Solutions Architect - Data Governance

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The Solutions Architect, Data Governance serves as the lead technical and strategic advisor for enterprise data governance initiatives within client engagements. This role works directly with executive stakeholders, data leaders, business teams, security organizations, and technical delivery teams to design and implement governance programs that establish trust, visibility, accountability, and control across enterprise data estates. This client-facing delivery role focuses on structured data governance, including metadata management, business glossary development, taxonomy design, data lineage, stewardship operating models, data quality frameworks, governance monitoring, and Microsoft Purview implementation.

The Solutions Architect defines governance strategy, designs governance architectures, leads customer engagements, and provides oversight throughout delivery of the governance workstream. This role also advises organizations on governance readiness for modern analytics and AI platforms, including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Data Services, and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

Act as the lead subject matter expert for enterprise data governance, Microsoft Purview, metadata management, taxonomy development, and governance operating model design. Lead governance discovery workshops, maturity assessments, roadmap engagements, and executive strategy sessions. Design enterprise governance frameworks including stewardship models, ownership structures, governance policies, business glossaries, taxonomy standards, and metadata management processes.

Architect and oversee implementation of Microsoft Purview Data Governance capabilities including Unified Catalog, Data Map, Data Estate Insights, data lineage, metadata management, and business glossary solutions. Establish governance standards for structured data assets across Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services, Power BI, SQL Server, Snowflake, Azure Databricks, and related platforms. Guide customers in developing sustainable governance processes, governance operating procedures, and stewardship responsibilities.

Serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders, data leaders, governance councils, and technical teams. Translate business objectives, regulatory considerations, and operational requirements into scalable governance solutions. Lead customer-facing workshops, architecture reviews, roadmap discussions, and governance design sessions.

Design governance monitoring and operational reporting solutions utilizing Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics, and related observability platforms. Establish operational processes for governance measurement, stewardship accountability, data quality reporting, lineage monitoring, and governance adoption tracking. Contribute governance accelerators, reference architectures, and reusable delivery assets from engagement experience. Apply the practice's delivery standards and AI-accelerated delivery patterns on engagements and identify opportunities for improvement based on real-world client conditions.

Advise organizations on governance readiness for Microsoft 365 Copilot and enterprise AI initiatives. Assess metadata maturity, lineage coverage, ownership models, and…