Senior Data Governance Architect (Remote) - Enterprise EA Lead

Lumen; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 167,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Job summary

Lumen is seeking an experienced Principal Data Governance Architect to own the governance architecture standards for enterprise data. You will shape reference architectures, ensure alignment with the EA taxonomy, and participate in major architecture decisions and platform strategy conversations. Remote role; candidates across the U.S.

may apply. Bring 10+ years of data architecture governance experience, DARB involvement, and deep knowledge of Databricks Lakehouse (Unity Catalog, Delta Live

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 incuding reference architectures, Unity Catalog governance patterns, data platform governance integration models, CUI/commercial data segregation patterns.
• Serve as governance team's standing Data Architecture Review Board (DARB) representative — all new data initiatives affecting governed domains must pass a governance architecture review before DARB approval
• Evaluate architectural fit of new tools against Lumen's multi-platform data estate; flag integration complexity and dependency risk in Track 1 assessments
• Partner with Data Engineering EA on migration architecture providing governance embedded by design, with checkpoints in CDW-to-Databricks and other active migration SOWs
• Author and maintain governance architecture decision records in SharePoint
• Advise the Director, Data Governance Technology on platform architectural trade-offs in vendor evaluations

Skills

Governance-by-design

DARB participation

Databricks Lakehouse

Cloud platforms

CUI/FedRAMP data segregation

Technical writing

Tools

Databricks Lakehouse

Unity Catalog

Delta Live Tables

Azure

Oracle

SAP

Job description

Lumen is seeking an experienced Principal Data Governance Architect to own the governance architecture standards for enterprise data. You will shape reference architectures, ensure alignment with the EA taxonomy, and participate in major architecture decisions and platform strategy conversations. Remote role; candidates across the U.S.

may apply. Bring 10+ years of data architecture governance experience, DARB involvement, and deep knowledge of Databricks Lakehouse (Unity Catalog, Delta Live