Data Governance Engineer

TEKSYSTEMS INC.
Glendale, CA, United States
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Compensation
$166,400.0 - $174,720.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Artificial Intelligence Continuous Integration Data as a Services Data Validation Data Governance Data Security Data Warehousing Programming Tools Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Metadata
+11 more
Role-Based Access Control SQL Databases Okta Informatica Powercenter Large Language Models Snowflake Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Collibra Data Management SailPoint Terraform

Job description

CI/CD Tooling Auditing Metadata Terraform Operations Governance IdentityIQ Data Access Data Quality Data Governance Agile Methodology Security Policies Programming Tools Business Valuation Data Documentation Workflow Management Root Cause Analysis Collibra (Software) Alation Data Catalog Full Stack Development Business Transformation SQL (Programming Language) Product Family Engineering Snowflake (Data Warehouse) Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Identity And Access Management Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), We are looking to hire a Governance Engineer to own the hands-on administration and day-to-day operation of

the platform’s data governance and security tooling.

This is a hands-on, technical role. The Governance Engineer administers and operates our governance and

security tool stack: Snowflake Horizon and native Snowflake security features, Immuta for access

governance, Anomalo for data quality, Alation for our data catalog, identity and access integration, our

internal IBG tool for AI-generated data descriptions, and an in-development tool that tags data at ingest.

They are the first line of support across these tools the first point of contact for alerts, configuration

issues, and access questions.

The role works within an agile internal data services team of full-stack, reporting, and data engineers, SREs,

product owners, the Data Governance Lead, and executive stakeholders. The Data Governance Lead sets

program strategy, policy, and stakeholder alignment; this role turns that policy into working configuration

and keeps it running. You will not be alone: complex or platform-level problems are worked with our

platform engineering and SRE teams, and prior experience with our specific tools is not expected the

ability and appetite to learn them is.

Responsibilities

Administer and configure Snowflake Horizon and native Snowflake security and governance features

RBAC, masking, object tagging as a light administrator of the platform.

Implement and maintain access governance policies in Immuta, translating governance and security

requirements into working technical controls.

Configure, tune, and monitor data quality checks and alerts across governed datasets.

Maintain and enrich the data catalog so datasets are discoverable, described, and classified.

Adopt and help refine our internal tool for generating and validating data descriptions at scale.

Partner with platform engineering to test, integrate, and roll out our in-development ingest-time data

tagging tool.

Act as the first line of support for the governance and security tool stackalerts, access issues, Alation

and catalog questions, configuration issues at the tool level and partnering with platform engineering

and SRE on anything complex or platform-specific.

Support identity and access integration, including onboarding and access certification workflows.

Participate in vendor conversations, technical evaluations, and proofs of concept helping define

what needs to be validated, running hands-on testing, and reporting what worked and what did not.

Translate governance and security policy defined by the Data Governance Lead and the Security

team into technical configuration across the tool stack.

Automate and codify governance configuration where possible, so controls are repeatable, version-

controlled, and auditable rather than manually applied.

Document configurations, runbooks, integration patterns, and operational procedures for the

governance and security stack.

Help define how governance tooling is operated once it is stood up monitoring, support, routine

maintenance, and upgrades.

Evaluate emerging governance and security tooling as the stack evolves, and make technical

recommendations.

Requirements

Python, Sql, snowflake, Informatica, Experience with data access governance tooling such as Immuta or SecuPi.

Experience with data quality tooling such as Anomalo, Monte Carlo, or similar.

Experience with data catalog or metadata tooling such as Alation, Collibra, or Purview.

Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD Terraform or equivalent applied to platform or

security configuration.

Experience with identity and access management tooling such as SailPoint or Okta.

Experience participating in vendor evaluations or proofs of concept.

Experience supporting domain data stewards to identify and define critical data elements and data

quality rules, and participating in root cause analysis and remediation.

Familiarity with privacy, compliance, or audit frameworks and their technical implementation.

Experience with AI-assisted data documentation or description tooling.

Exposure to agent or LLM access patterns over governed data., Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

About the company

We’re partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That’s the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company., Were a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. Were a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. Were strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. Were building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

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