Configuration and Master Data Governance Lead

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Job Summary:

The Configuration Analyst is responsible for governing, maintaining, and controlling configuration and master data across the global manufacturing systems platform. This role ensures that base configurations, global standards, and site-specific configurations are accurately defined, maintained, and promoted across environments in a controlled and compliant manner.

The position plays a critical role in ensuring data consistency, traceability, and system integrity by managing configuration models, overseeing data changes, and establishing governance practices. This role will help establish modern configuration management practices that enable configuration assets to be version-controlled, validated, promoted, and governed through standardized delivery and change management practices. The role collaborates closely with DevOps and development teams to support deployments while maintaining strict control over configuration and master data within a highly regulated environment.

• Own and manage configuration and master data governance across all manufacturing execution environments
• Define and support modern, enterprise-wide configuration management practices, ensuring configuration assets are managed, version-controlled, traceable, auditable, and deployable through standardized processes
• Ensure all configuration and master data changes are documented, reviewed, approved, traceable, and auditable in accordance with governance and regulatory requirements
• Develop and maintain data templates, configuration templates, and data load files, ensuring proper formatting and data quality 
• Support data quality and readiness activities, including profiling, cleansing, transformation, and exception analysis, enabling business data owners to review and approve data changes
• Execute and support data migration and ETL processes, including extraction from legacy systems, transformation, reconciliation, quality checks, and loading into target platforms 
• Query and validate data using SQL, ensuring alignment between database structures and application requirements 
• Partner with DevOps and technical teams to support environment promotion, deployment readiness, and configuration alignment through automated and standardized deployment processes
• Maintain documentation for configuration structures, data models, and governance processes
• Support system testing efforts (SIT, UAT) by preparing and maintaining consistent, reliable datasets for business testing and verification
• Monitor and resolve data and configuration issues, performing root cause analysis and implementing corrective actions 
• Provide guidance, training, and support to teams on configuration standards, data management practices, and template usage

Travel: 

• Occasional travel (approximately 5–10%) to support system implementations and go-live activities at manufacturing sites

Experience:

• 3–5 years of experience in configuration management, master data management, data analysis, business systems analysis or similar roles 
• Experience managing data and configuration across multiple system environments 
• Experience implementing version-controlled configuration management practices within MES, ERP, PLM, or other enterprise platforms
• Experience collaborating with DevOps teams to automate configuration deployment, validation, and promotion activities
• Hands-on experience with data migration and ETL processes, working with SQL databases and validating data structures
• Experience supporting system implementations, testing (SIT/UAT), or enterprise application deployments 
• Experience working in regulated environments with structured change control processes

Preferred:

• Experience with MES systems or manufacturing applications
• Experience collaborating with DevOps or deployment teams
• Experience establishing data governance frameworks or standards, version-controlled deployments, Infrastructure as Code, or similar governance frameworks
• Experience using Azure DevOps, Git, or similar platforms to manage configuration changes. 

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong knowledge of data governance principles, including data quality, consistency, and lifecycle management 
• Ability to design governance processes for configuration lifecycle management within regulated environments
• Understanding of how configuration, master data, and application deployments interact across multiple environments
• Strong understanding of configuration management concepts within enterprise applications, including version control, branching, change tracking, environment promotion, and configuration lifecycle governance
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps repositories, pull request workflows, and configuration promotion processes
• Proficiency in data manipulation and analysis tools, including advanced Excel (formulas, formatting, cleansing, transformation), and SQL and ability to query and validate relational databases 
• Knowledge of ETL processes, including data extraction, transformation, validation, and loading 
• Ability to create, manage, and standardize data and configuration templates 
• Strong attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy and integrity 
• Ability to manage and track changes with strong traceability and auditability 
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and business teams

Work Environment:

• Primarily office work involving prolonged periods working at a computer 
• Occasional travel to manufacturing facilities for system support and deployment activities 
• When on-site, may be required to enter production environments and follow safety protocols, including use of personal protective equipment (PPE) 
• Exposure to manufacturing conditions such as noise, controlled production areas, or varying temperatures 
• Must comply with all site-specific safety, quality, and regulatory requirements

For U.S. locations that require disclosure of compensation, the starting base pay for this role is between $96,101 and $128,135 per year and may include cost of living adjustments.  The actual base pay includes many factors and is subject to change and modification in the future.  This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation and benefits.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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