Senior Data Expert - Data Discovery & Governance

Location: United States

Department: Information Technology

Workplace: remote

Employment Type: contract

Description

 Job Title: Senior Data Expert – Data Discovery & Governance

Duration: 3–4 Month Contract (Potential Extension)
Type: Remote / Project-Based

Job Summary:
Seeking a senior Data Expert with strong experience in data discovery, classification, cybersecurity, data protection, governance, and lifecycle management. The consultant will lead enterprise data discovery and classification initiatives, evaluate data security/governance tools, and support Collibra integration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead data discovery, inventory, classification, and governance initiatives.
• Evaluate tools including OneTrust, BigID, Varonis, Cyera, Delphix, RecordPoint, Collibra, and Microsoft Purview.
• Conduct stakeholder workshops and lead Proof-of-Concept (POC) evaluations.
• Assess classification accuracy, security, scalability, integrations, usability, and metadata flow.
• Develop recommendations, implementation feasibility assessments, and a roadmap.

Must-Have Skills:

• Enterprise Data Discovery & Classification
• Data Governance & Data Protection
• Data Lifecycle Management
• Collibra / Metadata Management
• Experience evaluating data security/governance tools
• Strong stakeholder management and POC leadership

Requirements

Senior-level Data Discovery & Classification experience

Strong Data Governance & Data Protection background

Experience with Data Lifecycle Management

Hands-on knowledge of Collibra and metadata management/integration

Experience with data security/classification tools such as:

• OneTrust
• BigID
• Varonis
• Cyera
• Delphix
• RecordPoint
• Microsoft Purview

Experience leading Data Discovery, Inventory & Classification initiatives

Ability to conduct stakeholder workshops

Experience leading POCs / tool evaluations

Ability to assess classification accuracy, security, scalability, usability, integrations, and metadata flow

Strong experience developing recommendations and implementation roadmaps