diff --git a/ingestion/examples/sample_data/users/users.json b/ingestion/examples/sample_data/users/users.json
index a4860b07c45..3190357d20a 100644
--- a/ingestion/examples/sample_data/users/users.json
+++ b/ingestion/examples/sample_data/users/users.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       "timezone": "PST",
       "isAdmin": false,
       "teams": "Cloud_Infra",
+      "roles": ["DataSteward"],
       "owns": [],
       "follows": []
     },
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/ometa/ometa_api.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/ometa/ometa_api.py
index e56729cf753..29b2bb98aa2 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/ometa/ometa_api.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/ometa/ometa_api.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.messagingService import Messaging
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.pipelineService import PipelineService
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.services.storageService import StorageService
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.tags.tagCategory import Tag
+from metadata.generated.schema.entity.teams.role import Role
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.teams.team import Team
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.teams.user import User
 from metadata.generated.schema.type import basic
@@ -204,6 +205,9 @@ class OpenMetadata(
         if issubclass(entity, Tag):
             return "/tags"
 
+        if issubclass(entity, get_args(Union[Role, self.get_create_entity_type(Role)])):
+            return "/roles"
+
         if issubclass(entity, get_args(Union[Team, self.get_create_entity_type(Team)])):
             return "/teams"
 
@@ -267,7 +271,11 @@ class OpenMetadata(
         if "service" in entity.__name__.lower():
             return self.services_path
 
-        if "user" in entity.__name__.lower() or "team" in entity.__name__.lower():
+        if (
+            "user" in entity.__name__.lower()
+            or "role" in entity.__name__.lower()
+            or "team" in entity.__name__.lower()
+        ):
             return self.teams_path
 
         return self.data_path
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/metadata_rest.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/metadata_rest.py
index 18238d4a70c..bcb29291aad 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/metadata_rest.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/sink/metadata_rest.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ from metadata.generated.schema.api.lineage.addLineage import AddLineage
 from metadata.generated.schema.api.policies.createPolicy import (
     CreatePolicyEntityRequest,
 )
+from metadata.generated.schema.api.teams.createRole import CreateRoleEntityRequest
 from metadata.generated.schema.api.teams.createTeam import CreateTeamEntityRequest
 from metadata.generated.schema.api.teams.createUser import CreateUserEntityRequest
 from metadata.generated.schema.entity.data.chart import ChartType
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ class MetadataRestSink(Sink[Entity]):
         self.charts_dict = {}
         self.metadata = OpenMetadata(self.metadata_config)
         self.api_client = self.metadata.client
+        self.role_entities = {}
         self.team_entities = {}
         self._bootstrap_entities()
 
@@ -387,6 +389,22 @@ class MetadataRestSink(Sink[Entity]):
         team_response = self.api_client.get("/teams")
         for team in team_response["data"]:
             self.team_entities[team["name"]] = team["id"]
+        role_response = self.api_client.get("/roles")
+        for role in role_response["data"]:
+            self.role_entities[role["name"]] = role["id"]
+
+    def _create_role(self, role: EntityReference) -> None:
+        metadata_role = CreateRoleEntityRequest(
+            name=role.name, displayName=role.name, description=role.description
+        )
+        try:
+            r = self.metadata.create_or_update(metadata_role)
+            instance_id = str(r.id.__root__)
+            self.role_entities[role.name] = instance_id
+        except Exception as err:
+            logger.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+            logger.debug(traceback.print_exc())
+            logger.error(err)
 
     def _create_team(self, team: EntityReference) -> None:
         metadata_team = CreateTeamEntityRequest(
@@ -397,11 +415,16 @@ class MetadataRestSink(Sink[Entity]):
             instance_id = str(r.id.__root__)
             self.team_entities[team.name] = instance_id
         except Exception as err:
-            logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
-            logger.error(traceback.print_exc())
+            logger.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+            logger.debug(traceback.print_exc())
             logger.error(err)
 
     def write_users(self, record: User):
+        roles = []
+        for role in record.roles.__root__:
+            if role.name not in self.role_entities:
+                self._create_role(role)
+            roles.append(self.role_entities[role.name])
         teams = []
         for team in record.teams.__root__:
             if team.name not in self.team_entities:
@@ -412,6 +435,7 @@ class MetadataRestSink(Sink[Entity]):
             name=record.name.__root__,
             displayName=record.displayName,
             email=record.email,
+            roles=roles,
             teams=teams,
         )
         try:
diff --git a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/sample_data.py b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/sample_data.py
index 6461d9abdad..0a7d77c909b 100644
--- a/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/sample_data.py
+++ b/ingestion/src/metadata/ingestion/source/sample_data.py
@@ -456,12 +456,26 @@ class SampleDataSource(Source[Entity]):
                         description=f"This is {user['teams']} description.",
                     )
                 ]
+                roles = (
+                    [
+                        EntityReference(
+                            id=uuid.uuid4(),
+                            name=role,
+                            type="role",
+                            description=f"This is {role} description.",
+                        )
+                        for role in user["roles"]
+                    ]
+                    if "roles" in user
+                    else []
+                )
                 user_metadata = User(
                     id=uuid.uuid4(),
                     name=user["name"],
                     displayName=user["displayName"],
                     email=user["email"],
                     teams=teams,
+                    roles=roles,
                     href=Href(__root__="http://localhost"),
                 )
                 yield user_metadata