We are hiring a hands-on Data Governance & Quality Expert to work on a project with an Abu Dhabi government entity. In this role, you'll identify, diagnose and fix data-quality issues across real estate systems and datasets, map data lineage, define quality rules and build a trusted data foundation for reporting, analytics and AI.
Key Responsibilities
• Map end-to-end data flows and identify source-of-truth systems for core real estate data domains (property, unit, owner, tenant, contract, transaction and more)
• Profile data using SQL and Python to find missing values, duplicates, invalid formats and inconsistencies
• Define data-quality rules, thresholds, validation logic and standard formats, and build business rules in Informatica and data factory layers (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
• Build data-quality dashboards, exception reports and issue trackers
• Identify root causes of data issues and work with business owners, data stewards, technology teams and vendors to fix them
• Support historical data cleansing, master data management and reference data definition
• Develop automated checks for anomalies, missing data and data-entry errors
• Assess whether priority datasets are complete, reliable and ready for analytics and AI use cases
Requirements
• 6–10+ years of experience in data governance, data quality, data engineering, data management or analytics engineering
• Hands-on experience profiling, cleansing, transforming and reconciling data across multiple systems
• Advanced SQL and Python
• Experience with Informatica, ETL/data pipelines, data warehouses and Power BI or similar tools
• Experience with data-quality frameworks, data dictionaries, business glossaries, metadata and lineage
• Experience in government, real estate, smart city, regulatory, financial services or public-sector data environments is preferred
• Knowledge of real estate data domains, AI-readiness and responsible AI, and government data-sharing and privacy requirements is an advantage
• Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Information Systems, Computer Science or IT Engineering; Master's degree preferred
Qualified UAE Nationals are strongly encouraged to apply. Exceptional candidates of all nationalities will also be considered.
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Type: Full-time
Experience: 6–10+ years
Package: AED 45,000 per month
