SAP Data Lineage and Cataloging Specialist

Job Summary

Do you have a passion for uncovering the story behind data and ensuring its seamless flow across systems? Are you excited about building frameworks to catalog and track data transformations? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you! We are looking for a highly skilled SAP Data Lineage and Cataloging Specialist to join our team. This role will focus on technical data lineage and cataloging efforts within SAP systems, ensuring that data transformations are well documented and traceable across platforms.

The ideal candidate will play a vital role in building and maintaining a comprehensive data catalog, capturing critical information such as data definitions, field mappings, business rules, and system dependencies. This position will help drive transparency and consistency across our data landscape by ensuring that all data flows and transformations are accurately documented and accessible for stakeholders.

Location:

Telecommute

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $60 – 65 per hour

Work Hours:

8am to 5pm

Education:

Associates

• Build and maintain a detailed and comprehensive data catalog for SAP systems, including documenting data definitions, field mappings, business rules, and relationships between data assets.
• Define and document the end-to-end technical lineage of SAP data, tracking its flow and transformations across modules and integrated systems.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to collect, standardize, and manage metadata, ensuring alignment with business processes and system requirements.
• Establish and enforce data governance standards related to data cataloging, lineage documentation, and metadata management to ensure consistency and transparency.
• Analyze data flows and dependencies across SAP systems to identify potential inefficiencies, redundancies, or gaps, and recommend optimization strategies.
• Partner with SAP functional teams (e.g., SAP MM, SD, FICO, etc.) to understand data structures, transformations, and business rules, ensuring data assets are accurately documented.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve data cataloging and lineage documentation processes, contributing to greater data clarity and operational efficiency.
• Provide technical support and insights to stakeholders, enabling better decision-making and ensuring proper documentation of SAP data assets.
• Develop and maintain clear, user-friendly documentation of data lineage and cataloging processes, and assist in creating training materials to educate teams on data governance practices.

As an SAP Data Lineage and Cataloging Specialist, you will gain valuable experience and insights in the following areas:

Advanced Data Cataloging Techniques:
Learn how to build and manage a comprehensive data catalog, including documenting data definitions, field mappings, and business rules.

Technical Data Lineage Documentation:
Develop expertise in mapping and tracing the flow of SAP data across systems and understanding complex data transformations.

Data Governance Best Practices:
Deepen your knowledge of data governance frameworks and standards for ensuring data integrity, consistency, and accessibility.

Collaboration Across Teams:
Hone your skills in working with cross-functional teams, including business users, data architects, and IT developers, to align data practices with organizational needs.

Problem Solving in Data Ecosystems:
Build your ability to identify data inconsistencies, gaps, and inefficiencies, and propose actionable solutions to optimize data structures and flows.

Metadata Management Tools:
Gain hands‑on experience with tools and technologies used for managing metadata and documenting lineage in enterprise environments.

Business-Driven Data Insights:
Understand how data cataloging and lineage efforts drive business decisions, operational efficiency, and strategic success.

Education & Experience:

Typically requires a degree in Technology, Engineering or Data Science unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 2 years of prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field or in absence of a degree, 6 years of relevant experience.

Minimum of 3-5 years of…