Senior Data Governance Architect

Job#: 3024016

Job Description:
Senior Data Architect - Collibra & Data Governance
Overview

This role supports several large enterprise data initiatives. The Data Architect will lead governance, metadata, and integration design within the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, ensuring data products are scalable, governed, and aligned to enterprise standards.
What You'll Do

• Serve as the architectural owner for Collibra integrations and governance
• Partner with product, platform, and data teams to gather metadata and governance requirements
• Design metadata ingestion, lineage, and integration patterns using Collibra APIs and native connectors
• Provide architectural guidance and oversight to engineering teams implementing solutions
• Evaluate and scale the existing Collibra setup as new data platforms and products are onboarded
• Define and enforce governance and integration standards to ensure long-term stability

What You Need

• 8-10 years of experience as a Data Architect or Data Governance Architect
• Strong hands-on experience with Collibra Data Intelligence Platform
• Experience designing REST API-based integrations
• Solid understanding of Azure-based data architectures
• Ability to translate governance needs into scalable technical designs
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Nice to Have

• Databricks governance or metadata experience
• Knowledge graph or semantic modeling experience
• Experience with unstructured data governance

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.