⚠️ Before you apply — please read the requirements carefully. This is a specialist role, not a general data analyst or data engineer position. Applications that do not meet the non-negotiable requirements below will not be shortlisted.
ABOUT CELESTINFO
Celestinfo Software Solutions is a Visakhapatnam-headquartered enterprise data and AI consulting firm with 11+ years of enterprise technology experience. We are a Snowflake Services Partner with active engagements across the US, Middle East, and Asia, serving financial services, sovereign investment, and large enterprise clients.
THE OPPORTUNITY
We are hiring a Data Governance Expert for a multi-year enterprise data program at our UAE-based sovereign wealth investment client in Abu Dhabi. You will be deployed onsite at the client site, embedded in their Data & AI organisation, reporting to the client's Data Governance Lead. Your daily stakeholders are domain stewards from HR, Finance, Procurement, and Digital.
The client's data platform is built on Microsoft Fabric. Microsoft Purview is the central governance instrument you will own on a day-to-day basis.
NON-NEGOTIABLE REQUIREMENTS — please do not apply if you do not meet ALL of these
Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in Data Governance, Data Management, or Information Management in a business-facing capacity. Pure data engineering, BI, or analyst backgrounds without governance ownership do not qualify.
Hands-on production experience with Microsoft Purview OR Collibra OR Alation. Theoretical knowledge, tutorials, or certifications alone do not qualify — you must have configured, operated, and maintained one of these tools in a live enterprise environment.
Demonstrable experience building and maintaining an enterprise Business Glossary — not just using one, but driving the definition, approval, and adoption process with business stewards.
Hands-on experience with Data Classification and PII Tagging at enterprise scale, and working knowledge of at least one major privacy regulation (UAE PDPL, GDPR, DPDP Act, CCPA, or equivalent).
Proven experience facilitating working sessions with non-technical business stakeholders — you can run a Finance or HR steward workshop unsupervised and produce clear actions.
Willingness and ability to relocate to Abu Dhabi, UAE on a long-term onsite assignment (minimum 18–24 months). Valid passport with 12+ months of residual validity. No UAE visa blacklist history.
Immediate availability to begin visa processing. Current notice period of 30 days or less strongly preferred.
WHAT YOU'LL OWN
Operational delivery of the client's Enterprise Data Governance Program using Microsoft Purview and OneLake Catalog
Building and maintaining the enterprise business glossary across HR, Finance, Procurement, and Digital domains
Facilitating working sessions on profiling review, glossary updates, PII tagging, and data/document classification
Embedding governance policies aligned to UAE PDPL and GDPR
Supporting domain stewards with data cleansing, duplicate identification, and access governance
Producing the monthly DG Council pack — KPIs, glossary coverage, tagging progress, classification status
Documenting every process and producing a clean handover pack
NICE TO HAVE (not mandatory, but a meaningful advantage)
Microsoft Purview certification
DAMA-CDMP or Collibra Ranger / Steward certifications
Exposure to Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse and OneLake Catalog architectures
Prior experience with BFSI, sovereign wealth, or government clients
WHAT WE OFFER
Onsite deployment in Abu Dhabi with one of the region's most respected institutional clients
Full UAE visa sponsorship and relocation support
Competitive CTC: 24LPA+
Annual performance bonus
Long-term career runway within Celestinfo's growing Middle East data practice
EMPLOYMENT & TIMELINE
Full-time with Celestinfo Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd., deployed onsite at the client site in Abu Dhabi. Visa processing begins immediately on offer acceptance — realistic onsite start is 4–8 weeks from offer.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply via LinkedIn or send your CV to digitalservices@celestinfo.com with subject "DG Expert — Abu Dhabi". Please include: current CTC, expected CTC, notice period, passport validity, and any prior UAE work history.
Data Governance
Hands-on production experience with Microsoft Purview OR Collibra OR Alation
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