Enterprise Alation Platform Engineer - Data Governance

Client Server Technology Solutions LLC; Raritan (NJ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Client Server Technology Solutions LLC seeks an experienced Alation Platform Engineer to consolidate multiple Alation environments into a unified enterprise platform, focusing on metadata management, data governance, and scalable metadata solutions.

You will enable the Enterprise Data Marketplace, drive enterprise-wide adoption of a unified metadata strategy, and build automation using Alation REST APIs, Python, and SQL while collaborating with governance, engineering, and business teams.

Qualifications

• 6–7 years in data engineering, metadata management, or data governance.
• 3+ years implementing Alation Data Intelligence Platform.
• Proven experience migrating or consolidating multi-Alation instances.
• Expertise in data catalog, metadata management, lineage, glossary, stewardship, and data marketplace.
• Hands-on with Alation REST APIs, Python and SQL for automation.
• Experience integrating Alation with Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, or Azure.
• Strong metadata governance, taxonomy design, and lineage management.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead consolidation of multiple Alation instances into a unified enterprise platform.
• Design migration strategies for Data Catalogs, Business Glossaries, metadata, lineage, and stewardship models with minimal disruption.
• Define and implement metadata reconciliation and conflict resolution strategies for duplicate catalog objects, business terms, stewardship assignments, and taxonomy alignment.
• Design and enhance Enterprise Data Marketplace capabilities for trusted, governed, and discoverable data products.
• Develop automation solutions using Alation REST APIs, Python, and SQL for metadata migration, synchronization, validation, and platform administration.
• Configure and validate metadata ingestion, lineage, and governance integrations with platforms such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake, and Azure.
• Collaborate with Data Governance, Data Engineering, and Business teams to establish enterprise metadata standards and stewardship models.
• Drive platform optimization, user adoption, and onboarding of new business domains.
• Produce governance documentation, migration plans, and audit artifacts for compliance.

Skills

Data engineering

Metadata management

Data governance

Alation platform

Python

SQL

REST APIs

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Alation certification (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Snowflake

Azure

Job description

Client Server Technology Solutions LLC seeks an experienced Alation Platform Engineer to consolidate multiple Alation environments into a unified enterprise platform, focusing on metadata management, data governance, and scalable metadata solutions.

You will enable the Enterprise Data Marketplace, drive enterprise-wide adoption of a unified metadata strategy, and build automation using Alation REST APIs, Python, and SQL while collaborating with governance, engineering, and business teams.