Nimish Jain
Pune
Summary
Data Governance & Data Quality professional with ~7 years of experience designing metadata-driven DQ frameworks, establishing trusted data processes, and improving regulatory reporting outcomes. Skilled in data quality controls, data lifecycle management, metadata modeling, ownership alignment, and cloud-native governance using Snowflake and Python. Experienced in collaborating with business stakeholders, translating operational requirements into governance rules, and uplifting governance maturity through standardized processes and measurable trust metrics. Domain exposure includes Finance and Healthcare, with strong conceptual understanding of Supply Chain & Logistics data.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Associate - Data
Western Union
Pune
07.2023 - Current
- Designed and implemented a metadata-driven Data Quality framework in Snowpark, standardizing rule execution, traceability, and validation across domains while reducing remediation timelines.
- Built DQ controls and monitoring to improve accuracy, consistency, and completeness of operational and regulatory datasets, increasing downstream data trust.
- Delivered an end-to-end address enrichment solution using Claude LLM to normalize and correct address fields by defining DQ rules, orchestrating CDC pipelines in Talend, and designing enriched data storage and backfill strategy.
- Collaborated with business and compliance stakeholders to translate requirements into governance controls, validation logic, and measurable trust metrics supporting reporting processes.
- Partnered with domain SMEs to identify Critical Data Elements (CDEs) and establish ownership and stewardship accountability models.
- Developed DQ dashboards and scorecards to provide leadership visibility into rule performance, exception trends, and remediation outcomes.
- Mentored junior engineers on governance concepts, rule design, metadata usage, and cloud-native DQ implementation practices.
Senior Software Engineer
CitiusTech
Pune
04.2022 - 07.2023
- Supported data scientists by providing high-quality, properly profiled datasets and validation routines for model experimentation.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements, define data validation logic, and support standardized data provisioning.
- Built Python-based services and workflows with versioning, CI/CD, and controlled execution environments.
Business Technology Solution Associate
ZS Associates
Pune
05.2021 - 03.2022
- Designed and delivered data workflows and reports supporting business decision-making.
- Worked with Power BI teams to remediate data trust issues through better validation and profiling.
- Reviewed teammate deliverables to ensure standardization and quality.
Assistant System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
Bangalore
06.2019 - 05.2021
- Supported ETL workflows, automation processes, and backend data pipelines ensuring correct data availability for downstream teams.
- Implement Data Validations within Data Pipeline as a part of Proactive DQ implementation
Education
B.E - Computer Science & Engineering
Walchand Institute of Technology
Solapur05-2019
Skills
Data Governance & Management:
Data Governance Frameworks, Data Ownership & Stewardship, Data Cataloging, Data Policies & Standards, Data Privacy & Compliance, Data Lineage, Master & Reference Data Quality, Governance Metrics & Scorecards
Data Quality & Engineering:
Data Profiling, Rule Frameworks, Anomaly Detection, Data Validation, DQ Controls, Exception Management, Remediation Processes, Root Cause Analysis
Cloud & Tools:
Snowflake, Snowpark, AWS (IAM, S3, EC2), SQL, Python, Talend, GitHub, SAP HANA, Databricks (basic), Power BI
Processes & Leadership:
Requirement Gathering, Business Alignment, Stakeholder Collaboration, Mentoring, Documentation, CI/CD, SDLC
Certification
Snow-Pro Associate — Snowflake Platform
Timeline
Senior Associate - Data
Western Union
07.2023 - Current
Senior Software Engineer
CitiusTech
04.2022 - 07.2023
Business Technology Solution Associate
ZS Associates
05.2021 - 03.2022
Assistant System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
06.2019 - 05.2021
B.E - Computer Science & Engineering
Walchand Institute of Technology