Data Governance (Alation)

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TCS is currently hiring for the position of Data Governance (Alation).

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Job Overview

Data Governance professional with strong expertise in Alation Data Catalog

Key Responsibilities

Data Governance & Frameworks

• Design and implement

  Data Governance operating models

  , policies, and standards.
• Define and manage

  data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models

  .
• Ensure alignment of governance initiatives with business objectives.

Alation Data Catalog

• Lead hands-on implementation and administration of

  Alation Data Catalog

  .
• Configure

  metadata ingestion, business glossaries, data lineage, stewardship workflows, and trust scores

  .
• Manage integration of Alation with databases, data lakes, data warehouses, BI, and ETL tools.

Metadata & Data Quality Management

• Establish and maintain

  technical, business, and operational metadata

  .
• Drive

  data quality profiling, rules definition, monitoring, and issue resolution

  .
• Collaborate with engineering teams to remediate data quality issues.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work closely with

  Data Owners, Data Stewards, Product Owners, and Architecture teams

  .
• Conduct

  user training, enablement sessions, and documentation

  to increase Alation adoption.
• Act as a SME for data governance tools, processes, and best practices.

Compliance & Risk

• Support

  data privacy, security, and regulatory compliance

  initiatives.
• Implement

  data classification, sensitivity tagging, and access controls

  .
• Assist in audits and regulatory reporting requirements where applicable.

Required Skills & Experience

Must Have

• 7–12 years

  of experience in

  Data Governance, Data Management, or Metadata Management

  .

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Alation Data Catalog

  .
• Strong knowledge of:
• Data Governance frameworks
• Metadata management and data lineage
• Data stewardship and operating models
• Data quality concepts and tooling
• Solid understanding of

  SQL and enterprise data platforms

  .
• Experience working in

  large-scale enterprise environments

  .
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Good to Have

• Experience with other governance tools (Collibra, Informatica Axon, Apache Atlas).
• Exposure to

  cloud data platforms

  (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Knowledge of

  BFSI or regulated industry environments

  .
• Familiarity with Agile / SAFe delivery models.