Data Catalog Platform Engineer – Enterprise Governance

Syren Technologies; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Syren Technologies seeks an Alation Platform Support Engineer to operate and maintain our enterprise data catalog and governance platform. You will ensure platform stability, troubleshoot data flows, and help users derive maximum value from the system.

You will collaborate with data engineers, data stewards, and business teams to resolve issues, monitor ingestion jobs, and assist with upgrades, patches, and security measures. Strong SQL, REST API, and SSO knowledge are expected.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Alation Data Catalog.
• Strong metadata management and data lineage understanding.
• Good SQL skills for validation and troubleshooting.
• Experience with REST APIs and JSON.
• Familiarity with JDBC/ODBC connections.
• Understanding of SSO (LDAP/SAML).

Responsibilities

• Provide L2/L3 platform support and monitor health and performance.
• Troubleshoot UI, search, and metadata visibility issues.
• Configure and manage connections to enterprise data sources and ingestion.
• Support integrations with databases, BI tools, and file storage systems.
• Assist with SSO, access controls, and security policies.
• Maintain data governance workflows, glossary, and lineage.
• Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate with Alation support.
• Analyze application logs and metrics using Splunk/ELK where applicable.

Skills

Alation Data Catalog

Metadata management

Data lineage

SQL

REST APIs

JSON

JDBC/ODBC

SSO (LDAP/SAML)

Tools

Alation Data Catalog

Job description

Syren Technologies seeks an Alation Platform Support Engineer to operate and maintain our enterprise data catalog and governance platform. You will ensure platform stability, troubleshoot data flows, and help users derive maximum value from the system.

You will collaborate with data engineers, data stewards, and business teams to resolve issues, monitor ingestion jobs, and assist with upgrades, patches, and security measures. Strong SQL, REST API, and SSO knowledge are expected.