Data Governance

Roles and Responsibilities

• Set up and manage Microsoft Purview accounts, collections, and access controls (RBAC).
• Integrate Purview with data sources : Azure Data Lake, Synapse, SQL DB, Power BI, Snowflake.
• Schedule and monitor metadata scanning and classification jobs.
• Implement and maintain collection hierarchies aligned with data ownership.
• Design metadata ingestion workflows for technical, business, and operational metadata.
• Enrich data assets with business context : descriptions, glossary terms, tags.
• Synchronize metadata across tools using REST APIs, PowerShell, or ADF.
• Validate end-to-end lineage for datasets and reports (ADF Synapse Power BI).
• Resolve lineage gaps or failures using mapping corrections or scripts.
• Perform impact analysis to support downstream data consumers.
• Create custom classification rules for sensitive data (PII, PCI, PHI).
• Apply and manage Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels and policies.
• Integrate with Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) for DLP.
• Manage business glossary in collaboration with domain owners and stewards.
• Implement approval workflows and term governance.
• Conduct audits for glossary and metadata quality and consistency.
• Automate Purview operations using :
• PowerShell, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, REST APIs
• Build pipelines for dynamic source registration and scanning.
• Automate tagging, lineage, and glossary term mapping.
• Enable operational insights using Power BI, Synapse Link, Azure Monitor, and governance APIs.

Skills Required

Power Bi, Azure Data Lake, Synapse