Platform Engineer / Solution Architect Data Catalog Implementation (Atlan or Alation) :: Midtown, New York(Hybrid, Need Only locals with DL Copy)

Overview

On Site
Full Time
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - long term

Skills

Capital Market
Banking
Financial Services
Machine Learning (ML)
Training
Leadership
SaaS
Network
Reporting
Solution Architecture
Database
SQL
Python
Scripting
Metadata Modeling
Terraform
Continuous Delivery
GitHub
GitLab
Continuous Integration
Microsoft Azure
DevOps
Taxonomy
Meta-data Management
Snow Flake Schema
Databricks
Microsoft SQL Server
ADF
Microsoft SSIS
Business Intelligence
Tableau
Microsoft Power BI
Incident Management
Data Governance
Workflow
RBAC
Regulatory Compliance
SSO
SAML
OIDC
Provisioning
Data Masking
Auditing
Change Management
Process Management
Quality Assurance
Capacity Management
Search Engines
Backup
Recovery
Disaster Recovery
Soft Skills
Communication
Stakeholder Management
Analytics
LinkedIn
Oracle UCM

Job Details

Job Title Platform Engineer / Solution Architect - Data Catalog Implementation (Atlan or Alation)

Location Midtown, New York(Hybrid, Need Only locals with DL Copy)

Duration long term

Candidates must have recent architect level experience working with Atlan or Alation in Banking or Capital Markets

Job Description

We need: We're seeking a seasoned (10+ YEARS, 15+ PREFERRED) Platform Engineer / Solution Architect to lead the end to end implementation and adoption of a modern data catalog and metadata platform, such as Atlan or Alation in a Banking or Financial services environment. You will architect the solution, integrate it with our data ecosystem (warehouses, pipelines, BI, ML), operationalize metadata ingestion and lineage, drive governance and security, and enable organization-wide adoption through automation, training, and change management. Candidates must have experience with production-grade catalog platform deployed (SaaS or self-managed) with SSO, RBAC, and secure network patterns as well as Automated metadata ingestion for priority sources (e.g., SQL Server, Snowflake, Databricks). Data Catalog Implementation.

*** Candidate Must Have's on a resume and for submittal:

1. How many years working with: Platform Engineer / Solution Architect

2. How many years working with: lead the end to end implementation and adoption of a modern data catalog and metadata platform, such as Atlan or Alation in a Banking

3. How many years working with: Automated metadata ingestion

4. How many years working with: Banking or Financial services

5. How many years working with: SQL Server, Snowflake, Databricks). Data Catalog Implementation

Role Summary

We're seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer / Solution Architect to lead the end to end implementation and adoption of a modern data catalog and metadata platform, such as Atlan or Alation. You will architect the solution, integrate it with our data ecosystem (warehouses, pipelines, BI, ML), operationalize metadata ingestion and lineage, drive governance and security, and enable organization-wide adoption through automation, training, and change management.

This role blends deep technical engineering and pragmatic architecture with product-minded thinking and stakeholder leadership.

Key Outcomes (First 12 Months)

  • Production-grade catalog platform deployed (SaaS or self-managed) with SSO, RBAC, and secure network patterns.
  • Automated metadata ingestion for priority sources (e.g., SQL Server, Snowflake, Databricks).
  • End-to-end lineage capability operationalized across application data pipelines and BI reporting tools.
  • Capability to build a business glossary, stewardship workflows, and metadata templates for critical domains.
  • CI/CD for connectors, policies, and configuration as code.
  • Capability to monitor adoption metrics implemented (active users, curated assets, coverage, search-to-click, trust flags).

Responsibilities

  • Experience: 10+ years in data/platform engineering or solution architecture; 3+ years implementing data catalog/metadata platforms (e.g., Atlan, Alation), including connectors, lineage, governance workflows, and adoption.
  • Data Stack & Integration: Proficiency with warehouses/lakes (Snowflake, Databricks), databases (SQL Server), pipelines (ADF, SSIS), BI (Power BI), and APIs.
  • Programming: Strong SQL and Python; scripting and automation for ingestion/enrichment; familiarity with SDKs/APIs.
  • Governance & Metadata: Business glossary/taxonomy, ownership/stewardship models, policy workflows; metadata modeling and enrichment.
  • DevOps/IaC: Terraform, configuration-as-code, CI/CD (GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/Azure DevOps), platform monitoring and incident response.
  • Soft Skills: Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and product mindset to translate governance into practical solutions.

Qualifications

  • Catalog implementation expertise (Atlan/Alation): Environment design (prod/non-prod), metadata model/glossary/taxonomy, custom metadata templates, lineage capture, and custom enrichment pipelines/processors.
  • Integration & connectors: Metadata ingestion from data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, SQL Server); pipelines (ADF, SSIS); BI tools (Tableau, Power BI).
  • Lineage & observability: setup and integration; alerting, and incident response; monitoring
  • Data governance & policy enforcement: operationalize via catalog workflows, approvals, stewardship assignments, and role-based access (RBAC/ABAC).
  • Security & compliance: SSO with SAML/OIDC, user provisioning, data masking policies, audit logging and evidence collection.
  • Change Management: process implementation for DEV, QA, UA, PROD environments
  • Reliability & performance: Capacity planning, scaling ingest jobs, tuning crawlers, search/index performance, and backup/restore and disaster recovery for catalog components.

Soft Skills

  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management across engineering, analytics, and business.
  • Ability to translate governance requirements into pragmatic technical solutions.
  • Product mindset: iterate with feedback, measure adoption, and drive value.

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