Informatica CDGC Migration Lead / Architect

Cognizant; Hyderabad, Pune District, Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant seeks an experienced CDGC Migration Lead/Architect to drive end-to-end migration to Informatica CDGC on IDMC. You will define architecture, migration strategy, and governance workflows while overseeing metadata management, data lineage, and catalogs across enterprise platforms.

The role requires hands-on CDGC/EDC/Axon experience, strong RBAC and security design, and leadership to mentor governance engineers. Deep integration with cloud ecosystems and data platforms will be essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Governance, Metadata Management, or Data Management.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with Informatica CDGC, EDC, and/or Axon Data Governance.
• Strong architecture, security, and RBAC design experience.
• Experience configuring metadata scanners and connectors across databases, cloud platforms, BI tools, and file systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead CDGC architecture, implementation, and migration initiatives.
• Design target-state data governance and metadata catalog architecture.
• Configure catalog resources, metadata scanners, lineage, and governance workflows.
• Implement Dev, Test, and Production environments with appropriate security and access controls.
• Deploy and manage MetaDex Advanced Scanners and metadata connectors.
• Build business glossaries, data domains, governance policies, and stewardship workflows.
• Establish enterprise technical and business data lineage.
• Assess and migrate metadata assets from EDC, Axon, or third-party catalogs to CDGC.
• Define validation and reconciliation processes for migration accuracy.
• Develop architecture documents, migration runbooks, and operational playbooks.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor governance engineers and analysts.
• Integrate CDGC with IDMC services and external platforms like Databricks, Snowflake.

Skills

Data governance

Metadata management

Data lineage

RBAC design

Governance programs

Stakeholder management

Tools

Informatica CDGC

Informatica EDC

Informatica Axon

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

CDGC Migration Lead / Architect

Role Summary

Seeking an experienced informatica CDGC (Cloud Data Governance and Catalog) Migration Lead / Architect to lead the end-to-end implementation and migration to Informatica Cloud Data Governance and Catalog (CDGC) on the IDMC platform. The role is responsible for defining architecture, migration strategy, metadata management, data lineage, governance workflows, and enterprise-wide catalog adoption.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead CDGC architecture, implementation, and migration initiatives.
• Design target-state data governance and metadata catalog architecture.
• Configure catalog resources, metadata scanners, lineage, and governance workflows.
• Implement Dev, Test, and Production environments with appropriate security and access controls.
• Deploy and manage MetaDex Advanced Scanners and metadata connectors.
• Build business glossaries, data domains, governance policies, and stewardship workflows.
• Establish enterprise technical and business data lineage.
• Assess and migrate metadata assets from EDC, Axon, or third-party catalog platforms to CDGC.
• Define validation and reconciliation processes to ensure migration accuracy.
• Develop architecture documents, migration runbooks, and operational playbooks.
• Provide technical leadership and mentor governance engineers and analysts.
• Integrate CDGC with IDMC services and external platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and cloud ecosystems.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Data Governance, Metadata Management, or Data Management.
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with Informatica CDGC, EDC, and/or Axon Data Governance.
• Strong knowledge of:
• Data Governance Frameworks
• Business Glossaries
• Data Stewardship
• Data Lineage
• Data Quality
• Metadata Management
• Experience configuring metadata scanners and connectors across databases, cloud platforms, BI tools, and file systems.
• Strong architecture, security, and role-based access control (RBAC) design experience.
• Proven experience leading governance/catalog implementation or migration programs.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and documentation skills.

Preferred Skills

• CDGC Modernization Utility experience.
• MetaDex Advanced Scanner implementation experience.
• Integration experience with Databricks Unity Catalog, Snowflake, AWS Glue, Microsoft Purview, or similar platforms.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and SOX.
• Informatica certifications (CDGC, EDC, Axon, IDMC).
• Experience with Cloud Data Quality (CDQ) and Cloud Data Integration (CDI).
• Exposure to Collibra, Alation, or Microsoft Purview migrations.

Ideal Candidate Profile

An architect-level professional with strong Informatica governance and catalog expertise, hands‑on migration experience from Axon/EDC to CDGC, deep understanding of metadata and lineage frameworks, and a proven ability to lead large-scale enterprise governance transformations.