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The Data Librarian - Enterprise Data & Analytics is responsible for making institutional data discoverable, understandable, traceable, and trustworthy by managing the enterprise data catalog, business glossary, data dictionary, metadata, taxonomy, lineage, stewardship information, and certification evidence. This position operationalizes Microsoft Purview and related governance processes to connect business concepts and definitions with the systems, datasets, data products, and analytical assets that represent them.
The Data Librarian works closely with data owners, domain stewards, engineers, analysts, security teams, and business stakeholders to establish authoritative definitions, ownership, provenance, classifications, access expectations, and data-quality context for governed data products. The position supports KPI and metric governance, coordinates metadata and catalog onboarding for new data products, and establishes repeatable governance practices that enable users to confidently discover, understand, and use enterprise data appropriately.
This role will work a hybrid schedule with at least two days a week at our University Center Tower. This position is full-time and eligible for all UTHealth Houston benefits. What we do here changes the world.
UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in. Once you join us, you won't want to leave.
It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus: 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year) The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service) Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan! We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us.
We offer work/life services such as... Free financial and legal counseling Free mental health counseling services Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc. Resources for child and elder care Plus many more!
Position Key Accountabilities: Administer and curate the enterprise data dictionary, business glossary, metadata standards, taxonomy, ownership/stewardship assignments, and certification status. Operationalize Microsoft Purview cataloging, classification, lineage, glossary and metadata workflows in partnership with security and engineering. Coordinate domain data stewards and product owners to establish definitions, provenance, authoritative sources, sensitivity classifications, retention context, and access expectations.
Maintain governance evidence for certified data products, including lineage, ownership, definitions, data-quality expectations and publication criteria. Support KPI/metric governance by documenting approved definitions, calculation context, grain, owners, source references and change history. Design and run metadata/catalog onboarding procedures so each new data product enters the platform with required governance artifacts.
Additional functions include data analysis, data quality monitoring and reporting. Performs other duties as assigned. Minimum
At least a Bachelor's Degree in information science, library/information science, or a related field is required. Master's Degree in Library Science and Information Science is preferred. Minimum
3 years in a related field dealing with data is required. We strongly prefer candidates who have worked with Purview and OneLake. Physical
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects. Security Sensitive: This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position.
Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C. F.
R. §791.4. Residency Requirement: Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
Day shift
About the role
The Data Librarian - Enterprise Data & Analytics is responsible for making institutional data discoverable, understandable, traceable, and trustworthy by managing the enterprise data catalog, business glossary, data dictionary, metadata, taxonomy, lineage, stewardship information, and certification evidence.