Data Governance Engineer with MDM, Data Contracts & AWS Lakehouse

Role: Data Governance Engineer with MDM, Data Contracts & AWS Lakehouse
Location: Remote
Duration: 12+months

Key Responsibilities

• Create and maintain data contracts for Kafka topics, APIs, Iceberg tables, Snowflake datasets, and S3-based data products.
• Define metadata standards, schema governance, lineage, SLAs, and data quality rules for Minerva data platforms.
• Support governance and catalog integration using Atlan.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Product, Governance, and Architecture teams across Minerva initiatives.
• Support AWS Lakehouse technologies including:

• AWS Glue
• Amazon S3
• AWS Lake Formation
• Confluent Platform
• Apache Flink
• Apache Iceberg
• Snowflake

Required Skills

• Experience in metadata management, data governance, and data contract authoring.
• Strong understanding of AWS Lakehouse and modern data platform architecture.
• Experience with schema evolution, lineage, catalog management, and data quality frameworks.
• Knowledge of JSON, Avro, Parquet, YAML, SQL, and streaming data platforms.
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in enterprise data modernization or lakehouse migration programs.
• Familiarity with Data Mesh and Data Product operating models.
• Experience working with global delivery and cross-functional teams.