Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Lead Alation Developer to lead the implementation, configuration, integration, and administration of Alation Data Catalog for a large global enterprise. The ideal candidate will have robust hands-on experience with Alation, Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Cataloging, Data Lineage, Data Quality, and Data Stewardship, along with experience working with modern cloud data platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design, configuration, development, and administration of Alation Data Catalog.
- Configure data sources, metadata ingestion, custom fields, templates, tags, policies, and governance workflows.
- Implement and maintain data lineage, business glossary, data dictionary, data classification, and data stewardship capabilities.
- Integrate Alation with enterprise data platforms and automate metadata onboarding.
- Develop integrations using Alation APIs, REST APIs, SQL, and Python.
- Monitor and troubleshoot metadata ingestion, crawler jobs, integrations, and catalog issues.
- Collaborate with Data Owners, Data Stewards,



Data Architects, Data Engineers, and business stakeholders.
- Define and implement data governance and data quality standards.
- Lead/mentor Alation developers and provide technical guidance.
- Participate in solution design, technical discussions, and stakeholder presentations.
Requirements
- 814 years of experience in Data Management, Data Governance, Data Engineering, or related areas.
- Robust hands-on experience with Alation Data Catalog.
- Experience in Alation implementation, configuration, administration, and integrations.
- Strong understanding of Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Lineage, Data Quality, and Data Stewardship.
- Strong SQL skills and experience with Python/scripting.
- Experience with REST APIs and Alation APIs.
- Experience working with Snowflake, Databricks, AWS, Azure, or other modern data platforms.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

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