The Role
Lumen is looking for an experienced Principal Data Governance Architect that will be responsible for enterprise architecture authority for the governance program.
This person will ensure tool assessment findings, governance standards, and domain data models align to Lumen's EA taxonomy and Data Architecture Review Board (DARB) approved architecture.
They will own the governance architecture standards layer, not the tooling implementation, but the architectural guardrails the tooling must conform to.
Will represent governance in all major architecture decisions, migration programs, and platform strategy conversations.
The Main Responsibilities
- Own enterprise data architecture standards for governance inculding reference architectures, Unity Catalog governance patterns, data platform governance integration models, CUI/commercial data segregation patterns
- Serve as governance team's standing Data Architecture Review Board (DARB) representative - all new data initiatives affecting governed domains must pass a governance architecture review before DARB approval
- Evaluate architectural fit of new tools against Lumen's multi-platform data estate; flag integration complexity and dependency risk in Track 1 assessments
- Partner with Data Engineering EA on migration architecture providing governance embedded by design, with checkpoints in CDW-to-Databricks and other active migration SOWs
- Author and maintain governance architecture decision records in SharePoint
- Advise the Director, Data Governance Technology on platform architectural trade-offs in vendor evaluations
What We Look For in a Candidate
- 10 years in enterprise data architecture with governance-by-design orientation
- DARB or architecture review board participation experience
- Databricks Lakehouse architecture expertise - Medallion, Unity Catalog, Delta Live Tables
- Broad platform fluency - Azure, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce, Palantir, multi-cloud
- CUI/FedRAMP data segregation architecture experience preferred
- Strong technical writing; produces architecture decision records that remain useful 12 months after the decision
Compensation
This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data.
Minimums and maximums may vary based on location.
Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.
Location Based Pay Ranges
$152,066 - $202,755 in these states: AL AR AZ FL GA IA ID IN KS KY LA ME MO MS MT ND NE NM OH OK PA SC SD TN UT VT WI WV WY
$159,670 - $212,893 in these states: CO HI MI MN NC NH NV OR RI
$167,273 - $223,031 in these states: AK CA CT DC DE IL MA MD NJ NY TX VA WA
Life at Lumen
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Disclaimer
The job responsibilities described above indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.
It is not intended to include a comprehensive inventory of all duties and responsibilities for this job.
Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on evolving business needs and conditions.