Data Governance Engineer – Data Quality & Stewardship

Accenture Digital Core At Accenture Digital Core, we help clients continuously innovate at speed and at scale, combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver meaningful transformation. You will bring innovation, intelligence and experience together to shape robust, secure and scalable digital solutions.

What You'll Do

- Lead metadata, lineage and data catalog integration across Azure data platforms, ensuring consistency and completeness at scale;

- Define and implement Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks in regulated, enterprise environments;

- Drive Git-based workflows and governance standards adoption across cross-functional teams;

- Own platform and data health monitoring, producing actionable reporting on quality, compliance and policy adherence;

- Lead incident management and production support activities, coordinating resolution across technical and business teams;

- Own and govern the data catalog, ensuring metadata, lineage and classification are accurate and up to date;

- Define and enforce data classification and retention policies in compliance with GDPR and enterprise standards;

- Establish and maintain data governance artefacts including data dictionaries, quality rules and policy documentation;

- Enforce governance standards across multi-environment setups (Dev / UAT / PRD), driving consistency and auditability;

- Lead incident resolution within production data platforms, acting as escalation point for junior team members.

What You Bring

- University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable field;

- 5-10 years of relevant experience in data platforms or data governance;

- Proven expertise in Metadata, Lineage & data catalog integration at enterprise scale;

- Strong track record in incident management and production support in complex environments;

- Deep experience working in data platforms across multiple domains (not only analytics or reporting);

- Strong understanding of pipelines, orchestration, and data processing architectures;

- Familiaritywith Microsoft Purview, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Azure Monitor;

- Strong understanding of ETL frameworks and data warehousing concepts;

- Strong hands-on experience with PySpark/Apache Spark;

- Proficiencyin Python and SQL;

- Professional English C1 level (spoken and written - mandatory);

- French and/or Dutch is a plus;

- Ability to influence and align technical and non-technical stakeholders at senior level;

- Strong leadershipin distributed, cross-functional teams;

- Strategic mindsetwith clear ownership and accountability;

- Structured and proactive approach to incident, problem and risk management;

- Ability to managecompeting priorities and deliver in dynamic, high-pressure environments.

Legal

Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal

What We Offer

- Health insurance;

- Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs;

- Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist);

- Wellness programs;

- Employee Share Purchase Plan;

- Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Plurisight Plataforms;

- Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities);

- Special banking conditions;

Data Governance Engineer - Data Quality & Stewardship Lisbon, Portuguese Republic, PT

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