Alation Technical Consultant in Storrington

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Hands-on experience implementing and administering the Alation Data Catalog.




• Strong understanding of metadata management, data governance, data cataloging, business glossaries, and data lineage concepts.




• Experience onboarding metadata from databases, cloud platforms, BI tools, and legacy sources such as Excel files, CSVs, and data dictionaries.




• Familiarity with SQL, APIs, metadata integration patterns, and authentication mechanisms such as SSO, SAML, and OAuth.




• Strong troubleshooting, stakeholder management, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• We implement, configure, and support the Alation Data Intelligence Platform.




• We install, deploy, and upgrade Alation platform components across cloud and/or on-premises environments.




• We configure integrations with enterprise infrastructure, authentication services, and security frameworks.




• We configure platform settings, user roles, permissions, workflows, stewardship, and governance features.




• We perform platform administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and regular maintenance activities.




• We connect and onboard databases, data warehouses, BI tools, data lakes, and other enterprise data sources into Alation.




• We support migration of metadata from legacy repositories, including Excel-based inventories, data dictionaries, SharePoint-hosted metadata assets, and existing catalog or governance tools.




• We enable metadata extraction, profiling, lineage capture, catalog enrichment, and metadata quality processes.




• We support bulk metadata import, mapping, transformation, and reconciliation activities.




• We apply Alation, metadata management, and data governance best practices to support successful platform adoption.




• We provide technical guidance, issue resolution, and operational support to business and technical stakeholders.




• We develop documentation, operational procedures, metadata onboarding standards, and knowledge transfer materials.




• We collaborate with data owners, stewards, architects, and governance teams to improve metadata coverage, quality, and usability.

Technologies

• Cloud




• Excel




• Support




• OAuth




• SAML




• SQL




• Security




• SharePoint




• DevOps

More

We are offering a 3-month Alation Technical Consultant role on an umbrella-only basis, with a rate of up to £332 per day. The position is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week in the office either at 22 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4BQ or North St, Horsham RH12 1RD.