Unity Catalog Business Definitions Analyst

Unity Catalog Business Definitions Analyst Hartford CT Hybrid Engagement type Staff augmentation detail oriented processdriven execution with cross functional coordinationCONTEXT CURRENT STATEUnity Catalog serves as the governance backbone for Polaris 20 the authoritative layer for data definitions ownership lineage and access control Populating it with accurate agreed upon business definitions is a prerequisite for Gold layer certification and for business users to trust and selfserve from the platform

We are currently in a catchup phase actively collecting business definitions across domains The current process routes definition requests and approvals through Excel templates which are then manually uploaded into Unity Catalog This approach has received feedback that it is cumbersome and not user-friendly creating friction for the business function teams who need to provide and validate definitions and slowing overall population velocity

Multiple work streams are running in parallel each with their own domain owners data stewards and timelines Coordinating these work streams consistently and driving them to completion requires dedicated detail oriented bandwidth

Our business goal is to have unity catalog populated for all existing data sets by end of Q3 There will also be ongoing work as we continue to onboard new datasets and want to collect definitions in tandem with requirementsSCOPE OF WORKThe Unity Catalog Business Definitions Analyst will own the endtoend process of collecting validating and uploading business definitions while improving the experience for participating business stakeholders Core activities include

Process improvement Process improvement

Assess current Excel based collection process and identify friction points

Design and implement a more intuitive intake experience for business stakeholders eg improved templates guided forms or lightweight tooling

Document the endtoend definition collection review approval and upload workflow

Workstream coordination Workstream coordination

Maintain a clear status tracker across all active domain work streams Comm Ops Finance Marketing Talent and others

Proactively follow up with domain owners and data stewards to keep definitions moving through review and approval

Escalate blockers and surface progress to program leadership on a regular cadence

Unity Catalog population Unity Catalog population

Execute uploads of validated business definitions into Unity Catalog with accuracy and consistency

Maintain quality standards no duplicate definitions consistent formatting correct ownership attribution

Validate that uploaded definitions are correctly surfaced and searchable in the catalog

Stakeholder enablement Stakeholder enablement

Run working sessions with business function teams to elicit and clarify definitions

Act as a consistent helpful point of contact for business contributors reducing confusion and increasing participationIDEAL PROFILE Experience with data governance metadata management or data catalog tooling Unity Catalog highly preferred

Extremely detail oriented accuracy in data entry definition formatting and tracking is nonnegotiable

Strong process orientation able to map improve and execute a repeatable workflow across multiple concurrent work streams

Excellent stakeholder communication and followthrough comfortable working with nontechnical business users to elicit and validate definitions

Comfortable working in Excel and light data tooling Unity Catalog experience a plus but not required

Prior experience in a fastpaced program environment with multiple parallel work streams is strongly preferred