Senior Alation Platform Migration & Governance Lead

Syren Cloud Inc.; Washington; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Syren Cloud Inc. seeks a Senior Alation Enterprise Migration & Governance Expert to lead the consolidation of multiple Alation environments into a single enterprise platform, enabling an Enterprise Data Marketplace and higher adoption.

Location: Raritan, NJ (Hybrid). You will bridge technical data engineering and executive leadership, ensuring metadata, glossaries, lineages, and policies migrate accurately without disruption, while defining governance standards and operating models for senior

Qualifications

• 6–7+ years in Data Governance, Metadata Management, or Data Engineering.
• 3+ years hands-on Alation migration/consolidation experience; Alation Certification preferred.
• Deep knowledge of Data Catalogs, Business Glossaries, Data Stewardship frameworks, Taxonomy design, and Enterprise Data Marketplace models; familiarity with complementary data governance and quality platforms (Collibra).
• Proficient in Alation REST APIs, Python, and SQL for metadata automation, synchronization, and platform administration.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder engagements, roadmaps, risk assessments, and sign-offs for migration; present migration plans to executives.
• Consolidate multiple Alation instances into a unified enterprise architecture and reconcile metadata across domains.
• Define metadata reconciliation and conflict resolution frameworks for duplicates, terms, and governance assignments.
• Develop automation workflows using Alation APIs, Python, and SQL for extraction, synchronization, validation, and administration.
• Ensure governance and auditability with pre- and post-migration checks, including SAML/SSO mappings.

Skills

Data Governance

Metadata Management

Data Engineering

Alation Mastery

Domain & Governance Depth

Automation & APIs

Python

SQL

SAML/SSO integration

Tools

Alation REST APIs

Elasticsearch

Job description

Syren Cloud Inc. seeks a Senior Alation Enterprise Migration & Governance Expert to lead the consolidation of multiple Alation environments into a single enterprise platform, enabling an Enterprise Data Marketplace and higher adoption.

Location: Raritan, NJ (Hybrid). You will bridge technical data engineering and executive leadership, ensuring metadata, glossaries, lineages, and policies migrate accurately without disruption, while defining governance standards and operating models for senior