Data Privacy & Catalog Engineer — CDGC & AWS

Stratacent; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Plan

Dental Plan

Health Saving Account (HSA)

Paid Time Off and Vacations

401K Plan

Continuous Learning Program

Job summary

Stratacent in McLean, VA is seeking a hands-on Data Privacy / Data Catalog Engineer to support enterprise data discovery and governance with Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog (CDGC) as the primary platform.

The role focuses on source onboarding, scan configuration, catalog operations, and troubleshooting access/connectivity issues across AWS and multiple database technologies. You will partner with DBAs and security teams to ensure least-privilege access and reliable metadata coverage.

Qualifications

• Experience in data governance/catalog operations.
• Strong hands-on experience with Informatica CDGC.
• Experience integrating/troubleshooting connections to databases including DB2, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Snowflake.
• Strong SQL skills and ability to validate schemas and scan behavior.
• Knowledge of authentication/authorization and secure credential handling.

Responsibilities

• CDGC scanning & onboarding: Configure and operate CDGC scans, schedules, scope rules, and onboard new sources end-to-end.
• Connection setup: Create and maintain secure connections (JDBC/ODBC/connectors) and credential management.
• Access troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve scan failures related to RBAC/privileges, credentials, TLS/certificates, drivers, and network issues.
• Catalog operations: Curate catalog assets, support glossary alignment, improve metadata quality, and maintain taxonomy standards.
• Sensitive data support: Assist with identifying and classifying PII/PHI/PCI and reduce false positives with data owners.
• AWS support: Work in AWS to enable scanning connectivity and support components running on EKS.
• Operational excellence: Provide scan coverage, health reporting, and contribute to incident/problem management.

Skills

CDGC scanning

Informatica CDGC

SQL

RBAC/least privilege

AWS

EKS

Python

Regex

DB2

Oracle

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Snowflake

JDBC/ODBC

Tools

JDBC/ODBC

connectors

Kubernetes

Job description

Stratacent in McLean, VA is seeking a hands-on Data Privacy / Data Catalog Engineer to support enterprise data discovery and governance with Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog (CDGC) as the primary platform.

The role focuses on source onboarding, scan configuration, catalog operations, and troubleshooting access/connectivity issues across AWS and multiple database technologies. You will partner with DBAs and security teams to ensure least-privilege access and reliable metadata coverage.