Job Description
Position: Data Governance Specialist (Alation Expert), Remote
Department: Information Technology | Role: Full-time | Experience: 5 to 10 Years | Number of Positions: 1 | Location: Remote
Skillset:
Data Governance Alation, Enterprise Metrics Catalog, Metadata, Data Governance Framework, Excellent English communication skills
Job Description:
About the Role:
The consultant will work closely with the Director of Data Governance to operationalize strategy, ensuring critical business metrics are well-defined, accessible, and aligned with governance standards. The role will also support data quality initiatives and manage sensitive PII data in compliance with policy.
Key Responsibilities:
• Partner with the Director of Data Governance to deliver practical Alation implementation plans.
• Lead hands-on configuration, server administration, and maintenance of Alation.
• Build and maintain an enterprise metrics catalog within Alation.
• Define and enforce data governance policies, standards, and workflows.
• Support data discovery, lineage, and stewardship processes.
• Ensure appropriate cataloging and governance of PII data.
• Support data quality initiatives, including defining rules and facilitating resolution.
• Maintain high-quality, complete metadata in the catalog.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on Alation best practices.
Required Qualifications:
• 6 to 8 years in data governance, metadata management, or data management roles.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience implementing, configuring, and administering Alation at scale.
• Proven experience building and maintaining a metrics catalog.
• Knowledge of PII data governance and data quality management.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks (e.g. DAMA-DMBOK).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Additional Information:
• Location: Remote for first year and the might extend to remote or WFO in Hyderabad
• Work timing: Pacific Time i.e., 8:30 PM IST to 5:30 AM IST
• Additional Nightnshift allowance will be paid
• Role: Client facing and since it involves communication with executive members, so English communication needs to be excellent
Required Qualification:
Bachelor of Engineering - Bachelor of Technology (B.E./B.Tech.)- IT, CS, E&CE, MCA
With a fast-growing analytics, business intelligence, and IT automation company
