Database Designer/Analyst

Position Overview:

Cabinet Division of School Data Services has received approval to fill Database Designer/Analyst Contract Position #2 for the purpose, description and bill rate as described below.
Purpose:
The position supports the client data governance efforts by leading the design, configuration, implementation, documentation, and administration of CABINET’s enterprise education data catalog. This position establishes catalog standards, metadata models, stewardship workflows, user roles, documentation, and governance practices needed to launch and sustain the catalog. The role works with CABINET program areas, information system owners, data controllers, data stewards, reporting teams, and the Data Governance Committee to ensure education data assets are discoverable, trusted, secure, and aligned with CABINET data governance, privacy, security, and reporting requirements.
 
Description:

• Design, implement, configure, and administer CABINET's enterprise education data catalog, including alignment to Common Education Data Standards (CEDS), metadata models, catalog standards, asset classifications, user roles, permissions, and governance workflows.
• Develop and maintain metadata management processes, business glossaries, taxonomies, data classifications, and standards to support data governance, consistency, and discoverability of education data assets.
• Establish and monitor data quality, data lineage, and metadata documentation practices to improve transparency, traceability, trust, and understanding of CABINET data assets and reporting resources.
• Develop, document, and maintain technical procedures, catalog configurations, workflows, integrations, and user guidance related to the data catalog and associated governance processes
• Coordinate with program areas, data stewards, system owners, analysts, developers, and other stakeholders to implement catalog integrations and support data governance, reporting, analytics, and compliance activities.
• Provide training, technical assistance, and support to catalog users and stakeholders on metadata standards, catalog functionality, data governance practices, and data literacy concepts.
• Monitor catalog performance, metadata completeness, user adoption, and implementation progress; identify and implement improvements to enhance catalog functionality, usability, and data quality.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of CABINET data governance and data catalog priorities.

Required Experience/Education –
Any combination of education, training and experience that demonstrates the ability to support K-12 data governance metadata management, data catalog design and administration, data analysis and related technical responsibilities.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with education systems data catalogs, metadata management or data governance platforms.
• Knowledge of FERPA, the Common Education Data Standards (CEDS) and applicable privacy and security requirements.
• Knowledge of data stewardship, lineage, quality, classification and metadata standards.
• Proficiency in SQL and interpreting database schemas, data flows and business rules.
• Experience with business glossaries, taxonomies, workflows and metadata ingestion.
• Knowledge of data warehousing, modeling, integration and enterprise architecture.
• Ability to troubleshoot configuration issues, validate metadata and resolve documentation gaps.
• Strong communication skills and ability to explain technical concepts to nontechnical audiences.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, Informatica or similar platforms.
• Experience with education, public-sector, compliance or secure data environments.