Principal, Data Governance Platforms

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Principal architecting enterprise data governance platforms for Alignment Health, a healthcare company serving seniors and chronically ill patients. Leading metadata, MDM, data quality, and lineage capabilities.

Responsibilities:

  • Define the technology architecture for enterprise data governance capabilities, including metadata management, MDM, data quality, and lineage
  • Align platform strategy with enterprise data architecture principles and cloud ecosystem standards
  • Lead implementation of governance platforms, including configuration, integration, testing, and go-live activities
  • Ensure production-grade performance, availability, and data integrity across governance use cases
  • Embed governance controls into data pipelines and processing workflows
  • Design and implement automated workflows for data quality rules, metadata harvesting, lineage capture, and MDM matching
  • Enable visibility into data flows, system dependencies, and transformation logic for impact analysis, audit readiness, and root-cause investigation
  • Establish technical standards for governance platform configuration, integration, and operation
  • Produce platform architecture documentation for technical teams and governance stakeholders
  • Collaborate with data engineering, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise architecture teams
  • Translate governance business requirements into scalable technical solutions aligned with organizational standards and security controls
  • Lead through technical expertise, architectural ownership, and cross-functional engineering collaboration as an individual contributor

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or data governance platform implementation
  • Demonstrated experience implementing and operating enterprise-scale data governance or data management platforms
  • Experience integrating governance tooling into cloud-based data platforms and pipelines
  • Experience implementing MDM, data catalog, or data quality platforms in a regulated healthcare environment
  • Familiarity with HIPAA technical safeguard requirements as they apply to data platform architecture
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Management, Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Engineering, Business, Health Informatics, or a related field
  • Hands-on platform experience with at least one enterprise data catalog, one MDM platform, and one data quality/observability tool
  • HIPAA technical compliance knowledge as it applies to data platform architecture
  • Hands-on expertise with Microsoft Purview or Alation
  • Deep implementation experience with Reltio, Informatica MDM, or Profisee
  • Proficiency with Acceldata or Informatica Data Quality
  • Solid grounding in ETL/ELT pipelines, API integration, and cloud-native data platforms such as Azure Data Factory or Databricks
  • Experience architecting governance solutions within enterprise cloud ecosystems
  • Working knowledge of cloud security controls, access management, and data classification
  • Proficiency in SQL
  • Ability to produce clear platform architecture documents and translate technical design decisions for non-technical governance stakeholders
  • Ability to perform the stated essential physical functions, with reasonable accommodations where applicable

Benefits:

  • Fully remote work arrangement
  • Opportunity for growth and innovation
  • Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employment