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
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