Senior Governance Engineer
Company: Alphanumeric (20-year client partnership in pharma/life sciences)
Type: Contract (Immediate Need) - W2 only (no C2C/3rd parties), no sponsorship
Pay: $112-$123/hour
Location: Remote (US) - Eligible states: CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, NV, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV
About the Role
We're seeking a Senior Governance Engineer with 8+ years' experience to design, build, and operationalize governance-by-design solutions across secure, scalable data and application platforms in a regulated environment. You'll translate loosely defined business and security requirements into well-specified, measurable products in close partnership with platform, data, and security teams.
What You'll Do
- Design & Build: Deliver scalable governance solutions using existing tech, open-source tools, and new integrations-emphasis on governance insights, data collection, and reporting.
- Governance by Design: Implement user-friendly controls using computational/automatable engines integrated with data platforms, pipelines, metadata, and authorization systems.
- Compliance Integration: Gather and codify requirements from security/regulatory partners to ensure policy and regulatory compliance in product design.
- Cross-Functional Delivery: Translate business needs into technically sound, efficient governance products; contribute across the SDLC with CI/CD and infra automation.
- Reliability & Ops: Establish metrics/observability; troubleshoot governance issues and provide technical support.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay current on security, governance, and data governance best practices and drive platform improvements.
- Mentorship: Guide junior engineers and foster a collaborative, knowledge-sharing culture.