Infostrux Solutions Inc - Career Opportunities
Senior Data Governance Specialist
remote
*, *, Canada .
full-time . March 1, 2024
*, *, Canada .
full-time . March 1, 2024
Description
About Infostrux:
Founded in 2021, Infostrux set out to be the fastest-growing Snowflake Services Partner in North America. In our first year of operation, we achieved Snowflake Elite Services Partnership. Using Snowflake’s innovative data cloud platform, we:
- Build state-of-the-art data solutions for business intelligence, data analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning
- Apply DataOps principles to manage continuous integration and deployment of the solutions, as well as day-to-day operations and orchestration of the data pipelines
We designed Infostrux to address the needs of modern data-driven organizations around the world, and we are continuously improving the way we work. For example, we’ve created tools to significantly improve the painful heavy lifting (from data integration and data engineering to data modelling), so our customers are extracting more value from their data, and our engineers can focus on creative work.
Our mission at Infostrux is to empower organizations to innovate with data, creating trusted and efficient solutions. As an established consulting firm focused on modern data solutions in the cloud, we give our clients full visibility into their data, allowing them more time to focus on making better decisions.
Our purpose is to develop the leaders of a data-driven tomorrow. We aspire to do this within our own team and the organizations we help.
Our vision is to be the world’s data team.
Job Summary
Are you ready to break boundaries in the data world and work with innovative clients?
As a Senior Data Governance Specialist, you are ready to drive complex data management thought leadership and astound the world through your skills. You love continuously researching and learning new technologies, processes, and solution methods that will dramatically improve our solution delivery capabilities.
What you'll get to do:
You will be a member of a Data Management group of creative, open-minded, and highly skilled individuals. The Data Management group delivers data management solutions frameworks that institutionalize best practices and advanced development processes. The core responsibilities of each specialist within the data management group are as follows.
Core operational functions
- Principal Consulting with clients on Enterprise Data Management initiatives
- Data Management and Governance Consulting
- Business Process And Governance Extension Discovery and Analysis
- Advisory on technical data platform architecture
- Work closely with and guide our delivery teams to ensure close alignment with end-to-end processes and solutions
- Establish integrated relationships with appropriate Infostrux teams
- Mentoring and knowledge-sharing
- Observation and information gathering (feedback loop)
- Establish training programs related to specialization (onboarding, certifications)
- Participate in the creation of a strategic and tactical operating plan
- Participate in the creation of client proposals
- Create documentation and IP related to Data Management, Data Governance, and Business Process Optimization
- Drive thought leadership - public speaking, articles, prototyping, etc..
What you’ll bring:
- Passion for process quality and execution excellence
- Ability to bootstrap Data Governance initiatives for clients
- Strong consulting skills, ability to interface with Executives
- Ability to coach clients through use-case-driven metadata management implementations
- Ability to create and publish reusable patterns and process improvements to be implemented across the whole organization
- Strong Knowledge of DAMA, DMM and other data management maturity frameworks
- Follow the trends and newest technologies in data catalogues, data governance, architecture, quality assurance, automation, modelling, master data management, and data methodologies and bring them to practice where appropriate
- Creating and Linking Business Process Modelling to Technical Elements
- Good knowledge of data privacy regulations such as GDPR, CCPA Privacy Act Canada, Bill 64 (highly desired)
- Self-organized and able to work in unstructured environments.
- Champion our delivery execution and client engagement model
- Thorough knowledge of Data Governance Frameworks and implementation
- Strong metadata management experience (business and technical focus)
- Strong experience utilizing metadata for automation and abstraction
- Strong knowledge of Data Security frameworks and controls
- Strong experience with formal (traditional, modern) process methodologies for designing and delivering complex data management solutions
- Strong data modelling skills, experience building ontologies and knowledge graphs (desired)
- Strong experience with object-oriented paradigms
- Experience implementing modern data catalogues such as data.world, atlan is a plus
- Strong experience with business engagement at a project level
- Software engineering experience (desired)
- Information Science background is a strong plus
- CDMP or other Data Management certs are a plus
What we work with:
- Modern Data Workflows (DBT, Airflow, Prefect, Dagster)
- Programming Languages (Python, JavaScript, Kotlin or Java)
- Big Data Platforms (Apache Spark, Presto, Amazon EMR)
- Cloud Data Warehouses (Snowflake Data Cloud, Google BigQuery, DataBricks Lakehouse, Azure Synapse)
- Databases (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySql, Oracle, Vertica)
- Container Management Systems (Kubernetes)
- Visual Analytics (Tableau, Looker, PowerBI)
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning (Amazon Sagemaker, Azure ML Studio)
- Streaming Data Ingestion and Analytics (Amazon Kinesis, Apache Kafka)
- English and/or French
What’s in it for you? We’re so glad you asked!
You will be surrounded by some of the brightest and most accomplished technical minds in our field. We are a team of very diverse and passionate professionals who love working together and solving problems by leveraging technology to help our customers. We pride ourselves in our outstanding work culture that is grounded in our 8 core values: trust, excellence, integrity, humility, accountability, responsibility, kindness, and fun.
We value our people above all, and we provide a competitive compensation and benefits package benefits to show our team our appreciation for everything they do:
- We are a 100% remote organization, so our team can work and live anywhere in Canada that best suits them, as well as work from abroad (anywhere they are entitled to work) for up to 3 months per year.
- We are strong believers of work-life integration and we offer a flexible schedule so that our team can manage their own workload and still be there for family and loved ones.
- We provide comprehensive health and dental coverage from day one to ensure our people and their families are well taken care of.
- We provide an RRSP matching plan to support our team in planning ahead for retirement.
- We offer 4 weeks of vacation annually, in addition to paid personal and sick days, so that our team can unwind, recharge, and enjoy time away for hobbies and family.
- We provide a monthly bring-your-own-device allowance for each team member to choose the computer and phone of their preference (and it is theirs to keep afterwards).
- We strongly believe in professional growth, so we are continuously educating ourselves with regular lunch & learns and industry events, and we invest in professional development and industry-based certifications for everyone in our team.
- We constantly encourage everyone to step outside of their comfort zone and try new things, so we dedicate time each month to work on non-client work and collaborate on new innovative ideas, and we reward people who experiment and take risks.
- We enjoy getting together and we promote co-working days and social events in our main locations on a regular basis.
Infostrux is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, or age. Please note that you must be legally eligible to work in the country where this role will be performed in order to be considered for employment and if selected, you must complete a criminal and credit background check to be hired.
We look forward to getting to know you!