AI Governance Engineer / Alation Administrator (AWS) - Remote

Location: Remote (USA)
Job Type: Contract

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced AI Governance Engineer / Alation Administrator to support enterprise AI governance, metadata management, and cloud governance initiatives. This role focuses on ensuring enterprise data and AI assets are properly cataloged, governed, compliant, and accessible for analytics and AI use cases.

This is NOT a Data Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Scientist, or AI/ML Engineer role. Candidates must have hands-on experience with Alation Administration and Data Governance.

Required Skills

• 2+ years of hands-on Alation Administration
• 3+ years of Data Governance, AI Governance, or Metadata Management
• Experience with AWS Glue, Amazon S3, Athena, IAM, and Lake Formation
• Strong Python scripting and automation
• Metadata Management and Data Lineage
• Enterprise Data Catalog administration
• Azure DevOps (ADO)
• SQL and REST APIs
• Experience working in Agile environments

Responsibilities

• Administer and enhance enterprise AI and Data Governance programs.
• Configure and manage Alation Data Catalog, metadata ingestion, lineage, and governance workflows.
• Maintain business glossaries, metadata repositories, classifications, and governance policies.
• Support AWS metadata management using Glue, S3, Athena, Lake Formation, and IAM.
• Develop Python scripts to automate metadata extraction, governance processes, reporting, and monitoring.
• Build integrations between Alation, AWS services, and enterprise governance platforms using REST APIs.
• Collaborate with data engineering, cloud, analytics, governance, and security teams.
• Support operational modernization initiatives through automation and governance best practices.
• Manage work items and documentation using Azure DevOps.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and governance initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting AI Governance or Responsible AI initiatives
• Alation Certification or Administrator experience
• AWS Certifications
• Experience with enterprise metadata catalogs and lineage tools
• Knowledge of cloud security and compliance
• Experience with Ascend or Bridge integrations