Data Steward

The Data Steward is responsible for ensuring Allied’s organizational data assets are reliable, secured and managed effectively. They play a critical role in implementing data governance policies and maintaining data quality, accuracy, consistency, and security. They collaborate with technical and business teams to ensure data is properly defined, understood, and standardized across the organization.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Data Governance – 40%

• Define and describe business data attributes to ensure clarity and consistency.
• Curate and manage the data catalog that includes business glossaries, metadata, data rules, data lineage and data standards.
• Contribute to development of data governance documentation like process workflows and business glossaries.

Data Analysis – 25%

• Monitor data quality metrics, identify issues, and co-ordinate remediation efforts to maintain accuracy and reliability.
• Perform ad-hoc data analysis to profile and interpret data sets.

Collaboration – 25%

• Assist stakeholders like subject matter experts, data owners etc. with data interpretation and decision making with their data governance requirements.
• Resolve data related conflicts and ambiguity.
• Foster a culture of data governance awareness and accountability through data literacy initiatives.

Information Security – 10%

• Classify data assets and attributes by the guidelines set by Information Security and data governance.

Qualifications (Education, Experience, Certifications & KSA):

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 1 - 3 years of experience in managing and analyzing data is required.
• Experience in data governance tools such as Alation, Collibra or others is preferred.
• Proficiency in data analysis, profiling, and modeling is preferred.
• Proficiency in basic SQL to query, review, and validate data is preferred.
• Intermediary Excel skills for data analysis and reporting are preferred.
• Experience in a data analysis platform like Tableau or Power BI is preferred.
• Strong problem-solving abilities to identify data problems and to create actionable solutions.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job.

We offer our employees a robust compensation package! Our comprehensive benefits include: medical, dental and vision insurance coverage; 100% company-paid life and disability coverage, 401k options with company match, three weeks PTO by the end of the first year and much more. Allied proudly promotes from within as part of a strong commitment to providing career growth opportunities for employees of all levels. Our diverse business portfolio allows employees broad career options with the advantage of staying with the same organization.

All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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