Data Governance Architect || Remote (South Dakota)

Job Description

We are seeking a highly experienced Data Governance Architect / Data Management Consultant with strong Microsoft Purview expertise to support a Medicaid modernization initiative. The consultant will be responsible for establishing data governance frameworks, documenting enterprise data assets, developing interface documentation, and delivering data management recommendations across Medicaid systems.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead Medicaid data governance and data management initiatives.
• Build and maintain Data Catalogs and Data Lineage documentation.
• Create and maintain Interface Registry documentation.
• Develop Interface Control Documents (ICDs).
• Develop Data Governance and Data Management Plans.
• Create Interface Management Plans.
• Analyze and document data flows between Medicaid systems.
• Assess existing data architecture and recommend improvements.
• Identify risks related to current data management practices.
• Recommend governance, cataloging, lineage, and metadata management tools.
• Work with State Medicaid and IT teams to document system integrations and data movement.
• Develop monthly project status reports.

Required Skills: MUST HAVE

• Expert-level experience with Microsoft Purview
• Data Governance Framework implementation
• Data Catalog development
• Data Lineage documentation
• Metadata Management
• Enterprise Data Management
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Data Warehousing
• Data Architecture
• Interface Documentation
• Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
• Healthcare or Medicaid domain experience
• Strong stakeholder communication skills

• Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS)
• Healthcare payer/public sector experience
• Enterprise Data Modeling
• Master Data Management (MDM)
• Data Quality Management
• Regulatory and compliance experience

• Microsoft Purview
• ERwin
• ER/Studio
• SQL Server
• Oracle
• Azure Data Platform
• Data Governance Tools
• Data Catalog Tools