Alation Technical Consultant CGEMJP

Role: Alation Technical Consultant Rate: up to £332 per day - Umbrella only Duration: 3 months Location: Hybrid - 3 days in the office 22 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4BQ or North St, Horsham RH12 1RD Role Summary The Alation Technical Consultant is responsible for the implementation, configuration, and ongoing support of the Alation Data Intelligence Platform. The role focuses on onboarding data sources, enabling metadata management and governance capabilities, and ensuring the platform operates effectively to support data discovery, cataloging, and stewardship initiatives. Key Responsibilities Platform Setup andamp; DeploymentInstall, deploy, and upgrade Alation platform components across cloud and/or on-premises environments.Configure integrations with enterprise infrastructure, authentication services, and security frameworks.Configuration andamp; AdministrationConfigure Alation platform settings, user roles, permissions, workflows, stewardship, and governance features.Perform platform administration, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and regular maintenance activities.Data Source Onboarding andamp; Metadata HydrationConnect and onboard databases, data warehouses, BI tools, data lakes, and other enterprise data sources into Alation.Support migration of metadata from Legacy repositories, including Excel-based inventories, data dictionaries, SharePoint-hosted metadata assets, and existing catalog/governance tools into Alation.Enable metadata extraction, ..... full job details .....