Data Governance Analyst

Job overview

The Data Governance Analyst role is based in Indianapolis, IN; the posting requires candidates to live locally. Compensation is not specified. CSpring is a consulting firm specializing in data strategy, data engineering, and data analytics, serving public- and private-sector clients. The role exists to put data governance policies and procedures into practice, helping client agencies manage data access, quality, stewardship, and documentation. It supports reliable data use through request coordination, governance training, metrics, and collaboration with data owners and agency teams.

What you'll do

• Operationalize data governance policies and SOPs
• maintain metadata, Dataset Reference Sheets, and catalog fields
• govern critical data elements and author data quality rules. Intake and route data requests, maintain audit trails, coordinate data-sharing agreements and retention obligations with Legal, support data stewards, track request timelines and quality issues, deliver governance and data-literacy training, document KPIs, report progress, and update the governance roadmap.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

data governance analyst

cspring

indianapolis in

data governance

data quality

metadata

data stewardship

data catalog

data sharing

governance policies

data literacy

consulting

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Purposeful projects, a people-first culture, support, autonomy, and community.

Why this role

Purpose-driven consulting projects; hands-on work spanning data architecture, documentation, client workshops, and solution delivery. Bachelor's degree preferred, but equivalent experience is welcomed.

About the employer

CSpring is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.