Job Summary: We are seeking a skilled Data Lineage Consultant to build, validate, and maintain end-to-end data lineage for critical data elements. The ideal candidate will combine manual documentation with automated lineage capture to produce complete, attribute-level lineage from systems of record to regulatory and management reports.
Responsibilities
- Document lineage at the system, table, and attribute level, covering multi-layered data warehouse architectures (e.g., raw, curated, and consumption layers).
- Run validation sessions with data engineers, system and technology owners, and data management leads, recording sign-off evidence.
- Track lineage coverage, gaps, and remediation progress, feeding lineage KPIs and reporting.
- Support impact analysis, root-cause investigations, and audit or regulatory evidence requests.
- Support source onboarding for automated scanning, including system inventory and tracking scans.
- Link lineage to critical data elements and business metadata in enterprise data catalogs, preparing lineage exports for catalog ingestion and reporting.
Mandatory Skills
- 4+ years of experience building end-to-end data lineage in a large, complex environment (banking or financial services preferred).
- Proven ability to build attribute-level lineage from documentation and automated sources.
- Working knowledge of enterprise data catalogs, including asset navigation and lineage views.
- Intermediate to advanced SQL skills; able to read SQL and stored procedures.
- Advanced understanding of ETL/ELT logic across common enterprise ETL platforms.
- Familiarity with on-prem and cloud data warehouse and data lake environments.
Preferred Skills
- Hands-on experience with lineage and catalog tools such as Manta and Alation.
- Experience with multiple lineage or catalog platforms.
- Python for parsing documents and generating lineage templates.
- Knowledge of BCBS 239 and regulatory reporting traceability.
- Exposure to open lineage standards or cloud lineage capture.
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable with ambiguous documentation.
Work Experience 5-7Years
📌 Data Lineage (Hyderabad)
🏢 Virtusa
📍 Hyderabad
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