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Senior Data Governance Consultant – Informatica CDGC Hybrid Onsite · Newark, NJ · Minimum 3 Days Per Week ABOUT THE ROLE Senior consultant with expert-level Informatica CDGC skills to scan, catalog, govern, and publish a complex data estate spanning relational, NoSQL, API, and event-driven source systems. A significant portion of work involves non-SQL sources (MongoDB, AWS DocumentDB) where Informatica has no native connectors — requiring a resourceful engineer who can assess available tooling and implement a viable ingestion solution. The consultant will also stand up Data Products in Informatica. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Design and execute metadata scanning across relational, NoSQL, API, and event-driven source types into Informatica CDGC • Implement viable scanning solutions for MongoDB and AWS DocumentDB using Informatica tooling, ingestion APIs, and scripted extraction • Catalog REST APIs and microservices as governed assets; integrate event-driven sources (Kafka, AWS Kinesis/SQS) for lineage tracking • Configure connections across Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AWS S3, and NoSQL platforms • Build and validate end-to-end data lineage from source systems through AWS S3, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI • Define and publish Data Products in Informatica Marketplace for governed, consumable asset delivery • Support curation workflows: classification, glossary association, profiling, and stewardship alignment • Troubleshoot scanning failures, connectivity issues, and metadata quality gaps • Document all configurations, ingestion approaches, lineage patterns, and Data Product definitions for team knowledge transfer REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE • Informatica CDGC — expert-level; hands-on production experience with scanning, cataloging, lineage, classification, and Data Products • Informatica Profiling — hands-on experience running and interpreting data profiling in Informatica to assess data quality, completeness, and patterns across scanned assets • Informatica Data Products & Marketplace — defining, publishing, and managing data products • NoSQL scanning solutions — proven ability to implement metadata ingestion for sources without native Informatica connectors • Non-SQL databases — MongoDB and AWS DocumentDB: schema structures, connection methods, metadata extraction • API scanning — cataloging REST APIs and microservices as governed assets in Informatica CDGC • Event processing — integrating Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or equivalent into a data catalog for lineage and governance • Data engineering — strong Python and/or Java for scripting and ingestion work • Relational databases — Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL • Cloud platforms — AWS (S3, DocumentDB, Kinesis), Microsoft Azure • Data governance concepts — catalog management, classification, glossary, stewardship workflows NICE TO HAVE • Microsoft Fabric or Power BI lineage integration • Atacama RDM or Denodo experience • Financial services or insurance industry background • Informatica CDI experience #LI-TI1

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Senior Data Governance Consultant – Informatica CDGC
Hybrid Onsite · Newark, NJ · Minimum 3 Days Per Week
Design and execute metadata scanning across relational, NoSQL, API, and event-driven source types into Informatica CDGC
Implement viable scanning solutions for MongoDB and AWS DocumentDB using Informatica tooling, ingestion APIs, and scripted extraction
Catalog REST APIs and microservices as governed assets; integrate event-driven sources (Kafka, AWS Kinesis/SQS) for lineage tracking
Configure connections across Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, AWS S3, and NoSQL platforms
Build and validate end-to-end data lineage from source systems through AWS S3, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI
Define and publish Data Products in Informatica Marketplace for governed, consumable asset delivery
Support curation workflows: classification, glossary association, profiling, and stewardship alignment
Troubleshoot scanning failures, connectivity issues, and metadata quality gaps
Document all configurations, ingestion approaches, lineage patterns, and Data Product definitions for team knowledge transfer
Informatica CDGC — expert-level; hands-on production experience with scanning, cataloging, lineage, classification, and Data Products
Informatica Profiling — hands-on experience running and interpreting data profiling in Informatica to assess data quality, completeness, and patterns across scanned assets
Informatica Data Products & Marketplace — defining, publishing, and managing data products
NoSQL scanning solutions — proven ability to implement metadata ingestion for sources without native Informatica connectors
Non-SQL databases — MongoDB and AWS DocumentDB: schema structures, connection methods, metadata extraction
API scanning — cataloging REST APIs and microservices as governed assets in Informatica CDGC
Event processing — integrating Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or equivalent into a data catalog for lineage and governance
Data engineering — strong Python and/or Java for scripting and ingestion work
Relational databases — Oracle, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL

Nice-to-haves

Microsoft Fabric or Power BI lineage integration
Atacama RDM or Denodo experience
Financial services or insurance industry background
Informatica CDI experience

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