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# Alation Data Governance Architect

- **Company:** LTM Inc
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $155,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Cloud Computing, Data Discovery, Data Governance, Operational Data Store, Snowflake, Data Management, Marketplace, Databricks
- **Published:** June 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e52c85bec666ffda

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Snowflake?, 10-15 years in Data Governance Data Management

Strong experience with Alation mandatory

Expertise in Snowflake must and good to have skillset in Databricks Power BITableau

Strong understanding of data marketplace and data product concepts

Experience in cloud platforms AWSAzure

Key Deliverables 612 months

Governance framework rollout

Operational data marketplace

Alation deployed across domains

Business glossary and metadata catalog established

Data certification workflows implemented

KPIs Success Metrics

Marketplace adoption rate

Active Alation users

Data reuse increase

Reduction in data discovery time

Improvement in data quality metrics

Reduction in duplicate datasets

Preferred Qualifications

DAMACDMP certification

Cloud certifications AWSAzure

Experience in largescale enterprise data transformation programs
Skills

Mandatory Skills : Alation, Architecture Governance
Other details

## Description

We are seeking a Data Governance Architect to design and operationalize a modern scalable data governance framework with a strong focus on data marketplace enablement and Alation implementation This role drives enterprisewide data discoverability trust and reuse while ensuring compliance and business value realization, Define enterprise data governance framework policies standards operating model

Architect and operationalize enterprise data marketplace

Lead endtoend Alation implementation cataloging lineage glossary

Establish metadata lineage and data quality frameworks

Set up governance operating model council stewardship workflows

Engage stakeholders including CDO business and risk teams


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