Remote Principal Data Governance Architect

Lumen; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 152,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Principal Data Governance Architect to own governance architecture standards across our data estate. You will align tool findings, standards, and domain models with our EA taxonomy and DARB-approved architecture, representing governance in major architecture decisions.

The role requires 10+ years in enterprise data architecture with governance-by-design orientation, DARB experience, and Databricks Lakehouse expertise. Remote work within the U.S. is supported.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise data architecture with governance-by-design.
• DARB participation experience.
• Databricks Lakehouse architecture expertise.
• Broad platform fluency across Azure, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, Palantir.
• CUI/FedRAMP data segregation experience preferred.
• Strong technical writing; architecture decision records that endure.

Responsibilities

• Own enterprise data architecture standards for governance incl. reference architectures, Unity Catalog governance patterns, data platform governance integration models.
• Serve as governance team's standing DARB representative; all new data initiatives must pass governance review before DARB approval.
• Evaluate architectural fit of new tools against Lumen's multi-platform data estate; flag integration complexity and risk in Track 1 assessments.
• Partner with Data Engineering EA on migration architecture providing 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

Data architecture

DARB experience

Databricks Lakehouse

Multi-cloud

FedRAMP/CUI

Technical writing

Architecture reviews

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Principal Data Governance Architect to own governance architecture standards across our data estate. You will align tool findings, standards, and domain models with our EA taxonomy and DARB-approved architecture, representing governance in major architecture decisions.

The role requires 10+ years in enterprise data architecture with governance-by-design orientation, DARB experience, and Databricks Lakehouse expertise. Remote work within the U.S. is supported.