Governanace (Atlan) Architect- Remote

Job Title: Governanace (Atlan) Architect Duration: 6 months contract with possible extension Location: Remote work Independent Visa Only Job Description: Design and implement a scalable governance and access framework for the client's Data Marketplace on Atlan, supporting approximately 500 employees and 2,000 external customers. Resolve UAT visibility issues and establish a secure, maintainable model before onboarding resumes. This is a hands-on architecture and engineering role. Roles and Responsibilities - Diagnose and resolve persona, policy and group-related access defects without disrupting existing users. - Design least-privilege RBAC/ABAC across the four access tiers, including internal/external segregation (>2000 usres) and overlapping memberships. - Configure Atlan personas, purposes and policies; distinguish metadata visibility from source-system data access and validate licensing constraints. - Integrate SSO groups and SCIM provisioning/deprovisioning; automate repeatable configuration and validation using supported APIs or SDKs. - Align classification, tags, domains and data products with access controls, working with data architects, engineers and security teams. - Implement governance approval and DSAA requirements, including access expiry, exceptions, periodic reviews and auditability. - Lead positive and negative UAT, resolve defects and obtain approval for phased onboarding with rollback controls. - Deliver architecture documentation, operational runbooks and knowledge transfer to the internal governance team. - Translates governance tiers and approval workflows into a documented, testable access matrix Required Experience and Skills - Overall 10+ years of experience having 5+ years in data governance, data platform or IAM architecture; experience designing RBAC/ABAC for 1,000+ users. - 1–2 enterprise Atlan implementations, or deep equivalent experience with Collibra, Alation, or Microsoft Purview with demonstrable hands-on capability. - Expertise in Atlan personas, purposes, policies, classification, domains and data products. - SSO/SCIM integration with Okta or Microsoft Entra ID, including group mapping and user lifecycle automation. - Strong troubleshooting, access testing, least-privilege design, stakeholder communication and documentation skills. Best Regards Rohit Rawat Delivery Manager Inabia Solutions & Consulting 14711 NE 29th Place, Suite 110 Bellevue, WA 98007 Originally posted on Himalayas