Data Governance Lead (Microsoft Purview)

Hiring for a Client - Kanerika

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
• 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

Ideal Candidate

• Strong Data Governance Engineer/ Lead Profile with deep Microsoft Purview and enterprise governance expertise
• Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 7+ years of experience in data governance/data management/data engineering with at least the recent 3+ years of exposure in Microsoft Purview
• Mandatory (Experience 2) – Must be currently or most recently in a role where Purview data governance implementation is the primary responsibility, not a single project phase within a data engineering role
• Mandatory (Experience 3): Must have experience defining, leading, and operationalizing an enterprise data governance framework — strategy, policies, and standards aligned to business goals and regulatory compliance.
• Mandatory (Tech skill 1): Must be proficient in Microsoft Purview — accounts, collections, RBAC, classification/labelling, DLP, Unified Catalog, Data Map, eDiscovery, Compliance Manager, and lifecycle/records management (ideally at large scale, 50TB+).
• Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Must be strong in metadata management, lineage mapping (e.g. ADF → Synapse → Power BI), data classification, and security governance (PII/PCI/PHI, sensitivity labels, MIP/DLP)
• Mandatory (Tech skill 3): Must have experience integrating governance with the Azure data stack (Data Lake, Synapse, SQL DB, Power BI) and Snowflake, and automating via ADF, REST APIs, PowerShell, Azure Functions / Logic Apps.
• Mandatory (Tech skill 4): Must have experience defining data quality KPIs/dashboards, remediation workflows, and business glossary/stewardship (domain owners, approval workflows, metadata audits)
• Mandatory (Compliance): Must have strong knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and SOX compliance requirements.
• Mandatory (Skill): Must be able to bridge technical governance with business and compliance goals, collaborating across business, IT, legal, and compliance teams, and driving governance training and change management
• Mandatory (Company): B2B Tech/Consulting/B2B Software
• Mandatory (Education): B.Tech graduates
• Preferred (Tech skill 3): Experience with data governance tools such as Informatica (Axon), Collibra, Atlan, or IBM IG Catalog.

Experience: 7–15 years · Work from office · 5 days a week · Notice period up to 30 days · Also in: Indore, Ahmedabad

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Mentorship programs and job training initiatives
• Support for professional certifications
• Generous parental leave
• Company-sponsored outings and various time-off benefits
• Inclusive work environment with focus on employee growth and well-being