Job Title
Senior Data Scientist
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina (Hybrid/Local to the Triangle region; on-site required on the first day to collect equipment, with occasional on-site responsibilities as required by management)
Experience Required
3+ Years of specialized experience in enterprise data strategy, governance, and modern data architecture.
Employment Type
Contract
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist to support the rapid expansion of enterprise data capabilities through Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and modern analytics platforms. In this foundational role, you will be the initial member of a new Data Strategy & Governance function, establishing consistent enterprise data practices that span both technical teams and business units. You will work collaboratively with stakeholders to define, interpret, and use data effectively, translating business needs into consistent enterprise standards and reusable patterns.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with business stakeholders, application teams, Database Administration, Data Engineering, Power BI, and project teams to understand data needs and identify opportunities for improvement.
Facilitate discussions to identify authoritative data sources, establish common business definitions, and improve understanding of enterprise data assets.
Incorporate practical data governance, metadata, lineage, and data quality practices into ongoing initiatives.
Identify opportunities to standardize and reuse data ingestion, transformation, cleansing, and validation patterns across projects using Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks.
Develop and maintain an inventory of enterprise data assets, including data owners, stewards, business definitions, and system relationships.
Document how data flows across applications, platforms, and reporting solutions.
Participate in data architecture and solution design discussions to promote consistency, scalability, and reuse across enterprise solutions.
Required Skills & Qualifications
3+ Years of proven ability to define and standardize enterprise data elements, lineage, and business rules across units lacking an existing framework.
3+ Years of experience collaborating with business teams to translate data needs into consistent enterprise standards.
3+ Years of experience implementing governance practices, including metadata, lineage, and data quality across complex projects.
3+ Years of experience documenting end-to-end data flows across systems to improve transparency and architecture clarity.
Hands-on experience with modern cloud data platforms, specifically Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
Strong independent judgment, architectural leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
Nikhil Rana
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