Data Governance Consultant – Microsoft Purview & Azure

We're Hiring | Data Governance Consultant – Microsoft Purview & Azure

📍 Location: India (remote)
🏢 Work Arrangement: 100% remote
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time
🎯 Experience: 7+ Years

We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Consultant to support a UAE government department in strengthening its enterprise data governance capabilities across Microsoft Azure data environments.

This role is ideal for a hands-on professional who can translate data governance requirements into practical solutions using Microsoft Purview, establish enterprise-wide governance standards, and work closely with business and technical teams to improve data quality, transparency, traceability, and control.

🔍 What You'll Be Responsible For

Enterprise Data Governance

• Establish and operationalize data governance frameworks, policies, standards, procedures, and operating models.

• Define data ownership, stewardship responsibilities, governance roles, and RACI matrices across business and technical teams.

• Assess existing governance capabilities, identify gaps, and develop actionable implementation roadmaps.

Microsoft Purview & Metadata Management

• Configure and manage Microsoft Purview capabilities for data discovery, cataloguing, metadata management, classification, and lineage.

• Develop and maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, data domains, and critical data element inventories.

• Improve data discoverability and traceability by establishing consistent metadata standards and governance practices.

• Investigate metadata and lineage gaps and coordinate corrective actions with relevant technical teams.

Data Quality, Classification & Compliance

• Define data quality rules, KPIs, monitoring mechanisms, issue-management processes, and remediation procedures.

• Support data classification, sensitivity management, privacy requirements, and data access governance.

• Collaborate with security, risk, and compliance stakeholders to align governance practices with organizational policies and applicable regulatory requirements.

Azure Data Platform Governance

• Work alongside data engineers, architects, and analytics teams to embed governance controls into enterprise data solutions.

• Support governance across relevant Azure technologies, including:

  • Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 (ADLS Gen2)

  • Azure Data Factory (ADF)

  • Azure Synapse Analytics

  • Azure Databricks

  • Azure SQL

  • Power BI and/or Microsoft Fabric

• Support data lineage and impact analysis across connected data sources, pipelines, and analytics environments.

✅ What We're Looking For:

Professional Experience

• 7+ years of relevant experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, data quality, or data architecture.

• Strong, practical experience implementing and administering Microsoft Purview in an enterprise environment.

• Demonstrated experience translating governance requirements into operational processes, standards, and technical configurations.

• Experience establishing data ownership, stewardship, business glossaries, data classification, and data quality controls.

• Practical understanding of data lineage, metadata discovery, and impact analysis.

Technical Knowledge

• Strong understanding of Microsoft Azure data services and cloud data governance.

• Familiarity with Azure data integration, storage, processing, and analytics platforms.

• Understanding of data security, privacy, access controls, and enterprise compliance requirements.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with data engineering and architecture teams.

🎓 Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Certifications such as DAMA CDMP, Microsoft Azure, or relevant data governance credentials are an advantage.

📍 Important Location Requirement: This is a fully remote position for Indian candidates.

📩 Interested? If you have strong hands-on Microsoft Purview expertise and experience implementing enterprise data governance across Azure environments, we'd like to hear from you.