Hybrid Collibra Integration Engineer – Banking Data Governance

GCS Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking an experienced Collibra Integration Engineer for a 6-month banking contract, hybrid in Canary Wharf. The role focuses on administering the Collibra platform and managing integrations to ensure operational stability.

You will collaborate with Dev, IT Infra and data teams across EMEA to onboard data sources, validate connectivity and resolve incidents promptly.

Qualifications

• Experience administering and maintaining the Collibra platform in an IT engineering context.
• Ability to configure and manage Collibra integrations (DIP/CDQ, EDGE, Lineage Harvester).
• Experience coordinating with Application, ETL and DBA teams and resolving incidents.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Collibra across EMEA environments.
• Configure, schedule and manage integrations using DIP/CDQ, EDGE, and Lineage Harvester.
• Validate connectivity and onboarding for new data sources with application/ETL/DBA teams.
• Investigate incidents and collaborate with infrastructure to address root causes.
• Ensure configuration consistency across DEV/QA/PROD with runbooks and SOPs.
• Provide regular updates on status, risks and issues to Development Managers.
• Support stability by monitoring ingestion pipelines and performance.
• Maintain technical docs, onboarding guides and troubleshooting logs.
• Assist with access control operations ensuring least-privilege and audit-readiness.
• Participate in testing for new features and patches with vendor and IT teams.

Job description

Collibra Integration Engineer Role - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 6 month Contract - Banking

Tier 1 Bank - Regulatory Reporting Team

Role - Collibra Integration Engineer

Duration - 6 months with very likely extension

Location - Hybrid / Canary Wharf - 3 days per week in a Canary Wharf office

Rate - £430 per day (inside IR35)

Tasks

• Administer and maintain the Collibra platform from an IT engineering perspective, including configuration, health monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance management across EMEA environments.
• Configure, schedule, and manage integrations using DIP/CDQ, EDGE, and Lineage Harvester, ensuring consistent ingestion of metadata, schemas, and lineage from multiple data sources.
• Perform connectivity and prerequisite validation with Application teams, ETL teams, and DBAs, including driver installation, credential management, network/firewall requirements and technical onboarding for new data sources.
• Investigate and resolve incidents related to Collibra integrations, lineage ingestion, and platform availability; collaborate with infrastructure teams to address root causes and prevent reoccurrence.
• Ensure configuration consistency across environments (DEV/QA/PROD), maintaining runbooks, documentation, and standard operating procedures.
• Provide regular, clear updates on operational status, risks, and issues to Development Managers and stakeholders.

Additional Tasks

• Support EMEA-wide Collibra platform stability by monitoring ingestion pipelines, schema drift, job failures, and performance degradation, ensuring reliable metadata and lineage availability
• Maintain technical documentation, including integration configurations, onboarding guides, troubleshooting logs and operational checklists
• Assist with access control operations, ensuring proper provisioning, least-privilege consistency, and audit-readiness for regulatory requirements
• Participate in technical testing for new features, patches, and platform improvements, raising risks or gaps early in collaboration with vendor support and internal IT teams.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.