Metadata Analyst
Metadata analysts are responsible for managing metadata, which provides context and structure to organizational data. They define metadata standards, capture metadata attributes, and maintain metadata repositories. Metadata analysts play a key role in data discovery, data lineage analysis, and data governance reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Metadata Management: Define metadata standards, capture metadata attributes, and maintain metadata repositories to support data discovery, data lineage analysis, and data governance initiatives.
- Data Discovery: Facilitate data discovery efforts by documenting metadata information such as data sources, data owners, and data lineage relationships.
- Impact Analysis: Conduct impact analysis to assess the impact of changes to data structures, data definitions, or data governance policies on downstream systems and processes.
- Metadata Integration: Integrate metadata information from different systems and platforms to provide a unified view of organizational data assets.
- Metadata Governance: Enforce metadata governance policies and controls to ensure metadata quality, consistency, and reliability.
Example:
A metadata analyst at a telecommunications company might manage metadata for customer billing data, including data tables, data fields, and data transformations. They would document metadata attributes such as data types, data formats, and data dependencies to support billing system enhancements and regulatory reporting requirements. The metadata analyst would work closely with data architects, developers, and business users to capture metadata information and maintain metadata repositories.
Types of Data Governance Analyst Jobs
Data Governance Analysts play a crucial role in ensuring the quality, security, and management of data within an organization. With the growing importance of data-driven decision-making, the demand for Data Governance Analysts has surged. This blog explores the various types of Data Governance Analyst jobs, their responsibilities, and the skills required for each role. Here are some types of data governance analyst jobs you might encounter:
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