POSITION: Technical Data Steward
LOCATION: Phoenix, AZ 85004 (Hybrid, 4-days onsite per week)
PAY RANGE: $62.00 - $68.00 per hour W2
DURATION: 9-Month Contract-To-Hire
SUMMARY & RESPONSIBILITIES
A leading financial services organization is hiring a Technical Data Steward to play a key role in governing and managing enterprise data across the organization. While the immediate focus is supporting a critical initiative tied to the Varicent platform (HR incentive compensation rollout for 2027), this is not a project-only role. This individual will operate as an enterprise-level data steward, ensuring data across all domains is accurate, governed, and aligned with business and technical standards. This role sits at the intersection of business, engineering, and data governance, partnering closely with internal teams and an external group managing the data lake platform.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the Technical Data Steward across enterprise data domains.
- Act as SME for source systems and data domains, understanding how data flows across the data lake and downstream systems.
- Own end-to-end data workflows, ensuring data is properly implemented, maintained, and governed.
- Partner with Business Data Stewards and Data Owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
- Evaluate downstream system dependencies, constraints, and impacts of data decisions.
- Help support a large-scale incentive compensation initiative tied to Varicent (Varicent experience not required).
- Collaborate closely with enterprise architecture and the external team managing the data lake.
- Implement and enforce data governance policies, standards, and controls across systems.
- Drive data quality improvements by identifying root causes, supporting defect resolution, and contributing to metrics/reporting.
- Map and manage Critical Data Elements (CDEs) across systems and ensure proper implementation.
- Maintain data lineage, metadata, and catalog accuracy across the enterprise.
- Support audits, regulatory reviews, and remediation efforts.
- Partner with security and privacy teams to enforce data protection, classification, and risk management standards.
REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
- 5+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, or similar roles.
- Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, lifecycle management, and enterprise data environments.
- Experience working with enterprise applications, databases, and system integrations.
- Hands-on experience with data quality monitoring, defect triage, and root cause analysis.
- Knowledge of metadata management, data lineage, and data catalog concepts.
- Proven ability to translate business requirements into technical data implementations.
- Strong SQL skills (querying, optimization, reporting).
- Ability to collaborate across business, engineering, and governance teams.
- Bachelor's degree in related field required.
NICE-TO-HAVE
- Varicent experience (or similar platform).
- Experience supporting audit, regulatory, or compliance-driven data initiatives.
- Familiarity with Critical Data Elements (CDE) frameworks and governance.
- Exposure to data quality dashboards, metrics, and governance reporting.
- Experience with data governance tools and cataloging platforms.
- Background in financial services or other regulated industries.
- Experience with data warehouses or data lake / lakehouse architectures.
- Exposure to cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
- Familiarity with lineage automation, metadata ingestion, or data observability tools.
- Understanding of data protection techniques (masking, tokenization, etc.).
- Awareness of DevOps/DataOps practices and CI/CD pipelines for data systems.
Compensation:
$62.00/hr - $68.00/hr
Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.
Employees in this role will enjoy a comprehensive benefits package starting on day one ofemployment, including options for medical, dental, and vision insurance. Eligibility to enroll inthe 401(k) retirement plan begins after 90 days of employment. Additionally, employees in thisrole will have access to paid sick leave and other paid time off benefits as required under theapplicable law of the worksite location.
