Remote Principal Data Governance Architect

Lumen; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 160,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Bonus structure

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Principal Data Governance Architect to lead enterprise data architecture standards for governance. You will represent governance in major architecture decisions and migration programs, ensuring alignment with EA taxonomy and Data Architecture Review Board approvals.

The role requires extensive DARB experience, Databricks Lakehouse expertise, and broad multi-cloud fluency. Remote US candidates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise data architecture with governance-by-design orientation.
• DARB or architecture review board participation experience.
• Databricks Lakehouse architecture expertise — Medallion, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables.
• Broad platform fluency — Azure, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, Palantir, multi-cloud.
• CUI/FedRAMP data segregation architecture experience preferred.
• Strong technical writing; produces architecture decision records that remain useful 12 months after the decision.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise data architecture standards for governance including reference architectures and governance patterns.
• Serve as governance team's DARB representative; ensure new data initiatives pass governance review.
• Evaluate architectural fit of new tools against Lumen's multi-platform data estate and flag risks.
• Partner on migration architecture with governance embedded by design, with checkpoints in migrations.
• Author and maintain governance architecture decision records in SharePoint.
• Advise on platform architectural trade-offs in vendor evaluations.

Skills

DARB experience

Databricks Lakehouse

Platform fluency

CUI/FedRAMP data segregation

Technical writing

Tools

Databricks Lakehouse

Unity Catalog

Delta Live Tables

Azure

Oracle

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Principal Data Governance Architect to lead enterprise data architecture standards for governance. You will represent governance in major architecture decisions and migration programs, ensuring alignment with EA taxonomy and Data Architecture Review Board approvals.

The role requires extensive DARB experience, Databricks Lakehouse expertise, and broad multi-cloud fluency. Remote US candidates are encouraged to apply.