Data Governance Architect

Wipro Technologies; Dallas (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro Limited in Boston, MA, is seeking a Data Governance Architect to assess and operationalize enterprise data governance across multiple domains, focusing on governance frameworks, policies, and adoption to ensure trusted, compliant data.

You will define future state blueprints, establish standards for ingestion, modeling, storage, and access, roadmaps, and partner with engineering to realize architecture aligned with governance and security.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of data governance experience.
• Ability to assess enterprise data landscapes.
• Experience with governance, privacy, and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assess current data landscape and identify gaps.
• Define future state data architecture blueprints.
• Develop data architecture roadmap and milestones.
• Partner with engineering to guide execution.
• Ensure governance alignment with security and compliance.

Skills

Data Governance

Job description

Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT, BSE: 507685, NSE: WIPRO) is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs. Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. With over 230,000 employees and business partners across 65 countries, we deliver on the promise of helping our customers, colleagues, and communities thrive in an ever-changing world. For additional information, visit us at www.wipro.com.

Job Description

Role: Data Governance Architect
Location: Boston, MA

Job Summary:

The Data Governance Consultant is responsible for assessing, defining, and operationalizing enterprise data governance across multiple data domains. The role emphasizes governance frameworks, policies, operating models, and adoption—ensuring data is trusted, compliant, and consistently used across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

1. Current State (As Is) Assessment

   • Conduct a detailed as is assessment of the data landscape, covering:
     • Data storage platforms (on prem, cloud, lakehouse, warehouse)
     • Data ingestion and integration pipelines (batch, streaming, real time)
     • Data processing frameworks and analytical workloads
     • Data consumption patterns (BI, reporting, advanced analytics, AI/ML)
   • Evaluate the current architecture against industry best practices and reference architectures in areas such as:
     • Cloud native and lakehouse patterns
     • Data mesh / domain oriented architectures
   • Identify architectural gaps, technical debt, and design constraints.

2. Future State Architecture & Solution Design

   • Define future state data architecture blueprints aligned to:
     • Modern data platform best practices
     • Cloud native and scalable design principles
     • Analytics and AI enablement
   • Propose technology agnostic and vendor aligned solutions based on prior experience with modern data architectures.
   • Establish enterprise standards for:
     • Data ingestion, modeling, storage, and access
     • Data interoperability and integration
     • Architectural patterns and reusable components

3. Roadmap & Capability Planning

   • Drive the development of a long term data architecture roadmap, including:
     • Target capabilities and architectural milestones
     • Phased initiatives with sequencing and dependencies
     • Modernization priorities aligned to business outcomes
   • Partner with engineering teams to guide execution and ensure alignment to architectural intent.

4. Governance Alignment

   • Collaborate with data governance and security teams to ensure:
     • Architecture aligns with governance, privacy, and compliance requirements
     • Governance controls are embedded into data platforms by design

Expected Outcomes

• Clear current state vs future state architecture view
• Scalable and resilient data platform foundation
• Reduced architectural complexity and technical debt
• Architecture that supports analytics, AI, and future growth

Mandatory Skills: Data Governance.Experience: 8-10 Years.The expected compensation for this role ranges from $80,000 to $158,000 .Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro's standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options.

Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, caste, creed, religion, gender, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, political orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Wipro is committed to creating an accessible, supportive, and inclusive workplace. Reasonable accommodation will be provided to all applicants including persons with disabilities, throughout the recruitment and selection process. Accommodations must be communicated in advance of the application, where possible, and will be reviewed on an individual basis. Wipro provides equal opportunities to all and values diversity.

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