Data Governance​​​​​​​ Engineer, Minneapolis, MN - Hybrid, 3 days onsite

Role: Data Governance Engineer



Location: Minneapolis, MN Hybrid, 3 days onsite



Duration: Long-term Contract

Important Role Focus

This is primarily a Data Governance, Data Security, Privacy & Compliance role .

We are looking for someone who has strong hands-on experience creating and implementing data governance policies, security standards, controls, and frameworks - ideally building them from the ground up .

This is not mainly a data catalog or data management support role . Candidates should have strong exposure to data policies, security, privacy, compliance, classification, access controls, and governance frameworks .

Key Responsibilities

• Create and implement data governance policies, standards, frameworks, and controls .

• Establish governance processes for data quality, metadata, lineage, stewardship, classification, and access .

• Develop data security and privacy solutions, including masking, de-identification, and tokenization.

• Work with Alation and AWS Glue Data Catalog for metadata, cataloging, lineage, and governance.

• Use Python and REST APIs to automate governance processes.

• Monitor data quality and governance controls and fix identified gaps.

• Perform data governance, security, and compliance assessments/audits .

• Work closely with Security, Compliance, Data, Engineering, and Business teams .

• Build and improve governance solutions from prototype to production .

Must-Have Skills

• 8+ years of relevant experience.

• 2+ years specifically in Data Governance, Data Security, Data Privacy, or Data Quality .

• Strong experience creating data governance policies, standards, frameworks, and security controls .

• Strong knowledge of data privacy, classification, masking, de-identification, and tokenization .

• Hands-on Alation and AWS Glue Data Catalog experience.

• Strong Python + REST API experience.

• AWS experience with S3, Glue, Lambda, Athena, Step Functions, and Redshift .

• Knowledge of data lineage, metadata, data quality, stewardship, and access governance .

• Strong understanding of security, privacy, and compliance .

Good to Have

• Healthcare / Health Insurance experience.

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field.

• Agile/Scrum experience.

• Airflow and modern data warehouse/big-data experience.

Ideal Candidate

We need candidates who can clearly explain:

"I have created data governance policies, security controls, privacy standards, and governance frameworks - not just maintained an existing catalog or governance platform."