Data/Metadata Architect

Corvano, LLC.; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Corvano is seeking a Data/Metadata Architect to design enterprise data models, governance standards, and catalog frameworks. The role emphasizes hands-on implementation and collaboration with client teams to translate architecture into scalable catalogs and integration patterns.

The candidate will lead with strong data modeling, governance expertise, and experience with Purview, Informatica, and Databricks, while mentoring junior staff and shaping enterprise standards.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in data architecture or related field.
• Strong experience with conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling.
• Experience with data warehousing or lakehouse architectures.
• Hands-on experience with governance and catalog technologies.
• Experience designing metadata models, glossaries, and catalog standards.
• Understanding of MDM, systems of record, data lineage, and authoritative-source frameworks.
• Experience incorporating privacy, sensitivity classification, security, and access-control into architecture.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring technical team members and providing architecture guidance.

Responsibilities

• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models for enterprise reporting and analytics.
• Maintain enterprise metadata models, glossaries, and catalog standards.
• Establish authoritative-source criteria for systems of record.
• Oversee data governance and catalog platforms like Purview, Informatica, Databricks.
• Evaluate data platforms and tools based on strategy and TCO.
• Design integration patterns connecting source systems, catalogs, and governance platforms.
• Support configuration and implementation of governance environments.
• Contribute to MDM strategy and system-of-record decisions.
• Develop standards for metadata, classification, privacy, and sensitivity.

Skills

Data architecture

Metadata management

Enterprise IA

Data modeling

Data governance

Governance tools

MDM

Security & privacy

Stakeholder comms

Mentoring

Architecture guidance

Education

Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Databricks Certified Data Engineer

Informatica certification

DAMA CDMP

Tools

Purview

Informatica

Databricks

Job description

Architect Data. Build Trust.

At Corvano, we believe trusted data isn’t a feature, it’s a foundation. We partner with our clients to design data architectures, governance frameworks, and platforms that turn complex information environments into reliable, usable enterprise assets.

We’re looking for a Data/Metadata Architect who brings technical depth, strategic thinking, and a hands‑on approach to enterprise data architecture. You’ll help clients establish the models, standards, and governance structures that make their data easier to understand, manage, secure, and trust.

This is an architecture role that stays close to implementation. You’ll define the enterprise approach while working alongside technical teams to ensure that architecture translates into effective catalogs, classification models, integrations, and authoritative‑source frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design conceptual, logical, and physical data models supporting enterprise reporting, analytics, and operational needs.
• Design and maintain enterprise metadata models, business glossaries, cataloging standards, and naming conventions.
• Establish authoritative-source criteria for identifying systems of record across business units and organizations.
• Provide architecture oversight for data governance and catalog platforms such as Microsoft Purview, Informatica, and Databricks.
• Evaluate and recommend data platforms, tools, and technologies based on client strategy, scalability, and total cost of ownership.
• Design integration patterns connecting source systems, data catalogs, governance platforms, and downstream consumers.
• Support initial configuration and implementation of governance environments.
• Contribute architecture guidance to master data management (MDM) strategy and system‑of‑record decisions.
• Develop standards for metadata, classification, catalog readiness, privacy, and sensitivity.
• Incorporate access‑control and least‑privilege principles into metadata and governance architecture.
• Conduct architecture reviews and document recommendations, risks, decisions, and technical findings.
• Partner with client architects, engineers, project managers, and technical stakeholders on architecture and integration decisions.
• Mentor junior data professionals and governance team members on architecture standards and best practices.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in data architecture, metadata management, enterprise information architecture, or a closely related discipline.
• Strong experience with conceptual, logical, and physical data modeling.
• Experience with dimensional modeling, data warehouse and/or lakehouse architecture, and enterprise data integration patterns.
• Hands‑on experience with governance and catalog technologies such as Microsoft Purview, Informatica, and/or Databricks.
• Experience designing enterprise metadata models, business glossaries, and data catalog standards.
• Understanding of master data management, systems of record, data lineage, and authoritative‑source frameworks.
• Experience incorporating privacy, sensitivity classification, security, and access‑control considerations into data architecture.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly when creating standards and architecture documentation intended for long‑term organizational use.
• Ability to communicate architecture decisions effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring technical team members and providing architecture‑level guidance.

Relevant certification required, such as:

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• Databricks Certified Data Engineer
• Informatica certification
• DAMA CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional)
• Comparable data architecture, governance, or platform certification

Preferred

Experience supporting public‑sector organizations or highly regulated industries such as government, healthcare, or financial services.

How We Work

• Client‑first consulting mindset - We design solutions around real business and technology needs.
• Collaborative delivery - Architects work closely with engineers, analysts, project leaders, and client stakeholders.
• Hands‑on architecture - We value architects who can define the strategy and stay close enough to implementation to ensure it works.
• Adaptability - Every client environment is different, and successful consultants know how to navigate that complexity.
• Clear communication - Strong architecture should make complex decisions easier to understand.
• Outcomes‑focused - Our goal isn’t architecture for architecture’s sake. It’s creating sustainable solutions that deliver lasting client value.

Employment Details

• This is a W-2 position with Corvano.
• Corvano does not provide visa sponsorship for this position.
• Work arrangement and client‑site expectations will be communicated based on the specific engagement.
• Standard business hours apply unless otherwise required by the client engagement.
• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background check or other screening requirements.

Why Corvano

At Corvano, vision‑driven consulting means seeing beyond the immediate technical requirement to understand what will create lasting value for our clients.

As a Data/Metadata Architect, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Shape foundational enterprise data and governance architecture.
• Work directly with client leaders and technical teams.
• Solve complex data challenges across diverse environments.
• Help organizations establish data they can understand, govern, and trust.
• Mentor other professionals and influence technical standards.
• Grow within a collaborative, veteran‑owned small business that values expertise, accountability, flexibility, and meaningful client impact.

What Makes This Role Different

This isn’t an architecture role where you hand off a diagram and walk away.

You’ll help establish the enterprise data model and governance architecture while remaining close enough to the technology to ensure those decisions translate into working platforms, catalogs, classifications, integrations, and standards.

For someone who enjoys combining enterprise architecture, data governance, and hands‑on technical leadership, this role offers the opportunity to build the foundation that determines how an organization understands and trusts its data.