Senior Data Governance Architect – Azure, Databricks

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Senior Data Governance Architect role focused on enterprise data governance in Azure and Databricks environments. Collaborating with technical and business teams to establish robust governance practices.

Posted 6/14/2026contractRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureCloudUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement enterprise data governance capabilities across Azure and Databricks environments.
Lead the implementation and optimisation of Databricks Unity Catalog.
Define and implement metadata management, data lineage, and data catalogue capabilities.
Design governance operating models, standards, policies, and controls.
Configure and integrate governance tooling including Collibra and Microsoft Purview.
Develop business, technical, and end-to-end lineage frameworks.
Define data ownership, stewardship, classification, and access management processes.
Partner with Data Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Business teams to embed governance across the platform.
Support stakeholder workshops, requirements gathering, and governance adoption activities.
Produce architecture documentation, governance frameworks, solution designs, and implementation roadmaps.
Support governance best practices across data quality, metadata management, security, and compliance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience working within Azure data environments.
Proven experience with Databricks and modern cloud data platforms.
Hands-on experience implementing and managing Databricks Unity Catalog.
Experience designing and implementing enterprise data governance frameworks.
Strong understanding of metadata management, data lineage, and data catalogue solutions.
Experience engaging with both technical and business stakeholders.
Strong knowledge of data architecture and cloud data platform design.
Experience defining governance controls, standards, and operating models.
Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Inclusion and Equal Opportunities
Ability to work with a diverse team

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Hard Skills & Tools

AzureDatabricksDatabricks Unity Catalogmetadata managementdata lineagedata cataloguedata governance frameworksdata architecturecloud data platform designgovernance controls

Soft Skills

communicationfacilitationstakeholder management