Competencies: Data Engineering > Data Governance
Data Governance
Body of Knowledge
| Topic | Description | Relevance | Career Tracks |
|---|---|---|---|
Configuration Data Management |
Management of infrastructure configuration as data including attribute systems, version control, drift detection, and policy-based configuration governance. |
High |
Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps Engineer |
Data Lineage |
Tracking data flow, upstream/downstream dependencies, impact analysis |
High |
Data Engineer, Data Architect |
Data Catalogs |
Metadata management, data discovery, schema documentation, business glossaries |
High |
Data Engineer, Data Architect |
Data Quality Governance |
Quality metrics, SLAs, data profiling, quality monitoring, remediation |
High |
Data Engineer, Data Steward |
Data Privacy |
PII handling, data masking, anonymization, GDPR/CCPA compliance |
Critical |
Data Engineer, Security Engineer |
Access Control |
Row-level security, column-level security, data classification, access policies |
Critical |
Data Engineer, Security Engineer |
Master Data Management |
Golden records, deduplication, entity resolution, MDM platforms |
Medium |
Data Engineer, Data Architect |
Data Retention |
Retention policies, legal holds, data disposal, compliance automation |
High |
Data Engineer, Security Engineer |
Metadata Management |
Technical metadata, business metadata, operational metadata, metadata stores |
High |
Data Engineer, Data Architect |
Personal Status
| Topic | Level | Evidence | Active Projects | Gaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Configuration Data Management |
Advanced |
127 Antora attributes, VyOS config versioning, Vault policy management, ISE policy export/import; configuration drift detection concepts |
No CMDB, no configuration management databases, no automated drift detection |