Remote Data Governance Systems Designer

International Business Machines Corporation; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Data Governance Systems Designer to define and operationalize governance for data products in a large modernization program. You will oversee data definitions, ownership, quality rules, and metadata to create a trusted, auditable platform.

You will work with data modelers and engineers to enforce governance across Databricks Unity Catalog, Collibra, and AWS data platforms, design lineage, metadata, and reports, and lead governance workshops with business and IT

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in data governance, data analysis, or data management in complex enterprises.
• Hands-on experience with Collibra, Alation, Purview, and Databricks Unity Catalog on AWS data platforms.
• Expertise in glossaries, metadata management, lineage, data quality frameworks, and governance tech.
• Strong SQL and data profiling skills with modeling tools such as Erwin/ER Studio.
• Experience automating data quality rules, monitoring, reporting, and issue management for unstructured data.
• Excellent stakeholder facilitation, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain business glossary, data definitions, and ownership models.
• Document data lineage, metadata, and classification for data products across platforms.
• Design data quality rules, thresholds, and monitoring with product owners and engineers.
• Collaborate with data modelers to align logical models with governance standards.
• Apply governance in Unity Catalog and Collibra; lead governance workshops with stakeholders.
• Support compliance, privacy, and audits; report governance metrics.
• Develop metadata repositories and data quality dashboards; enable automation.
• Assist in issue tracking and prompt resolution of data-related issues.

Skills

Data governance

Data analysis

Data management

Stakeholder facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in data-related field

DAMA/CDMP certification

Tools

Collibra

Alation

Microsoft Purview

Databricks Unity Catalog

AWS data platforms

Erwin

ER Studio

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a Data Governance Systems Designer to define and operationalize governance for data products in a large modernization program. You will oversee data definitions, ownership, quality rules, and metadata to create a trusted, auditable platform.

You will work with data modelers and engineers to enforce governance across Databricks Unity Catalog, Collibra, and AWS data platforms, design lineage, metadata, and reports, and lead governance workshops with business and IT