Senior Data Engineer – Metadata
First seen by Alion on Sep 2, 2026.
Job Summary:
We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer - Metadata & Data Governance with 7+ years of experience in data engineering, metadata management, and data governance. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on expertise in SQL and Snowflake along with experience working with enterprise data governance and metadata management platforms such as Atlan, Microsoft Purview, Monte Carlo, Collibra, or Alation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data engineering and metadata solutions.
- Work extensively with Snowflake and SQL for data analysis, profiling, validation, and metadata management.
- Develop and maintain data catalogs, metadata repositories, business glossaries, data lineage, and data quality frameworks.
- Implement and manage data governance processes across enterprise data platforms.
- Configure and integrate metadata/catalog tools such as Atlan, Purview, Monte Carlo, Collibra, or Alation.
- Establish data ownership, classification, stewardship, and governance standards.
- Support automated data discovery, lineage, profiling, and data quality monitoring.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Architecture, Security, Compliance, and Business teams to implement governance standards.
- Identify and resolve data quality, metadata, and lineage-related issues.
- Develop SQL queries and processes for data validation, reconciliation, and analysis.
- Contribute to the development of enterprise data governance frameworks, standards, and best practices.
- Drive automation and continuous improvement of metadata and governance processes.
Must-Have Skills:
- 7+ years of experience in Data Engineering / Data Management.
- Strong hands-on experience with SQL and Snowflake.
- Strong understanding of Data Governance and Metadata Management.
- Experience with at least one enterprise data governance/catalog platform:
1. Atlan
2. Microsoft Purview
3. Monte Carlo
4. Collibra
5. Alation
- Good understanding of Data Catalog, Data Lineage, Data Quality, Data Classification, and Business Glossary concepts.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.
Skills
Data Engineering, Metadata, Microsoft Purview, Data Lineage, Data Governance, Data Masking, Collibra, Alation