Data Governance Systems Designer

International Business Machines Corporation; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Data Governance Systems Designer to define and operationalize governance for data products within a large data modernization program. You will establish data definitions, ownership, quality rules, and metadata to ensure a trusted, auditable data platform across AWS, Databricks, and SAP-sourced data.

Responsibilities include creating a business glossary, documenting data lineage, and implementing governance in Collibra/Unity Catalog.

Qualifications

• Experience applying governance principles in complex enterprise environments.
• Hands-on with governance/catalogue tools (Collibra/Alation/Purview) and data platforms (Databricks/AWS).
• Strong SQL and data-profiling skills; knowledge of data modelling tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the business glossary, data definitions, and ownership models.
• Document data lineage, metadata, and classification for data products.
• Design data quality rules, thresholds, and monitoring with stakeholders.
• Ensure governance in Unity Catalog and Collibra if adopted.
• Lead governance workshops and issue-resolution forums with IT and business.
• Support privacy, audit needs, and governance metrics.
• Design and implement metadata management repositories and dashboards.

Skills

Data governance

Data analysis

Data management

SQL

Data profiling

Stakeholder facilitation

Communication

Education

DAMA/CDMP certification

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Databricks Unity Catalog

AWS data platforms

Erwin/ER Studio

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities

Data Governance Systems Designer with a data governance focus to define and operationalize governance for data products built in a large data modernization program. You will design the data definitions, ownership, quality rules, and metadata that make the new platform trusted and auditable.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the business glossary, critical data elements, data definitions, and data ownership/stewardship models.
• Document data lineage, metadata, and classification for data products across AWS/Databricks and SAP-sourced data.
• Design data quality rules, thresholds, and monitoring requirements with data product owners and engineers.
• Work with data modelers and engineers to keep logical models (in Erwin / ER Studio, where used) aligned with governance standards.
• Apply governance policies in Databricks Unity Catalog (access, classification, lineage), and in a governance tool such as Collibra if it is adopted.
• Run governance workshops, issue-resolution processes, and stewardship forums with business and IT stakeholders.
• Support compliance, privacy, and audit needs, and report on governance metrics.
• Design, implement, and maintain data governance and data management processes for the client, covering data quality and metadata management.
• Analyze stakeholder needs, develop communication plans, and execute communications to support successful adoption of data governance processes.
• Design and implement metadata management repositories that capture business and data quality rules, and create data quality reports and dashboards.
• Collaborate with technical resources to implement data quality rules and automate monitoring and reporting.
• Operate issue tracking processes and facilitate prompt resolution of data-related issues with the client.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Must be able to travel 4 days per week (mandatory).
• Strong professional expertise in data governance, data analysis, or data management, with demonstrated ability to apply governance principles in complex enterprise environments.
• Hands-on experience with Collibra, Alation, Microsoft Purview, or similar governance/catalogue tools, along with Databricks Unity Catalog and AWS data platforms.
• Expertise in business glossaries, metadata management, data lineage, data quality frameworks, and governance technologies.
• Strong SQL and data-profiling skills, with knowledge of data modelling and tools such as Erwin or ER Studio.
• Experience defining and automating data quality rules, monitoring, reporting, and issue management, including governance of unstructured and streaming data.
• Strong stakeholder facilitation, documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience integrating data governance and data-quality processes with enterprise systems, monitoring, and reporting.
• Knowledge of Amazon EventBridge, Apache Kafka, Amazon SQS, and governance of near-real-time and real-time data.
• Knowledge of SAP-native data products, SAP governance concepts, and SAP IS-U.
• DAMA/CDMP certification and/or experience in the utilities or energy industry.
• Experience building metadata repositories, data-quality dashboards, and integrated governance reporting.