Data Discovery and Inventory: Identify, catalog, and classify data assets, including datasets, databases, and metadata.
Catalog Metadata Management: Work with data stewards to develop and maintain standardized metadata descriptions for data assets, capturing key attributes such as data source, format, structure, quality, and usage restrictions.
Taxonomy Development: Define and implement data classification schemas, taxonomies, and ontologies to organize and categorize data assets according to IT standards, domain-specific topics, themes, and attributes.
Data Profiling and Quality Assessment: Conduct data profiling and quality assessment activities to evaluate the completeness, accuracy, and consistency of data assets, identifying data gaps, anomalies, and errors, together with the data stewards and data-source Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
Data Governance Support: Collaborate with data governance members to establish and enforce data cataloging policies, standards, and procedures that promote consistency, reliability, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with data owners, stewards, consumers, and stakeholders across the department to understand their data needs, requirements, and priorities, and ensure that cataloged data assets meet their expectations.
Training and Documentation: Provide training and documentation support to data stewards on data cataloging best practices, tools, and processes, enabling them to effectively discover, access, and utilize all data resources.
Leadership and Mentorship: Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to junior staff members and colleagues, fostering a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and excellence in D&A practices.
Implement and monitor data governance processes, including data access controls, data retention policies, and data life cycle management.
Coordinate with D&A team, data governance members, and department staff working with D&A to improve the quality, integrity, and governance of data assets within the department.