Unity Catalog Business Definitions Analyst

Unity Catalog Business Definitions AnalystHartford CT Hybrid Engagement type Staff augmentation detailoriented processdriven execution with crossfunctional coordinationCONTEXT CURRENT STATEUnity Catalog serves as the governance backbone for Polaris 20 the authoritative layer for data definitions ownership lineage and access control Populating it with accurate agreedupon business definitions is a prerequisite for Gold layer certification and for business users to trust and selfserve from the platformWe are currently in a catchup phase actively collecting business definitions across domains The current process routes definition requests and approvals through Excel templates which are then manually uploaded into Unity Catalog This approach has received feedback that it is cumbersome and not userfriendly creating friction for the business function teams who need to provide and validate definitions and slowing overall population velocityMultiple workstreams are running in parallel each with their own domain owners data stewards and timelines Coordinating these workstreams consistently and driving them to completion requires dedicated detailoriented bandwidthOur business goal is to have unity catalog populated for all existing data sets by end of Q3 There will also be ongoing work as we continue to onboard new datasets and want to collect definitions in tandem with requirementsSCOPE OF WORKThe Unity Catalog Business Definitions Analyst will own the endtoend process of collecting validating and uploading business definitions while improving the experience for participating business stakeholders Core activities includeProcess improvement Process improvementAssess current Excelbased collection process and identify friction pointsDesign and implement a more intuitive intake experience for business stakeholders eg improved templates guided forms or lightweight toolingDocument the endtoend definition collection review approval and upload workflowWorkstream coordination Workstream coordinationMaintain a clear status tracker across all active domain workstreams Comm Ops Finance Marketing Talent and othersProactively follow up with domain owners and data stewards to keep definitions moving through review and approvalEscalate blockers and surface progress to program leadership on a regular cadenceUnity Catalog population Unity Catalog populationExecute uploads of validated business definitions into Unity Catalog with accuracy and consistencyMaintain quality standards no duplicate definitions consistent formatting correct ownership attributionValidate that uploaded definitions are correctly surfaced and searchable in the catalogStakeholder enablement Stakeholder enablementRun working sessions with business function teams to elicit and clarify definitionsAct as a consistent helpful point of contact for business contributors reducing confusion and increasing participationIDEAL PROFILEExperience with data governance metadata management or data catalog tooling Unity Catalog highly preferredExtremely detailoriented accuracy in data entry definition formatting and tracking is nonnegotiableStrong process orientation able to map improve and execute a repeatable workflow across multiple concurrent workstreamsExcellent stakeholder communication and followthrough comfortable working with nontechnical business users to elicit and validate definitionsComfortable working in Excel and light data tooling Unity Catalog experience a plus but not requiredPrior experience in a fastpaced program environment with multiple parallel workstreams is strongly preferred