Data Security & Governance Analyst (5+ years) to protect and govern enterprise data assets using Databricks Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, and access governance controls

Our public sector client is seeking a Data Security & Governance Analyst (5+ years) to protect and govern enterprise data assets using Databricks Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, and access governance controls

Join a data strategy and services team supporting secure, compliant, and auditable access to enterprise data assets across a modern analytics platform. This role focuses on data protection, sensitivity classification, metadata governance, Unity Catalog administration, and secure access management supporting analytics and AI use cases. The analyst will partner with governance, privacy, security, platform engineering, and business stakeholders to operationalize scalable access controls and governance processes.

6 month contract to start, hybrid mode (3 days/week) onsite in Richmond

Must Haves

- Experience in data governance, data security, information protection, privacy, identity and access management, or related discipline.
- Experience working with enterprise data platforms and modern cloud data environments.
- Knowledge of data classification, sensitivity labelling, information protection, and privacy-by-design practices.
- Experience implementing and administering data access controls using groups, roles, and data entitlements.
- Understanding of least privilege, segregation of duties, access reviews, and auditable access governance.
- Experience with data catalogues, metadata management, lineage, or data governance tools.

Demonstrated experience with several of the following:

- Databricks and Unity Catalog administration




- Microsoft Purview or OpenMetadata or comparable catalogue platforms
- Microsoft Entra ID / Active Directory groups
- Role-based access control and entitlement management
- Sensitivity labeling
- Data Loss Prevention
- Azure data and analytics services
- SQL and data analysis tools
- Audit logging, control monitoring, and evidence management
- Data lineage and metadata management solutions

Nice to Have

- Experience supporting Privacy Impact Assessments and privacy compliance activities
- Knowledge of privacy legislation and privacy-by-design principles
- Hands-on experience implementing Unity Catalog security models and governance controls
- Experience integrating Databricks identities and groups with Microsoft Entra ID
- Familiarity with DAMA-DMBOK or comparable data governance practices

Responsibilities

- Identify and classify sensitive, confidential, and personal information within curated data products
- Administer and support Databricks Unity Catalog security and governance capabilities
- Create and maintain Databricks account groups, roles, entitlements, and permission structures using Microsoft Entra ID groups where appropriate
- Implement granular access controls for catalogs, schemas, tables, views, functions, volumes, and governed data products
- Monitor governance integrations and metadata synchronization across Databricks, OpenMetadata, and Microsoft Purview
- Investigate and resolve issues involving data classification, sensitivity labels, lineage, metadata quality, and access controls
- Support compliance activities by maintaining operational procedures, audit evidence, control records, and issue-resolution documentation

Disclaimer:

AI may be used in evaluating candidates.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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📌 Data Security & Governance Analyst (5+ years) to protect and govern enterprise data assets using Databricks Unity Catalog, Microsoft Purview, and access governance controls (Vancouver)
🏢 S.i. Systems
📍 Vancouver