Technical Data Steward

Overview

We are seeking a Technical Data Steward with strong experience in data governance, metadata management, and modern cloud data platforms. This role will focus on managing and enriching enterprise metadata, implementing governance frameworks, maintaining data lineage, and ensuring secure, compliant, and discoverable data assets across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring hands‑on expertise with Atlan (or similar data cataloging platforms), strong knowledge of data governance best practices, and experience working with enterprise‑scale data ecosystems in retail environments.

• Rate Range – $45‑56/hr on W2
• Only W2 candidates – no C2C

• Manage and enrich metadata within Atlan, ensuring datasets, tables, pipelines and assets are properly documented and discoverable.
• Implement and maintain enterprise data cataloging standards, classifications and business glossary definitions.
• Ensure accurate tagging and classification of sensitive and PII‑related data assets.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation for datasets, pipelines and business definitions.
• Define, implement and enforce enterprise data governance policies and standards.
• Support RBAC/ABAC governance models and ensure compliance with organizational security policies.
• Ensure proper handling, governance and access controls for sensitive and regulated data.
• Support compliance initiatives related to governance, audit and regulatory requirements.
• Build and maintain end‑to‑end data lineage from source systems through transformation and consumption layers.
• Support impact analysis, traceability and governance reporting initiatives.
• Monitor and maintain data quality standards while identifying and resolving governance or data quality issues.
• Partner with engineering and analytics teams to improve data reliability, accessibility and usability.
• Configure and support Atlan integrations with Databricks, GCP, Snowflake, BI tools and related enterprise platforms.
• Collaborate closely with data engineering, analytics, business and governance teams.
• Support automation and governance workflows across modern cloud‑based data ecosystems.
• Drive adoption of governance standards and best practices across teams and stakeholders.

• 10+ years of experience in data governance, metadata management or data stewardship roles.
• Hands‑on experience with Atlan preferred, or similar platforms such as Collibra, Alation.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, metadata management, data lineage concepts, data cataloging best practices, PII and sensitive data classification, RBAC/ABAC security models.
• Experience with modern cloud data platforms such as Databricks, GCP, Snowflake.
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of ETL/ELT and data pipeline concepts.
• Experience supporting enterprise‑scale data environments and governance initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills; ability to work cross‑functionally with technical and business teams.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem‑solving abilities; detail‑oriented with focus on governance accuracy and compliance; self‑motivated and can manage multiple priorities in fast‑paced environments.

• Retail industry experience strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting DBX to GCP migration initiatives.
• Exposure to data quality and observability tools.

• Medical, dental, 401(k), direct deposit and commuter benefits.
• Benefits available to employees and freelancers.