Title: IS Technical Specialist: IV (Lead) (Data Catalog Administrator)
Location: Onsite @ Easton Columbus Ohio Hybrid
Duration: Contract till End of the year
We are seeking a skilled Data Catalog Administrator with Experiences in tools such as Alation or Atlan to manage and optimized our enterprise data catalog platform. The Iean candidate will be responsible for ensuring metadata management data discovery governance and data lineage within the organization. This role will collaborate with data stewards analysts engineers and business teams to enhance data accessibility and governance across the enterprise.
Key Responsibilities:
Data Catalog Management:
Administer configure and maintain the Data Catalog platform.
Ensure seamless integration with various data sources (databases data lakes bi tools applications etc.
Monitor system performance trouble issues and optimize configurations.
Metadata Management & Data Governance:
Oversee metadata ingestion curation and classification to enhance data discovery.
Work with data stewards and governance teams to enforce data standards policies and lineage tracking.
Define and implement rolebased access control (RBC) and data security policies
Collaborate & Training:
Partner with business and technical teams to promote data literacy and catalog adoption.
Conduct training and onboarding sessions for users on how to effectively use the platform
Maintain documentation and best practices for metadata management and catalog utilization.
Continuous Improvement:
Evaluate new features and enhancements in the Data Catalog and recommend improvements.
Automate catalogrelated tasks where possible using APIs and Scripting.
Stay updated on industry trends and best practices in data governance and cataloging.
Required:
5 years of experiences administering Alation or Atlan (or similar data catalog platforms).
Strong understanding of metadata management data governance and data lineage
Experience working with SQL and related databases (e.g. Snowflake BigQuery SQL Server etc.
Familiarity with data governance frameworks and compliance standards (GDPR CCPA etc).
Ability to troubleshoot integration and performance issues within the data catalog platform.
Preferred:
Experience working with ETL tools APIs and Scription languages (Python SQL etc).
Knowledge of data lake and cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP).
Handson experience with BI Tools like Tableau Power BI Looker etc.
Certifications in Alation Atlan or Data Governance framework are a plus.