The Momba Group · 3 weeks ago
Data Governance Catalog Steward
Des Moines, IA
Contract
Hybrid
Mid LevelThe Momba Group is seeking a Data Governance Catalog Steward to manage metadata completeness and governance adherence from ingestion in Databricks to business consumption in Alation. This hands-on role involves collaborating with platform engineering and business teams to ensure certifiable data products and maintain an accurate catalog.
Staffing & Recruiting
Responsibilities
Embed with Databricks platform and ingestion/modeling teams; attend build/prioritization meetings; guide teams to follow platform governance standards
Publish and maintain Unity Catalog standards (with emphasis on Refined→Presentation product readiness); monitor UC activity for adherence and remediate drift
Ensure all certifiable data products have complete ownership, assignments, and required metadata in Unity Catalog and Alation
Monitor and maintain UC→Alation metadata flow; resolve connection issues; ensure domain tags, owners, and governance attributes transfer and remain complete
Track catalog completeness/adoption metrics (e.g., Power BI over Snowflake/Databricks sources) and report progress to stakeholders
Audit catalog content for business completeness (domain, product, process linkage, business glossary alignment); drive remediation with Domain Stewards
Partner with the Data Governance Lead to define and evolve business‑friendly governance standards, policies, and playbooks; communicate updates to teams
Collaborate closely with the Business Domain Steward to align certification, deprecation, and status changes across UC and Alation
Qualification
Required
Deep, hands‑on Databricks Unity Catalog experience (RBAC/policies, tags, lineage, naming conventions, productization across bronze/silver/gold)
Proven metadata management experience and familiarity with enterprise data catalogs (Alation experience preferred; strong equivalents acceptable)
Experience working with platform/ingestion teams and translating governance requirements into day‑to‑day engineering practices
Ability to build/maintain adoption and completeness dashboards (e.g., Power BI) and drive follow‑through with technical teams
Preferred
Prior experience standing up or maturing Unity Catalog and/or Alation at scale
Exposure to data product / data mesh operating models and certification workflows
Company
The Momba Group
More than a staffing agency, The Momba Group is driven by a powerful purpose.
Founded in 2024
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase