Senior Data Governance Engineer

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Santos-o-Velho, Lisboa, PRT
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology
The Role
Responsible for leading data governance initiatives, metadata integration, and incident management in Azure data platforms, ensuring compliance with GDPR and data quality standards.
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Accenture Digital Core

At Accenture Digital Core, we help clients continuously innovate at speed and at scale, combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to deliver meaningful transformation. You will bring innovation, intelligence and experience together to shape robust, secure and scalable digital solutions.  

What You’ll Do 

- Lead metadata, lineage and data catalog integration across Azure data platforms, ensuring consistency and completeness at scale; 

- Define and implement Data Governance and Data Quality frameworks in regulated, enterprise environments;

- Drive Git-based workflows and governance standards adoption across cross-functional teams; 

- Own platform and data health monitoring, producing actionable reporting on quality, compliance and policy adherence; 

- Lead incident management and production support activities, coordinating resolution across technical and business teams; 

- Own and govern the data catalog, ensuring metadata, lineage and classification are accurate and up to date;

- Define and enforce data classification and retention policies in compliance with GDPR and enterprise standards; 

- Establish and maintain data governance artefacts including data dictionaries, quality rules and policy documentation; 

- Enforce governance standards across multi-environment setups (Dev / UAT / PRD), driving consistency and auditability; 

- Lead incident resolution within production data platforms, acting as escalation point for junior team members. 

What You Bring

- University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or comparable field 

5-10 years of relevant experience in data platforms or data governance;

- Proven expertise in Metadata, Lineage & data catalog integration at enterprise scale;

- Strong track record in incident management and production support in complex environments; 

- Deep experience working in data platforms across multiple domains (not only analytics or reporting); 

- Strong understanding of pipelines, orchestration, and data processing architectures;

- Familiarity with Microsoft Purview, Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 and Azure Monitor;

- Strong understanding of ETL frameworks and data warehousing concepts;

- Strong hands-on experience with PySpark/Apache Spark;

- Proficiency in Python and SQL;

- Professional English C1 level (spoken and written – mandatory);

- French and/or Dutch is a plus;

- Ability to influence and align technical and non‑technical stakeholders at senior level;

- Strong leadership in distributed, cross‑functional teams; 

- Strategic mindset with clear ownership and accountability; 

- Structured and proactive approach to incident, problem and risk management; 

- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver in dynamic, high-pressure environments. 

 

Legal: Must own a valid work permit or EU/Schengen Space Nationality to legally work in Portugal

What We Offer

- Health insurance;  

- Life Insurance and Pension Plan Programs;  

- Free medical services at the office (Physician, Nutritionist, Psychologist);  

- Wellness programs;  

- Flexben Program (Support for Education, Kindergarden, Training, Technology, Health);   

- Employee Share Purchase Plan;  

- Personalized training paths and access to Udemy and Plurisight Plataforms; 

- Flex-ability program (financial and flexible support for people with disabilities); 

- Special banking conditions;  

- Hybrid working model. 

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com 

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Skills Required

  • 5-10 years of relevant experience in data platforms or data governance
  • Proven expertise in Metadata, Lineage & data catalog integration at enterprise scale
  • Strong track record in incident management and production support in complex environments
  • Deep experience working in data platforms across multiple domains
  • Strong understanding of pipelines, orchestration and data processing architectures
  • Familiarity with Azure technologies including Purview and Data Lake Storage Gen2
  • Professional English C1 level
  • French and/or Dutch is a plus

Accenture Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Accenture and has not been reviewed or approved by Accenture.

  • Healthcare Strength Pay is considered competitive when paired with robust insurance options and other perks that compare well with large consulting and IT services peers. Multiple national medical plan options plus dental and vision are positioned as a core strength of the overall package.
  • Retirement Support Retirement support is positioned as a standout feature through a 401(k) dollar-for-dollar match up to a set percentage after eligibility. The package is reinforced by additional financial programs such as savings tools and related resources.
  • Parental & Family Support Parental and caregiving supports are presented as a meaningful benefit differentiator through substantial paid parental leave and multiple caregiver-oriented programs. Backup care and fertility/adoption/surrogacy navigation and reimbursements add breadth to family support beyond leave alone.

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456,553 Employees
Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 500,000+ people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

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