Senior Data Governance Analyst

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via Fed Line® Solutions, Fedwire® Funds and Securities, the National Settlement Service (NSS), Fed Cash®, FedACH®, Check Services, and the Fed Now® Service. FRFS operates as a fully integrated organization with groups dedicated to customer experience, operations, technology, product and customer/industry management, enterprise services, payments system improvement, and one focused on the ongoing growth and development of the Fed Now instant payment service.

Our strategy defines our future direction, seeking to offer a fully integrated product suite that provides speed, resilience, and choice in meeting the payments needs of FRFS customers across the United States. Through our Enterprise structure, we strive to meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services with speed and agility, seek to provide a robust and unified customer experience, and work to create career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.

The FRFS Enterprise operates with a customer-first mindset, comprised of team members seeking to do the best work of their careers in pursuit of our important central bank mission.

The Senior Data Governance Analyst is a senior-level position that sits within the FRFS Data Office, and is responsible for leading the implementation and monitoring of data governance policies and analytics frameworks within FRFS. You'll operationalize governance through platform configuration, policy development, and cross-functional collaboration. This position is considered advanced level and performs work of moderate to high complexity. The incumbent works under general supervision and may lead some efforts autonomously.

This job does not have any direct reports but may lead the work of junior staff.

• Develop, maintain, and implement data governance policies, processes, and procedures aligned with business objectives
• Enforce activities ensuring compliance with data governance policies and target goals

• Configure and administer data governance platforms (Collibra, Immuta) to operationalize workflows
• Design governance workflows, approval processes, and stewardship assignments
• Create and maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, and data lineage documentation
• Maintain information maps, retention schedules, and data catalogs

• Perform in-depth research and analysis to identify data quality issues, relations, and dependencies
• Partner with data owners to map data structures, usage, and definitions within catalog platforms

• Facilitate implementation of common data management practices across the organization
• Participate in and may lead Federal Reserve System (FRS) work groups
• Serve as knowledge resource for data governance best practices

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 3+ years of data governance or data management experience
• Hands‑on experience with data governance platforms (Collibra, Informatica, Alation, or similar)
• Experience with metadata management, data cataloging, and data lineage tools
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks and best practices
• Knowledge of data security, privacy, and quality requirements
• Collibra certification or professional data management certification (preferred)
• Scripting or programming experience (Python, JavaScript) for automation and platform customization (preferred)
• Experience with cloud data platforms (AWS, Azure, Snowflake, Databricks) and modern data…