Murphy Oil Corporation · 5 hours ago
Sr. Data Governance Analyst
Houston, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expMurphy Oil Corporation is committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds of its employees to foster a productive workforce. The Sr Data Governance Analyst will collaborate with the Enterprise Data Lead to implement data governance initiatives, ensuring alignment with the enterprise data strategy and driving company-wide adoption through training and communication efforts.
Enterprise SoftwareOil and Gas
Responsibilities
Define and drive the enterprise data governance strategy aligned to business and regulatory requirements
Establish and mature the data governance operating model, including data ownership, stewardship, domain governance, and federated data model practices across business units and master data domains
Lead governance councils, decision‑making processes, issue escalation paths, and cross‑functional workshops to align on key entities, domain hierarchies, downstream dependencies, and master data definitions
Develop, maintain, and enforce data governance policies, standards, and best practices
Champion data quality, metadata management, lineage transparency, and consistent master/reference data definitions across priority domains
Embed governance into master data, data products, pipelines, and lifecycle processes
Partner with data owners and stewards to define critical data elements, quality rules, approval workflows, and domain‑level governance artifacts
Identify, onboard, and enable business data owners and stewards while driving accountability for stewardship, approvals, and remediation
Facilitate workshops to define glossary terms, critical data elements, and data quality rules
Drive cultural adoption of governance through communication, training, documentation, and change management activities
Connect business enablement teams with technical platform teams to ensure governance objectives align with technical execution
Establish governance standards for data products and medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold), including certification criteria, quality thresholds, SLAs, change control, and approval workflows
Collaborate with Enterprise Data Lead to align governance initiatives with the enterprise data and analytics roadmap
Serve as the primary administrator for Microsoft Purview (catalog, lineage, scans, RBAC, glossary, classifications, sensitivity labels) and Profisee MDM (domains, hierarchies, attributes, reference datasets)
Configure, support, troubleshoot, and enhance data governance tools within a build–run–enhance model while maintaining platform stability and user adoption
Translate governance strategy into technical execution across Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Purview, and Profisee MDM
Manage Purview scans, onboard new Azure/Databricks data sources, and maintain healthy catalog operations
Validate and maintain end‑to‑end data lineage across Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse/Fabric pipelines
Configure and enforce RBAC, access policies, and domain‑based collection structures
Define and optimize match/merge rules and survivorship logic in Profisee MDM to maintain accurate golden records
Manage MDM load jobs, stewardship workflows, exceptions, and data publishing into Azure/Databricks
Support business stewards with remediation tasks, approvals, and ongoing operational needs
Troubleshoot data quality issues, workflow failures, and integration gaps across the MDM ecosystem
Integrate golden records into analytics, reporting, and downstream systems
Align Purview metadata, glossary, lineage, and catalog content with platform assets, pipelines, and domain models
Ensure metadata quality, naming conventions, steward assignments, and compliance across systems
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in IT, Information Systems, MIS or other STEM degree
Minimum 10 years' experience in data governance, data management, or data platform roles
Hands-on Microsoft Purview administration experience (catalog, lineage, scans, RBAC, glossary)
Hands-on Profisee MDM administration and domain management experience
Strong technical understanding of Azure data platform architecture and Databricks lakehouse environment
Experience integrating MDM outputs and Purview metadata with Azure data ecosystems
Experience with medallion (Bronze/Silver/Gold) architecture and defining governance standards for layered data pipelines
Knowledge of metadata management frameworks, data quality practices, and master data domain management (survivorship rules, golden records)
Experience creating or driving a data governance roadmap and aligning initiatives with enterprise data strategy
Knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements relevant to upstream oil and gas operations
Proven ability to collaborate with business teams for data ownership, stewardship, and accountability
Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills
Preferred
Certified Data Management Professional certification
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional
Company
Murphy Oil Corporation
Murphy Oil Corporation is a International Oil and Gas Leader.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Murphy Oil Corporation has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.1B2026-01-08Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2024-09-19Post Ipo Debt· $600M
1961-01-01IPO
Leadership Team
Eric Hambly
President and Chief Executive Officer
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