Data Governance Engineer/Microsoft Purview
Company: TEKsystems
Location: Cincinnati, OH (Remote)
Type: Contract
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-06-10
About this role
Top Skills' Details
2+ years of experience in data governance, data engineering, cybersecurity, or related technical discipline.
Experience in coding utilities/scripts that interact with APIs
Ability to enable version control of code using Azure DevOps
Must have Microsoft Purview and Unified Catalog
Experience working with cloud-based data sources, preferably Azure.
Ability to perform detail-oriented, repetitive, task-driven work with high accuracy
Strong technical curiosity and willingness to grow into a larger governance engineering role.
Description
Our customer is enhancing their Data Governance & Compliance team to build and mature the organization’s data governance framework. With a significant amount of enterprise data already in the cloud and little yet cataloged or classified, we are looking for a hands-on Data Governance Engineer to support the foundational work needed to operationalize Microsoft Purview across the enterprise.
This is a hands-on-keyboard, task-focused role ideal for someone early in their data governance career who is eager to learn and execute.
Key Responsibilities
- Work directly within Microsoft Purview API (Data Map & Unified Catalog) to:
- Register data sources
- Configure and run scans
- Classify data assets
- Support cataloging efforts for 1,200+ data sources across Azure environments.
- Execute day-to-day task-based work assigned by the Data Governance leadership team.
- Collaborate with existing analysts within Data Compliance and broader Cyber teams.
Skills
Data governance, Data management, scripting, azure devops, Data quality, Data
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Cincinnati, OH.
Pay And Benefits
The pay range for this position is $30.00 - $40.00/hr.
Requirements
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