Databricks Data Governance Engineer (Unity Catelog)

Unity Catalog and Data Governance Engineer

Job Summary

The Unity Catalog and Data Governance Engineer makes the lakehouse safe to open up. This role designs and operates the governance layer covering catalog structure, access model, lineage, classification, and audit, so that more people can use more data without the organization losing control of it. The role pairs hands on Unity Catalog implementation with practical governance policy work.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement the Unity Catalog metastore, catalog, schema, and object hierarchy
• Build the access model using groups, service principals, and privilege inheritance, and automate grant management
• Implement row filters, column masks, and attribute based access controls for sensitive data
• Configure and operate data classification, tagging, and sensitive data discovery
• Stand up lineage capture and make it usable for impact analysis and audit response
• Migrate legacy Hive metastore assets and table ACLs into Unity Catalog
• Define and enforce policy for external locations, storage credentials, and Delta Sharing
• Produce evidence and reporting for internal audit and regulatory requests

Required Skills

• 5+ years in data governance, data engineering, or data security roles
• Hands on Unity Catalog implementation experience including metastore setup and privilege design
• Strong SQL and working Python for automation of governance tasks
• Understanding of identity management, group based entitlement, and least privilege design
• Experience with data classification and handling of PII, PHI, or PCI data
• Ability to translate regulatory language into enforceable technical controls

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Collibra, Alation, Purview, or an equivalent catalog alongside Unity Catalog
• Delta Sharing and clean room implementation experience
• Knowledge of GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, SOX, or GxP requirements as they apply to data platforms
• Terraform automation of Unity Catalog objects

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