Freelance Opportunity – Data Governance Engineer
Summary
Freelance senior data governance engineer role: design and run enterprise-scale governed data platforms on Google Cloud — Dataplex, Knowledge Catalog, BigQuery — covering metadata management, data quality scans, IAM/policy-tag security, lineage, data contracts, and lifecycle controls across RAW/STANDARD/GOLD layers. On-site in Gandhinagar, India.
We are looking for an experienced Senior GCP Dataplex / Knowledge Catalog & Data Governance Engineer for a freelance engagement.
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale governed data platforms on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Key Responsibilities:
• Design and implement Google Cloud Dataplex architecture, including Domains, Lakes, Zones and Assets
• Implement Metadata Management using Knowledge Catalog, Aspects, Aspect Types, Business Glossary, ownership and classifications
• Implement Data Quality using Dataplex DataScans, quality rules, thresholds, monitoring and reporting
• Design IAM/RBAC, Policy Tags, Column-Level Security and Row-Level Security
• Implement data classification, sensitivity controls and least-privilege access
• Establish Data Lineage, discovery, impact analysis and end-to-end traceability
• Define Data Contracts, schema standards, quality SLAs and ownership models
• Implement Data Lifecycle Management, retention, archival and deletion processes
• Establish governance standards across RAW, STANDARD and GOLD data layers
• Automate metadata, data quality, security and governance controls
• Work with Data Owners, Stewards, Producers and Consumers in a federated governance model
Key Skills:
Google Cloud Dataplex | Knowledge Catalog | BigQuery | Cloud Storage | IAM | Policy Tags | Business Glossary | Data Quality | Data Lineage | Data Governance | Dataflow | Dataproc | Apache Beam | Spark/PySpark | Pub/Sub | Python | SQL