Data Governance Engineer
Contractor
Knoxville, TN, USA
Posted on Nov 3, 2026
Knoxville, TN | Data Governance Engineer | Full-time | Contract-to-Hire
We are actively recruiting a Data Governance Engineer for our client in Knoxville, TN. This is a contract-to-hire, hybrid opportunity requiring a minimum of 2 days onsite per week. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Data Governance professional to help build and operationalize an enterprise governance function from the ground up. Must have 5+ years of direct Data Governance experience and hands-on experience with data catalogs, lineage, metadata, data quality, stewardship, and data certification.
Due to client request, candidates must be US Citizens.
What You’ll Do
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We are actively recruiting a Data Governance Engineer for our client in Knoxville, TN. This is a contract-to-hire, hybrid opportunity requiring a minimum of 2 days onsite per week. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Data Governance professional to help build and operationalize an enterprise governance function from the ground up. Must have 5+ years of direct Data Governance experience and hands-on experience with data catalogs, lineage, metadata, data quality, stewardship, and data certification.
Due to client request, candidates must be US Citizens.
What You’ll Do
- Build and operationalize enterprise Data Governance processes, standards, and workflows.
- Administer and improve data catalog, metadata, business glossary, lineage, and certification capabilities.
- Establish data quality requirements, stewardship practices, and data ownership models.
- Partner with Data Engineering to embed governance into modern data pipelines and platforms.
- Work with business data owners and stewards to improve data quality, discoverability, and trust.
- Help evaluate, configure, and implement Data Governance technology.
- Facilitate governance working sessions and drive adoption across technical and business teams.
- 5+ years of hands-on enterprise Data Governance experience.
- Demonstrated ownership of data catalogs, data lineage, metadata management, data quality, stewardship, and dataset certification.
- Experience within a mature Data Governance environment and the ability to apply established governance practices in a developing function.
- Experience with Microsoft Purview strongly preferred; Collibra, Alation, Informatica, or comparable governance platforms also relevant.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric, Azure, data lakes, data warehouses, or similar modern data platforms preferred.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across business and technical teams.
- Self-directed, comfortable with ambiguity, and motivated by building new capabilities rather than simply maintaining existing processes.
- Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline preferred.
RECRUITING FRAUD ALERT
Patriot Talent Solutions is committed to protecting job seekers from recruitment fraud and impersonation scams. Patriot recruiters may contact candidates regarding employment opportunities; however, Patriot Talent Solutions will never require payment from candidates, ask candidates to purchase equipment or gift cards, send money, or provide payment as part of the recruiting or hiring process.
Official Patriot Talent Solutions email communications will come from an @patriottalent.com email address. Sensitive personal or financial information required for employment will only be requested through Patriot’s authorized and secure onboarding processes, not through unsolicited email, text, social media, or messaging applications.
If you receive a communication claiming to be from Patriot Talent Solutions and are unsure whether it is legitimate, do not provide personal information or send money. Please verify the communication by contacting recruitingverification@patriottalent.com or by calling Patriot Talent Solutions through the main telephone number published on our official website.