Sinclair Inc. · 21 hours ago
MDM and Data Quality Engineer
Hunt Valley, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$105K/yr - $140K/yr
5+ years expSinclair, Inc. is a diversified media company seeking a Data Quality and Master Data Management Engineer to join their Enterprise Data and Insights Team. This role focuses on designing and maintaining MDM and DQ solutions to ensure data accuracy and governance across the company’s systems, collaborating closely with data governance teams and optimizing data quality processes.
Broadcast Media
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own, maintain, and expand the ED&I-built Data Quality Foundation, including Snowflake objects, SQL logic, metadata layers, and reporting structures
Translate data governance policies, quality standards, and field-level requirements into technical data quality rules (completeness, uniqueness, conformity, referential integrity, validity, timeliness, etc.)
Build, maintain, and support scalable pipelines that detect, measure, and store data quality results across multiple domains (starting with Oracle B2B Customer, expanding to Vendor, Employee, Product, and more)
Implement automated frameworks that surface issues in real-time or near real-time
Analyze and map source system attributes (Oracle Fusion, CDM, legacy systems, CRM, ERP, broadcast systems, etc.) to the Golden Record structure managed by ED&I/EDG
Create and manage transformation logic to standardize, harmonize, and prepare data for MDM use cases
Collaborate with business stewards and EDG domain leaders to refine golden record attributes, survivorship rules, and lineage
Maintain and enhance the Data Quality Dashboard delivered through Cognos Analytics and SSRS—including schema changes, measure expansion, usability improvements, and new rule integrations
Ensure dashboards reflect clear, executive-ready views of data quality trends, issue volume, domain health, and field-level KPIs
Manage end-to-end exception reporting, including daily/weekly files sent to operational teams for triage and remediation
Partner with the Enterprise Data Governance Office to understand domain priorities, evolving standards, and new data policies
Translate governance requirements into actionable technical specifications and automated controls
Act as a trusted technical advisor to Data Stewards, Data Owners, and Data Council representatives
Participate in stewardship working groups and provide technical insight on data quality feasibility, root cause analysis, and upstream/downstream impacts
Monitor performance of Snowflake workloads, optimize SQL logic, and ensure cost-effective data quality processing
Maintain documentation of rules, mappings, logic, lineage, and dashboard changes
Identify opportunities to embed preventative data quality controls upstream (application, integration, API, or ETL level)
Support ED&I engineering teams in pipeline improvements, schema changes, and data onboarding initiatives
Qualification
Required
5 or more years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Quality, or Master Data Management roles
Strong hands-on experience implementing and managing MDM and DQ frameworks (commercial or open source)
Advanced proficiency with Snowflake, including schema design, SQL optimization, and ELT orchestration
Strong programming skills in SQL and Python for data validation, profiling, and automation
Experience building reporting or dashboard layers (Cognos Analytics, SSRS, Power BI, Tableau, or similar)
Familiarity with MDM concepts such as golden record design, survivorship, match/merge logic, and hierarchy management
Understanding of data quality dimensions, measurement techniques, score carding, and exception management
Experience with metadata-driven design, rule frameworks, and repeatable automation patterns
Deep understanding of data governance principles, including metadata, reference data, and stewardship processes
Proven experience integrating data management solutions with ERP, CRM, and analytics platforms
Familiarity with AI/ML-based approaches to improve data quality and anomaly detection
Experience with AWS or Azure data services and modern CI/CD practices for data pipeline deployment
Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to operate effectively in complex data ecosystems
Benefits
Participation in a retirement plan
Life and disability insurance
Health, dental and vision plans
Flexible spending accounts
15 paid vacation days
2 paid personal days
9 paid holidays
40 hours of paid sick leave
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Company
Sinclair Inc.
Sinclair, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Del Parks
SVP and CTO
Arthur Hasson
COO Programming
Recent News
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