Job Description
Job DescriptionData Governance Analyst
Location: Fairfax, VA
Onsite Flexibility: Remote
Contract Details
- Position Type: Contract
- Contract Duration: 7 months
- Pay Rate: $52.16 $65.20 / Hour (USD)
- Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Job Summary
The Data Governance Analyst (Contractor) supports enterprise data governance initiatives with a focus on the Epic Analytics Catalog, Epic Reset alignment, and data governance standardization across analytics platforms. This role is responsible for advancing metadata management, data quality, catalog governance, and data literacy, while ensuring analytics assets align with enterprise standards, lifecycle requirements, and security models. The contractor will partner with Data Governance, Analytics, and IT teams to improve catalog usability, governance adoption, and data-driven decision-making across the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Support Epic Analytics Catalog assessment and Epic Reset alignment efforts, including reviewing catalog structure, evaluating asset inventory, and identifying assets to retain, update, consolidate, or retire. Execute data governance updates within the catalog to ensure proper ownership, certification, and lifecycle alignment with enterprise standards.
- Develop and implement metadata and catalog governance standards, including defining tagging frameworks, creating metadata templates, normalizing existing metadata, and establishing validation processes to ensure consistency and quality across reports, dashboards, and other analytics assets.
- Establish and monitor data quality and governance metrics, including defining rules and thresholds, tracking catalog adoption and metadata completeness, and building dashboards and reporting using Business Intelligence tools to measure effectiveness of governance initiatives.
- Support access and security alignment by mapping role-based access and Active Directory groups to analytics assets, validating access consistency across environments (POC, DEV, PROD), and ensuring alignment with enterprise security standards and Epic Reset changes.
- Define and enforce promotion and lifecycle governance standards, including establishing processes for assets moving through POC, Development, and Production, implementing governance checkpoints, and documenting approval and ownership requirements aligned to Epic build and migration processes.
- Contribute to the data governance operating model by aligning catalog ownership to value streams and Triad structures, supporting stewardship responsibilities, and participating in governance review cadences to monitor catalog health and compliance.
- Develop and deliver training, enablement, and communication materials to support catalog usage, metadata understanding, and governance adoption, including end-user guidance and stakeholder presentations to promote a data-driven culture.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Governance, Analytics, and IT teams to ensure consistent adoption of governance practices and support broader enterprise data initiatives. Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills
- Strong project management skills managing complex technology and data initiatives
- Understanding of enterprise data architecture, analytics platforms, and AI solutions
- Ability to coordinate cross-functional teams across technical and clinical domains
- Knowledge of data governance and data quality practices
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to translate business needs into actionable project plans
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
Preferred Skills
- Familiarity with healthcare performance analytics preferred
Education Requirements
- Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field
- Alternate Qualifications: Bachelor's degree; or Associate degree and 2 years of relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum experience requirement; or HS Diploma/GED and 4 years of relevant professional experience in addition to the minimum experience requirement
- Preferred Certifications:
- Epic Cogito Certification - Data Governance or Data Management certifications (e.g., CDMP DAMA) - Process improvement certification (e.g., Six Sigma Yellow Belt)
- Licensure: None required
Required Experience
- Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience
Nice-to-Have Experience
- Experience in healthcare data and analytics environments, including Epic Cogito (Caboodle, Clarity, SlicerDicer, Radar)
- Experience supporting analytics catalog management, metadata governance, or data catalog tools
- Experience with enterprise analytics platforms (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
- Experience working on enterprise initiatives or large-scale transformations (e.g., Epic optimization or Epic Reset)
- Experience collaborating across cross-functional teams (Data, IT, Clinical, Operational stakeholders)
- Experience developing training materials, documentation, or data literacy content
Work Environment / Physical Requirements
- Sitting: Frequent (34 66% of day)
- Standing: Occasional (0 33% of day)
- Walking: Occasional (0 33% of day)
- Keyboard/Repetitive motion: Frequent (34 66% of day)
- Lifting: Under 10 lbs occasionally
- Blood Borne Pathogens: Not Anticipated
- Chemical Exposure: Not Anticipated
- Airborne Communicable Diseases: Not Anticipated
- Radiation: Not Anticipated
- Extreme Noise Levels: Not Anticipated
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
- 401k Retirement Fund
About the Client
This healthcare organization operates as a not-for-profit health system with a mission to provide world-class healthcare to every person in every community it serves, spanning multiple facilities and communities across the region. Committed to innovation in addressing both current and future healthcare challenges, the organization employs thousands of professionals including data analysts, IT specialists, clinical staff, and operational stakeholders who collaborate across enterprise-wide initiatives to drive clinical excellence and data-driven decision-making.
About GTT
GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Job Number: 26-09820 Industry: Data & Analytics
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Company DescriptionGlobal Technical Talent is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation (www.Chenega.com) with over 1.3 billion US$ in revenue and 5800 US employees. We provide Total Talent Solutions, Global staffing, SOW, RPO, Direct Sourcing, and Global Payroll with physical offices in US, Canada, and India. GTT Digital headquartered in Toronto specializes in providing high-tech digital and banking talent to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. As a leader in the staffing industry for over 22 years, we have become one of the largest staffing firms in the New England region, working with Fortune 500 clients and cutting-edge, technology-driven recruiting infrastructure.
We are a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation that highly values diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients and partners are among the most successful and innovative organizations in the world. Our top clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, and financial services firms, some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies, and prestigious educational institutions in the Ivy League tier.
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Awards
SIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firm: 2023 and 2015
SIA’s Best Staffing Firm to Work for: 2019 -2023
Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company: 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015
Randstad Preferred Supplier: 2020 - 2023
TechServe Alliance Excellence Award. 2019
NH Business Magazines Fast 5 fastest growing companies
Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist: 2015
Company Description
Global Technical Talent is a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation (www.Chenega.com) with over 1.3 billion US$ in revenue and 5800 US employees. We provide Total Talent Solutions, Global staffing, SOW, RPO, Direct Sourcing, and Global Payroll with physical offices in US, Canada, and India. GTT Digital headquartered in Toronto specializes in providing high-tech digital and banking talent to some of the nation’s largest financial institutions. As a leader in the staffing industry for over 22 years, we have become one of the largest staffing firms in the New England region, working with Fortune 500 clients and cutting-edge, technology-driven recruiting infrastructure.\r\n\r\nWe are a Native American-owned, economically disadvantaged corporation that highly values diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our clients and partners are among the most successful and innovative organizations in the world. Our top clients are Fortune 500 banking, insurance, and financial services firms, some of the nation’s largest life sciences, biotech, utility, and retail companies, and prestigious educational institutions in the Ivy League tier.\r\n \r\nThere is always a new opportunity for success when you look through all of the open job opportunities on our website’s career page. Just click on this link: https://bit.ly/gttcareers \r\n \r\nAwards\r\n\r\nSIA’s Fastest Growing Staffing Firm: 2023 and 2015\r\nSIA’s Best Staffing Firm to Work for: 2019 -2023\r\nInc 5000 Fastest Growing Private Company: 2023, 2022, 2016, 2015\r\nRandstad Preferred Supplier: 2020 - 2023\r\nTechServe Alliance Excellence Award. 2019\r\nNH Business Magazines Fast 5 fastest growing companies\r\nErnst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist: 2015