Data Governance Architect (ZSP*)

Budapest | Outsourcing | Full-time | Partially remote

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Information

  • Start: ASAP
  • Period: long-term
  • FTE: 1
  • Business Area: Digital Transformation
  • Project aim: to transform our IT infrastructure, enable seamless data-driven decision-making, and foster agility in responding to evolving customer needs.
  • Role focus on establishing governance frameworks, policies, and controls to ensure data quality, security, and compliance during our transition from on-premises data platforms to the cloud. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data governance within regulated industries, preferably financial services, and proven experience in planning and delivering governance programs at scale in a hybrid (on-premise to cloud) environment.

Task

  • Strategy & Leadership
    -> Design, align and implement the RCT data governance strategy with group cloud data governance strategy, aligned with organizational and regulatory requirements.
    -> Act as the key liaison between business, technology, risk, and compliance stakeholders.
    -> Drive adoption of governance frameworks, policies, and standards across data engineering, analytics, and business teams.
  • Governance Framework & Policy Development
    -> Establish and enforce data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models.
    -> Develop policies for data classification, lineage, cataloging, retention, and access control in cloud platforms (Azure, Databricks, Collibra and related services). 
    -> Ensure governance standards align with financial sector regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, BCBS 239, SOX).
  • Cloud Transition & Implementation
    -> Lead governance planning during the migration from on-premise to Azure/Databricks environments.
    -> Define processes for data ingestion, transformation, and storage with built-in governance.
    -> Collaborate with cloud architects and engineers to embed governance-by-design in platform buildout.
  • Risk & Compliance Management
    -> Monitor compliance with internal data policies and external regulations.
    -> Partner with Information Security teams to ensure data security, privacy, and access management.
    -> Develop controls to mitigate risks associated with cloud adoption.
  • Enablement & Culture
    -> Provide training, guidance, and evangelization of governance practices across the Tribe.
    -> Promote a culture of data quality, integrity, and trust.

Requriement

  • University degree in relavant field.
  • 6+ years of experience in data governance, data management, or information governance roles.
  • Strong hands-on knowledge of Azure data services (Azure Data Lake, Synapse, Purview, Key Vault, etc.) and Databricks.
  • Proven track record in governance planning and execution during on-premise to cloud migrations.
  • Experience working with data cataloging, lineage, metadata management, and access governance.
  • Strong understanding of data security, privacy, and compliance requirements in financial services.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Hungarian and/or English language proficieny.

Plus

  • Financial services industry experience.
  • Familiarity with Collibra tool.
  • Certifications in Databricks, Azure, or DAMA CDMP.