Governanace (Atlan) Architect- Remote

Inabia Software & Consulting Inc.; Bellevue (WA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Inabia Solutions & Consulting is seeking an experienced Governanace (Atlan) Architect for a remote 6-month contract to design and implement a scalable governance and access framework for the client's Data Marketplace on Atlan, serving approximately 500 employees and 2,000 external customers.

This hands-on role covers RBAC/ABAC design, Atlan policy configuration, SSO/SCIM integration, and lifecycle automation.

Qualifications

• Overall 10+ years in data governance, data platform or IAM architecture.
• 5+ years in designing RBAC/ABAC for 1,000+ users.
• 1–2 enterprise Atlan implementations or deep equivalent with Collibra/Alation/Murpurview.
• SSO/SCIM integration with Okta or Microsoft Entra ID, including automation.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve access defects across persona, policy and group layers.
• Design least-privilege RBAC/ABAC across four access tiers with external users.
• Configure Atlan personas, policies, and data product visibility with licensing checks.
• Integrate SSO/SCIM provisioning, automate configuration via APIs/SDKs.
• Lead UAT, approve phased onboarding with rollback controls, and document runbooks.

Skills

RBAC/ABAC design

SSO/SCIM integration

Atlan governance

Troubleshooting

Stakeholder communication

Documentation

Tools

Okta

Microsoft Entra ID

SCIM

APIs/SDKs

Job description

Job Title: Governanace (Atlan) Architect

Duration: 6 months contract with possible extension

Location: Remote work

Independent Visa Only

Job Description: Design and implement a scalable governance and access framework for the client's Data Marketplace on Atlan, supporting approximately500 employees and 2,000 external customers. Resolve UAT visibility issues and establish a secure, maintainable model before onboarding resumes. This is a hands‑on architecture and engineering role.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve persona, policy and group-related access defects without disrupting existing users.
• Design least-privilege RBAC/ABAC across the four access tiers, including internal/external segregation (>2000 usres) and overlapping memberships.
• Configure Atlan personas, purposes and policies; distinguish metadata visibility from source-system data access and validate licensing constraints.
• Integrate SSO groups and SCIM provisioning/deprovisioning; automate repeatable configuration and validation using supported APIs or SDKs.
• Align classification, tags, domains and data products with access controls, working with data architects, engineers and security teams.
• Implement governance approval and DSAA requirements, including access expiry, exceptions, periodic reviews and auditability.
• Lead positive and negative UAT, resolve defects and obtain approval for phased onboarding with rollback controls.
• Deliver architecture documentation, operational runbooks and knowledge transfer to the internal governance team.
• Translates governance tiers and approval workflows into a documented, testable access matrix

Required Experience and Skills

• Overall 10+ years of experience having 5+ years in data governance, data platform or IAM architecture; experience designing RBAC/ABAC for 1,000+ users.
• 1–2 enterprise Atlan implementations, or deep equivalent experience with Collibra, Alation, or Microsoft Purview with demonstrable hands‑on capability.
• Expertise in Atlan personas, purposes, policies, classification, domains and data products.
• SSO/SCIM integration with Okta or Microsoft Entra ID, including group mapping and user lifecycle automation.
• Strong troubleshooting, access testing, least-privilege design, stakeholder communication and documentation skills.

Best Regards

Rohit Rawat

Delivery Manager

Inabia Solutions & Consulting

14711 NE 29th Place, Suite 110

Bellevue, WA 98007