Senior Lead Data Governance Architect — Tooling & Catalog

Lumen Technologies; United States; On-site; USD 132,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Lumen Technologies seeks a Senior Lead Data Governance Architect to lead its governance tech program within the Office of the Chief Data Officer. You will guide implementation of the enterprise catalog, define patterns, and own observability and data quality tooling across a multi-platform estate.

You will supervise two Senior Data Governance Architects and collaborate with Data Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and Information Security to embed governance from the start, ensuring scalable,

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, RBAC, 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 patterns used by governance architects and mentor the team.
• Observability & Data Quality Tooling: Roll out observability tooling and design data quality rule framework.
• Technology Assessment: Lead tool evaluations, build test environments, and report findings.
• Identity & Access Integration: Coordinate SailPoint design and mapping specifications.
• Phased Delivery Leadership: Drive the governance roadmap with Unity Catalog connectivity first.
• Automation & Workflow Engineering: Build automated metadata ingestion and alert-driven workflows.
• Technical Stakeholder Engagement: Ensure governance tooling is embedded across platforms.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data governance

Leadership

Architecture

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

Informatica CDGC

Databricks Unity Catalog

Palantir Foundry

SailPoint

Informatica Cloud Data Governance & Catalog

Validio

Great Expectations

Soda

Job description

Lumen Technologies seeks a Senior Lead Data Governance Architect to lead its governance tech program within the Office of the Chief Data Officer. You will guide implementation of the enterprise catalog, define patterns, and own observability and data quality tooling across a multi-platform estate.

You will supervise two Senior Data Governance Architects and collaborate with Data Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, and Information Security to embed governance from the start, ensuring scalable,