy requirements
• Work with security, risk and compliance stakeholders to align governance with policies and regulations
• Embed governance controls with data engineers, architects and analytics teams, covering Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Databricks, Azure SQL, Power BI and/or Microsoft Fabric
• Support data lineage and impact analysis across data sources, pipelines and analytics environments

Required profile

• 7+ years of experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, data quality or data architecture
• Experience implementing and administering Microsoft Purview in an enterprise setting
• Experience turning governance requirements into operational processes, standards and technical configurations
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering or a related field
• Certifications such as DAMA CDMP, Microsoft Azure or other data governance credentials are an advantage
• Must be based in Abu Dhabi or willing to relocate; relocation costs and allowances are not provided

Required skills

• Microsoft Purview and Azure data services
• Data quality, metadata management, data lineage and impact analysis
• Data classification, data security, privacy and access controls