Metadata & Documentation Specialist

Location
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Remote but with an expectation to attend our Cardiff office every 4-6 weeks.

The Data Enablement Services Department comprises key teams, including Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Quality Management, Customer Master (MDM), and Records Management.

The Metadata team is responsible for the creation, maintenance, and governance of critical metadata across the enterprise. The team support many teams and capabilities across the business, helping us make healthier choices for Data by better understanding and proactively managing the integrity of our Enterprise Data Landscape.

The Metadata and Documentation Specialist is an important role within the Data Enablement Services function. The successful individual will build and develop technical skills in several key areas enabling data management technologies, delivering new metadata management services and features and developing a view of our critical data landscape.

You will capture, refine and document operational procedures, systems documentation and metadata to help build greater understanding of Admiral’s data and data systems. You will support the creation and curation of the business glossary and Enterprise Data Catalog, supporting the development and maintenance of an end-to-end data lifecycle management approach for our business domains and critical data assets.

• As a team, take responsibility for capturing and maintaining a governance and architectural view of our continually evolving Data Landscape.
• Plan, develop, deliver, and operational data documentation and data cataloguing.
• Work with the Data Governance Business Partners and Data Governance Specialists to develop training content for the embedding of the Data Catalog.
• Work with Data Governance Specialists to ensure collection, collation, enhancement, and augmentation of metadata within their data domain.
• Write explanatory and procedural guides for multiple audiences.
• Consult with Stakeholders to assist in implementing updates to data documentation and data cataloguing – build and enrich data lineage
• Work to develop procedures, policies, standards and other strategic documents that support our metadata management objectives.
• Create, manage and maintain the Conceptual and logical Data Models, Data Catalogues, Data Dictionaries, Business Glossaries, and other repositories of data system documentation.
• Work with the Data Quality team to identify critical data flows and control points.
• Develop and maintain key stakeholder relationships across EUI.

This is not a full definition of the role but covers the main aspects and drivers for success.

• Possess the ability to make effective and informed decisions.
• Keep up to date with the latest legislation and regulations that apply to the department.
• Demonstrate an ability to seize opportunities without waiting for an event or having to be told.
• Quickly understand the business issues and challenges of the business.
• The ability to develop clear, efficient, and logical approaches to work.
• The ability to tackle issues and problems in a logical, step-by-step way.
• The ability to understand the needs and priorities of customers (inside and outside the organisation) and the desire to meet their expectations.
• Ensure that all communication is clear and appropriate for its intended audience.

• Strong attention to detail.
• Pragmatic and practical, with ability to tailor methods, principles and standards to appropriate situations and audiences.
• Excellent communication, for example conveying information to diverse audiences in a way that is easily understood and actionable.
• Hands on experience and knowledge of Enterprise Data Catalogs & data modelling tools such as Sparx, Collibra, & Google Cloud Data Catalog.
• Knowledge of data discovery technology such as BigID.
• Proficiency with Microsoft SharePoint, Atlassian Confluence and other documentation applications.
• Relationship management, for example creating relationships and quickly building trust with internal and external stakeholders.
• Working on own initiative, with the ability to introduce fresh thinking to the role and the wider Data Enablement…