Senior Lead Data Governance Architect — Catalog & Quality

Lumen; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 132,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Retirement plan

Job summary

Lumen seeks a Senior Lead Data Governance Architect to lead delivery of its data governance program within the Telemetry, Observability & Technology team. You will translate governance strategy into implementable plans and oversee two Senior Data Governance Architects.

The role requires hands-on experience with Informatica CDGC and Databricks Unity Catalog, plus data quality tooling, SQL and Python, to drive governance across a multi‑platform data estate.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or governance tooling implementation, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role.
• Hands-on implementation experience with Informatica CDGC or a comparable enterprise catalog, meaning delivery and not only evaluation.
• Experience implementing Databricks Unity Catalog, including catalog hierarchies, role-based access control, and data product registration.
• Experience leading technical delivery for a small team of individual contributors in a complex, multi-platform environment.
• Experience with data quality tooling (Validio, Great Expectations, Soda, or equivalent).
• Proficiency in SQL and Python, with hands-on experience building automated workflows, scheduled pipelines, and data transformation scripts.

Responsibilities

• Governance Catalog Implementation: Lead the full implementation of the enterprise governance catalog (Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog).
• Implementation Patterns & Technical Leadership: Define implementation patterns and mentor engineers in governance best practices.
• Observability & Data Quality Tooling: Roll out observability tooling and design data quality rule framework.
• Technology Assessment: Lead evaluation work and build test environments for new tools.
• Identity & Access Integration: Coordinate SailPoint integration design and mappings.
• Phased Delivery Leadership: Drive governance roadmap with Unity Catalog connectivity first.
• Automation & Workflow Engineering: Build automated metadata ingestion and data quality workflows.
• Technical Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with Data Eng, EA, and InfoSec to embed governance into platforms.

Skills

Data architecture

Data governance tooling

Informatica CDGC

Databricks Unity Catalog

Leadership

Data quality tooling

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/IS/DS/Engineering

Tools

Informatica CDGC

Databricks Unity Catalog

Palantir Foundry

Microsoft Purview

Job description

Lumen seeks a Senior Lead Data Governance Architect to lead delivery of its data governance program within the Telemetry, Observability & Technology team. You will translate governance strategy into implementable plans and oversee two Senior Data Governance Architects.

The role requires hands-on experience with Informatica CDGC and Databricks Unity Catalog, plus data quality tooling, SQL and Python, to drive governance across a multi‑platform data estate.