DATA GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT - Sydney

Ayan Infotech
Sydney CBD NSW

Listed 22 Sep 2026

Ayan Infotech has an urgent and immediate requirement for a DATA GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT for a long term contract job opportunity in Sydney.

Due to the nature of the work involved, we can only consider Australian Citizens with a baseline or higher security clearance based in Sydney with full onsite availability for this role.

Title: DATA GOVERNANCE CONSULTANT
Location: Sydney (100% onsite in Sydney)
Type: Contract (6-12 months+)

Required Skills and Experience:

Data Governance Strategy & Framework

  • Design and implement enterprise Data Governance frameworks, standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Define governance operating models, decision rights, governance forums, and escalation paths.
  • Establish governance roles including Data Owners, Data Stewards, Custodians, and Governance Councils.
  • Develop governance roadmaps aligned with organizational data strategy and compliance requirements

Informatica CDGC Implementation

  • Lead implementation and configuration of Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog.
  • Configure business glossaries, metadata repositories, classifications, and governance workflows.
  • Implement automated metadata harvesting and lineage capabilities.
  • Enable integration with enterprise data platforms including Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, and SQL-based systems
  • Metadata & Business Glossary Management
  • Establish enterprise metadata management practices.
  • Develop business glossaries and taxonomy models.
  • Define ownership, stewardship, and approval workflows.
  • Improve data discoverability and business understanding of critical data assets.

Data Quality & Stewardship

  • Define critical data elements and quality rules.
  • Collaborate with business teams to establish data quality KPIs and monitoring processes.
  • Support issue remediation and governance workflows.
  • Drive Data Stewardship adoption across business units

Data Lineage & Compliance

  • Capture and document end-to-end data lineage.
  • Implement governance processes for data classification and sensitive data management.
  • Support compliance requirements, audit requests, and regulatory reporting initiatives.
  • Ensure adherence to privacy, security, and governance standards

Stakeholder Management & Consulting

  • Conduct governance workshops and stakeholder interviews.
  • Gather and document governance requirements.
  • Facilitate governance councils and working groups.
  • Present governance metrics, recommendations, and progress updates to leadership teams.

Contact: 02 9412 4178 for more details.

www.ayaninfotech.com