Data Governance Consultant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Create standardized templates and deployment patterns for the implementation of Alation Catalogue.

• Design and set up Alation dashboards, landing pages, navigation, asset views, and layouts.

• Define and configure approval workflows, asset statuses, certification states, and articulation scoring.

• Establish monitoring and reporting mechanisms for asset adoption, usage, engagement, and governance compliance.

• Develop templates for business glossary uploads, as well as metadata structures, naming conventions, and onboarding processes.

• Define roles, responsibilities, permissions, ownership, stewardship, and governance accountabilities within Alation.

• Design and configure Community and Domain hierarchies.

• Create traceability and lineage diagram presets for impact analysis and data discovery.

• Develop and implement phased adoption, training, and rollout plans.

• Assist with metadata enrichment, tagging, classification, validation, and remediation efforts.

• Migrate Alation configuration and content between DEV, TEST, and PROD environments while ensuring validation and release controls.

• Convert business and governance requirements into Alation artifacts, specifications, workflows, and deliverables.

• Configure and onboard governance assets, including glossary terms, rules, policies, reports, and datasets.

• Support the Data Governance operating model.

• Create short-, medium-, and long-term roadmaps for Alation implementation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Recent hands-on experience in implementing and configuring Alation.

• Strong background in Data Governance, covering operating models, roles, stewardship, and decision rights.

• Experience in designing business glossaries, metadata structures, and naming conventions.

• Proficient in configuring approval, certification, and review workflows for governed assets.

• Skilled in configuring data lineage to facilitate impact analysis and data discovery.

• Experience in transferring catalogue configuration and content between DEV, TEST, and PROD environments.

• Proven ability to plan and deliver user training, communications, and adoption initiatives.

• Capability to translate business and governance requirements into clear configuration specifications.

• Excellent skills in stakeholder management and communication.

• Ability to work independently and swiftly adapt to new environments.

• Availability to start as soon as possible.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunity for remote work.

• Initial contract duration of 3 to 6 months.

• Equal-opportunity employer committed to inclusivity.