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Trilogy Federal seeks an experienced Data Governance Specialist to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Summit Advanced Tooling, Lakehouse, and Artificial Intelligence Services (Summit ATLAS) program. The Data Governance Specialist will implement and maintain enterprise data governance processes that support secure, consistent, and discoverable data across the Summit Data Platform.
This position will work with VA data owners, stewards, and technical teams to operationalize Government-approved governance policies, improve data cataloging and lineage, and ensure datasets meet established governance requirements before publication and use.
Please note, this position is contingent upon award (anticipated early 2027). This role will also require 1-2 domestic business trips per year.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Implement and maintain Government-approved data governance policies, standards, and procedures across the Summit Data Platform.
- Support administration and maintenance of the Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC), ensuring datasets have accurate metadata, business definitions, ownership information, and lineage documentation.
- Configure and maintain data access policies using Immuta or comparable governance technologies, including role-based, attribute-based, and policy-based access controls.
- Implement approved data access restrictions and dynamic query-time enforcement to protect sensitive information while supporting authorized data use.
- Collaborate with VA data owners, stewards, and technical teams to establish and maintain data classifications, business glossaries, taxonomies, and metadata standards.
- Coordinate with data engineers and data quality specialists to ensure datasets meet Government-approved governance and publication requirements before release.
- Maintain governance documentation, including data lineage records, access policies, stewardship assignments, and dataset approval evidence.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of the Data Quality Rule Library, ensuring approved quality standards and rules are documented and traceable to governed datasets.
- Monitor compliance with established governance requirements, identify gaps, and coordinate remediation with responsible technical teams and data stewards.
- Support the preparation of the quarterly Data Governance Report, including governance activities, compliance findings, outstanding issues, and corrective actions.
- Assist with documentation and tracking of data use agreements, Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), and Interconnection Security Agreements (ISAs) applicable to governed datasets.
- Support governance reviews, audits, and stakeholder inquiries by providing accurate records of data ownership, lineage, access controls, and policy implementation.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Business Analytics, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- Five or more years of professional experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, or a related discipline.
- Experience implementing enterprise data governance policies, standards, and operational processes.
- Experience with enterprise data cataloging, metadata management, business glossaries, and data lineage documentation.
- Knowledge of data stewardship practices, data ownership responsibilities, and data classification standards.
- Experience supporting role-based and attribute-based data access controls and sensitive data protection requirements.
- Familiarity with enterprise data quality management, governance controls, and dataset publication processes.
- Experience collaborating with data engineering, data quality, security, and business stakeholders to implement governance requirements.
- Experience preparing governance documentation, compliance reports, and supporting evidence for reviews or audits.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Ability to meet VA personnel vetting, background investigation, and system access requirements.
- The ability to travel for 1-2 domestic business trips per year.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting VA or other federal agency data governance or modernization initiatives.
- Hands-on experience administering Immuta, Microsoft Purview, or comparable enterprise data governance platforms.
- Experience implementing dynamic, policy-based access enforcement in cloud-based data environments.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, or comparable cloud lakehouse technologies.
- Knowledge of Data Management Association (DAMA) Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK) principles and established data governance frameworks.
- Experience supporting governance of sensitive healthcare data, including federal privacy and security requirements.
- Experience coordinating data sharing agreements, interconnection agreements, or cross-organizational data access approvals.
- Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or comparable data governance certification.
Benefits (including but not limited to):
- Health, dental, and vision plans
- Optional FSA
- Paid parental leave
- Safe Harbor 401(k) with employer contributions 100% vested from day 1
- Paid time off and 11 paid holidays
- No cost group term life/AD&D plan, and optional supplemental coverage
- Pet insurance
- Monthly phone and internet stipend
- Tuition and training reimbursement
Trilogy Federal seeks an experienced Data Governance Specialist to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Summit Advanced Tooling, Lakehouse, and Artificial Intelligence Services (Summit ATLAS) program. The Data Governance Specialist will implement and maintain enterprise data governance processes that support secure, consistent, and discoverable data across the Summit Data Platform.
This position will work with VA data owners, stewards, and technical teams to operationalize Government-approved governance policies, improve data cataloging and lineage, and ensure datasets meet established governance requirements before publication and use.
Please note, this position is contingent upon award (anticipated early 2027). This role will also require 1-2 domestic business trips per year.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Implement and maintain Government-approved data governance policies, standards, and procedures across the Summit Data Platform.
- Support administration and maintenance of the Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC), ensuring datasets have accurate metadata, business definitions, ownership information, and lineage documentation.
- Configure and maintain data access policies using Immuta or comparable governance technologies, including role-based, attribute-based, and policy-based access controls.
- Implement approved data access restrictions and dynamic query-time enforcement to protect sensitive information while supporting authorized data use.
- Collaborate with VA data owners, stewards, and technical teams to establish and maintain data classifications, business glossaries, taxonomies, and metadata standards.
- Coordinate with data engineers and data quality specialists to ensure datasets meet Government-approved governance and publication requirements before release.
- Maintain governance documentation, including data lineage records, access policies, stewardship assignments, and dataset approval evidence.
- Support the implementation and maintenance of the Data Quality Rule Library, ensuring approved quality standards and rules are documented and traceable to governed datasets.
- Monitor compliance with established governance requirements, identify gaps, and coordinate remediation with responsible technical teams and data stewards.
- Support the preparation of the quarterly Data Governance Report, including governance activities, compliance findings, outstanding issues, and corrective actions.
- Assist with documentation and tracking of data use agreements, Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), and Interconnection Security Agreements (ISAs) applicable to governed datasets.
- Support governance reviews, audits, and stakeholder inquiries by providing accurate records of data ownership, lineage, access controls, and policy implementation.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, Business Analytics, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
- Five or more years of professional experience in data governance, data management, metadata management, or a related discipline.
- Experience implementing enterprise data governance policies, standards, and operational processes.
- Experience with enterprise data cataloging, metadata management, business glossaries, and data lineage documentation.
- Knowledge of data stewardship practices, data ownership responsibilities, and data classification standards.
- Experience supporting role-based and attribute-based data access controls and sensitive data protection requirements.
- Familiarity with enterprise data quality management, governance controls, and dataset publication processes.
- Experience collaborating with data engineering, data quality, security, and business stakeholders to implement governance requirements.
- Experience preparing governance documentation, compliance reports, and supporting evidence for reviews or audits.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills.
- Ability to meet VA personnel vetting, background investigation, and system access requirements.
- The ability to travel for 1-2 domestic business trips per year.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting VA or other federal agency data governance or modernization initiatives.
- Hands-on experience administering Immuta, Microsoft Purview, or comparable enterprise data governance platforms.
- Experience implementing dynamic, policy-based access enforcement in cloud-based data environments.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Azure, Azure Databricks, Delta Lake, or comparable cloud lakehouse technologies.
- Knowledge of Data Management Association (DAMA) Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK) principles and established data governance frameworks.
- Experience supporting governance of sensitive healthcare data, including federal privacy and security requirements.
- Experience coordinating data sharing agreements, interconnection agreements, or cross-organizational data access approvals.
- Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) or comparable data governance certification.
Benefits (including but not limited to):
- Health, dental, and vision plans
- Optional FSA
- Paid parental leave
- Safe Harbor 401(k) with employer contributions 100% vested from day 1
- Paid time off and 11 paid holidays
- No cost group term life/AD&D plan, and optional supplemental coverage
- Pet insurance
- Monthly phone and internet stipend
- Tuition and training reimbursement
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote governance specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, law, public administration, or a related field
- Experience developing or maintaining corporate governance frameworks, policies, or charters
- Familiarity with regulatory compliance requirements relevant to the employer's industry
- Strong written communication skills for drafting board materials, reports, and policy documentation
- Experience supporting board of directors or executive leadership committee operations
- Knowledge of risk management principles and internal control frameworks such as COSO or ISO 31000
Tips for Your Remote Governance Specialist Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
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Show async governance work in your resume
Remote employers want to see that you can produce governance deliverables without in-person collaboration. Call out policy documents, audit frameworks, or compliance trackers you built and maintained independently, and name the tools you used, such as SharePoint, Confluence, or Jira.
Align your certifications to the remote role
Remote governance specialist postings frequently filter candidates by credential. Certifications like IGP, CRM, CGEIT, or CIPP signal that you can own a governance function without close supervision, which is exactly what distributed teams need.
Prepare for async interview rounds
Many remote employers use written take-home exercises or recorded video screens before a live call. Practice explaining a governance framework you built, a compliance gap you identified, or an audit you managed, clearly and concisely in written form.
Remote Governance Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote governance specialist job?
Remote governance specialist roles go to candidates who can demonstrate self-direction, strong written communication, and the ability to manage compliance frameworks without in-person oversight. Remote employers screen heavily for experience with policy documentation, audit trail management, and async collaboration tools like Confluence or SharePoint. Certifications in areas like data governance, risk management, or records management give candidates a clear edge over equally experienced applicants.
Which companies hire remote governance specialists?
Companies hiring remote governance specialists right now include Exadel, Twilio, and JCPenney, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first technology firms, distributed financial services companies, and healthcare organizations with multi-state operations are among the most consistent hirers of governance specialists in fully remote roles.
Can you get a remote governance specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level governance roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one with minimal hand-holding. Smaller remote-first companies and nonprofit organizations are more likely to hire junior candidates. Showing documented work, such as a policy you drafted, a compliance checklist you built, or a governance framework you helped implement, can substitute for formal experience.
Do you need a degree for remote governance specialist jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh demonstrated governance skills, relevant certifications, and a portfolio of real policy or compliance work as heavily as a degree. Credentials in information governance, records management, or risk and compliance (such as IGP, CRM, or CGEIT) carry real weight with remote hiring teams evaluating candidates without a traditional four-year background.
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