Senior Data Architect to assist with technology architecture standards for data governance, data classification, and reference data change controls across structured, unstructured, and geospatial data

Summary

Senior Data Architect defining technology architecture standards for data governance, classification, and data quality across structured, unstructured, and geospatial data, using Microsoft Purview and Databricks Unity Catalog for an energy & resources client.

Senior Data Architect to assist with technology architecture standards for data governance, data classification, and reference data change controls across structured, unstructured, and geospatial data

Our energy & resources client is seeking a Senior Data Architect to assist with technology architecture standards for data governance, data classification, and reference data change controls across structured, unstructured, and geospatial data

Candidates will be in-office 4 days/week in downtown Calgary

Must Haves

  • 10+ years of experience as a Data Architect with a focus on data governance requirements into technology architecture implemented by development teams
  • Experience in governance architecture across heterogeneous estates, including centralized governance, source governance, and legacy transition sequencing
  • Ability to sit in a design reviews with developers and modellers and give specific, implementable direction on the design in front of them
  • Experience with Unstructured data governance, DLP, Data quality framework including using tooling such as Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring, DLT, or Microsoft Purview
  • University degree in a related discipline (data management, computer science, information management, geomatics, analytics) or equivalent demonstrated experience

Nice to Have

  • Geospatial data governance including classification and access control at the feature and attribute level
  • Hands-on Microsoft Purview including data map, scanning and classification rules, glossary, lineage, and non-Microsoft integrations
  • Hands-on Databricks Unity Catalog including catalogs, schemas, tags, grants, row and column level security, and dynamic masking
  • Experience with confidential or restricted data management
  • CDMP, CIMP, or DGSP certification

Responsibilities

  • Author technology architecture standards for data governance across classification, metadata, access control, retention, lineage, and data quality
  • Advise developers, data architects, and data modellers on governance implementation decisions during design and delivery
  • Define governance approaches for structured, unstructured, and geospatial data environments
  • Establish the target governance toolchain architecture across Microsoft Purview and Databricks Unity Catalog
  • Assess the current estate to determine governance ownership, sequencing, and platform constraints
  • Develop reference implementations and proofs of concept for governance architecture standards
  • Define the data quality technology architecture covering rule execution, validation, monitoring, and enforcement

Senior Data Architect to assist with technology architecture standards for data governance, data classification, and reference data change controls across structured, unstructured, and geospatial data

Our energy & resources client is seeking a Senior Data Architect to assist with technology architecture standards for data governance, data classification, and reference data change controls across structured, unstructured, and geospatial data

Candidates will be in-office 4 days/week in downtown Calgary

Must Haves

  • 10+ years of experience as a Data Architect with a focus on data governance requirements into technology architecture implemented by development teams
  • Experience in governance architecture across heterogeneous estates, including centralized governance, source governance, and legacy transition sequencing
  • Ability to sit in a design reviews with developers and modellers and give specific, implementable direction on the design in front of them
  • Experience with Unstructured data governance, DLP, Data quality framework including using tooling such as Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring, DLT, or Microsoft Purview
  • University degree in a related discipline (data management, computer science, information management, geomatics, analytics) or equivalent demonstrated experience

Nice to Have

  • Geospatial data governance including classification and access control at the feature and attribute level
  • Hands-on Microsoft Purview including data map, scanning and classification rules, glossary, lineage, and non-Microsoft integrations
  • Hands-on Databricks Unity Catalog including catalogs, schemas, tags, grants, row and column level security, and dynamic masking
  • Experience with confidential or restricted data management
  • CDMP, CIMP, or DGSP certification

Responsibilities

  • Author technology architecture standards for data governance across classification, metadata, access control, retention, lineage, and data quality
  • Advise developers, data architects, and data modellers on governance implementation decisions during design and delivery
  • Define governance approaches for structured, unstructured, and geospatial data environments
  • Establish the target governance toolchain architecture across Microsoft Purview and Databricks Unity Catalog
  • Assess the current estate to determine governance ownership, sequencing, and platform constraints
  • Develop reference implementations and proofs of concept for governance architecture standards
  • Define the data quality technology architecture covering rule execution, validation, monitoring, and enforcement

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