MS Fabric - Principal Data Engineer

Overall Experience: 10+ years in Data Management, Data Governance, Data Architecture, or Enterprise Information Management

Relevant Experience: 4+ years of hands-on experience with one or more leading Data Governance platforms such as Collibra, Microsoft Purview, Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud (IDMC), Alation , or similar enterprise data governance solutions.

Location: Flexible / Hybrid (based on business needs)

We are seeking an experienced Data Governance Architect to join our Data Practice – Data Governance Center of Excellence (COE) . This is a strategic consulting and technical leadership role responsible for building and growing our enterprise Data Governance capability while supporting pre-sales, solution architecture, project delivery, innovation, and competency development.

The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in implementing enterprise Data Governance platforms and frameworks, along with strong consulting, stakeholder management, and solution architecture skills.

Partner with sales teams and customers to understand business and regulatory requirements.

Lead discovery workshops and governance maturity assessments.

Design enterprise Data Governance solutions aligned with business and technology objectives.

Prepare architecture documents, implementation roadmaps, proposals, and effort estimations.

Support RFP/RFI responses and customer presentations.

Define governance operating models, implementation strategies, and adoption roadmaps.

Work closely with enterprise architects, data leaders, and business stakeholders during solution design.

Design and develop Data Governance proof-of-concepts for prospective customers.

Demonstrate capabilities across metadata management, business glossary, data catalog, lineage, data quality, and policy management.

Evaluate emerging governance technologies and recommend best-fit solutions.

Create reference implementations showcasing governance capabilities and business value.

Provide architecture oversight across Data Governance implementation projects.

Review solution designs and ensure adherence to enterprise standards and best practices.

Guide implementation teams on platform configuration, metadata integration, lineage, cataloging, workflow automation, and security.

Support complex technical challenges, governance operating model implementation, and platform optimization.

Ensure successful integration with enterprise data platforms and business applications.

Build and strengthen the organization's Data Governance competency.

Define implementation standards, governance frameworks, reusable methodologies, and best practices.

Mentor architects, consultants, and engineers.

Conduct internal training sessions, workshops, and knowledge-sharing initiatives.

Develop learning paths and certification plans for Data Governance technologies.

Contribute to practice growth through thought leadership, whitepapers, and technical blogs.

Build reusable accelerators, templates, governance workflows, and implementation frameworks.

Develop governance operating model templates, business glossary structures, metadata standards, and policy templates.

Create reusable assets for:

Data Catalog

Metadata Management

Data Lineage

Business Glossary

Data Classification

Data Ownership

Data Stewardship

Data Policies

Data Quality Monitoring

Compliance Reporting

Continuously improve delivery methodologies and automation capabilities.

Strong experience implementing enterprise Data Governance initiatives including:

Data Governance Frameworks

Governance Operating Model

Technical Metadata Management

Business Metadata Management

Policy Management

Reference Data Management

Metadata Harvesting

Data Quality Governance

Data Privacy

Regulatory Compliance

Data Lifecycle Management

Hands-on implementation experience with one or more of:

Collibra

Microsoft Purview

Informatica IDMC (Data Governance & Catalog)

Alation

Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC)

Microsoft Fabric Data Governance capabilities (preferred)

Other enterprise governance platforms

Should have experience in:

Metadata ingestion and scanning

Business glossary implementation

Data catalog configuration

Technical and business lineage

Workflow design

Role-based access and security

Policy implementation

Data stewardship workflows

API integration

Automation

Strong understanding of:

Data Architecture

Data Modeling

Master Data Management

Data Warehousing

Data Lakes

Lakehouse Architecture

Data Integration

Data Migration

Data Quality

Experience with enterprise integration technologies such as:

Informatica IDMC

Azure Data Factory

Microsoft Fabric

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS Data Services

Google Cloud Data Services

Apache Kafka

REST APIs

SQL

Python

PowerShell or scripting for automation

Knowledge of:

DAMA DMBOK

DCAM

GDPR

CCPA

HIPAA (preferred)

BCBS 239 (preferred)

Data Privacy regulations

Information Security principles

Act as the technical leader for Data Governance engagements.

Influence enterprise governance strategy and architecture.

Collaborate with business executives, CDO organizations, enterprise architects, and delivery teams.

Drive governance adoption across client organizations.

Build reusable intellectual property and accelerators.

Mentor and develop the next generation of Data Governance consultants.

Contribute to practice growth and strategic initiatives.