Analyst, Data Sourcing – Metadata

Job Description:

Role Title: Analyst, Data Sourcing – Metadata (L08)

Company Overview : Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry's most complete digitally enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoors, pet and more.

• We have recently been ranked #2 among India's Best Companies to Work for by Great Place to Work. We were among the Top 50 India's Best Workplaces in Building a Culture of Innovation by All by GPTW and Top 25 among Best Workplaces in BFSI by GPTW. We have also been recognized by AmbitionBox Employee Choice Awards among the Top 20 Mid-Sized Companies, ranked #3 among Top Rated Companies for Women, and Top-Rated Financial Services Companies.

• Synchrony celebrates ~52% women talent.

• We offer Flexibility and Choice for all employees and provide best-in-class employee benefits and programs that cater to work-life integration and overall well-being.

• We provide career advancement and upskilling opportunities, focusing on Advancing Diverse Talent to take up leadership roles

Organizational Overview:

Our Analytics organization comprises of data analysts who focus on enabling strategies to enhance customer and partner experience and optimize business performance through data management and development of full stack descriptive to prescriptive analytics solutions using cutting edge technologies thereby enabling business growth.

Role Summary/Purpose: 

The Analyst, Data Sourcing - Metadata (Individual Contributor) role is located in the India Analytics Hub (IAH) as part of Synchrony's enterprise Data Office. This role is responsible for supporting metadata management processes within Synchrony's Public and Private cloud and on-prem environments within the Chief Data Office. This role focuses on assisting with metadata harvesting, maintaining data dictionaries, and supporting the tracking of data lineage. The analyst will collaborate closely with senior team members to ensure access to accurate, well-governed metadata for analytics and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement and maintain metadata management processes across Synchrony's Public and Private cloud and on-prem environments, ensuring accurate integration with technical and business Metadata catalogs.

• Work with the Data Architecture and Data Usage teams to track data lineage, traceability, and compliance, identifying and escalating metadata-related issues.

• Document technical specifications, support solution design, participate in agile development, and release cycles for metadata initiatives.

• Adhere to data management policies, track KPIs for Metadata effectiveness and assist in assessment of metadata risks to strengthen governance.

• Maintain stable operations, troubleshoot metadata and lineage issues, and contribute to continuous process improvements to improve data accessibility.

Required Skills & Knowledge:

• Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Engineering or Computer Science with more than 1 years' hands-on Data Management experience or in lieu of a degree with more than 3 years' experience.

• Minimum of 1 years' experience in data management, focusing on metadata management, data governance, or data lineage, with exposure to cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and on-premise infrastructure.

• Basic understanding of metadata management concepts, familiarity with data cataloging tools (e.g., AWS Glue Data Catalog, AbInitio, Collibra), basic proficiency in data lineage tracking tools (e.g., Apache Atlas, AbInitio, Collibra), and understanding of data integration technologies (e.g., ETL, APIs, data pipelines).

• Good communication and collaboration skills, strong analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities, ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks, and attention to detail.

Desired Skills & Knowledge:

• AWS certifications such as AWS Cloud practitioner, AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with hybrid cloud environments (combination of cloud and on-prem).

• Skilled in Ab Initio Metahub development and support including importers, extractors, Metadata Hub database extensions, technical lineage, QueryIT, Ab Initio graph development, Ab Initio Control center and Express IT

• Experience with harvesting technical lineage and producing lineage diagrams.

• Familiarity with Unix, Linux, Stonebranch, and familiarity with database platforms such as Oracle and Hive

• Basic knowledge of SQL and data query languages for managing and retrieving metadata.

• Understanding of data governance frameworks (e.g., EDMC DCAM, GDPR compliance).

• Familiarity with Collibra

Eligibility Criteria: Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Engineering or Computer Science with more than 1 years' hands-on Data Management experience or in lieu of a degree with more than 3 years' experience.

Work Timings: This role qualifies for Enhanced Flexibility and Choice offered in Synchrony India and will require the incumbent to be available between 06:00 AM Eastern Time – 11:30 AM Eastern Time (timings are anchored to US Eastern hours and will adjust twice a year locally). This window is for meetings with India and US teams. The remaining hours will be flexible for the employee to choose. Exceptions may apply periodically due to business needs. Please discuss this with the hiring manager for more details.

For Internal Applicants:

• Understand the criteria or mandatory skills required for the role, before applying

• Inform your manager and HRM before applying for any role on Workday

• Ensure that your professional profile is updated (fields such as education, prior experience, other skills) and it is mandatory to upload your updated resume (Word or PDF format)

• Must not be any corrective action plan (First Formal/Final Formal, LPP)

• L4 to L7 Employees who have completed 12 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.

• L8 Employees who have completed 18 months in the organization and 12 months in current role and level are only eligible.

• L04+ Employees can apply

Grade/Level: 08

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