Snowflake Architect

JOB DESCRIPTION

• 10 + years experience
• We are seeking an experienced snowflake architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of snowflake data platform.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for crafting robust, scalable data architecture solutions that support advanced analytics, data warehousing and real time data processing initiatives across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A self-starter with a growth mindset and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration with diverse teams
• Architect and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions on Snowflake platform
• Understand business challenges, data requirements and current technology ecosystems
• Develop and Enforce data architecture best practices including data modeling, ELT/ETL pipelines and data governance
• Understand the concepts of data marts and its usage across enterprise
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Design end-to-end pipelines, ensuring seamless integration with snowflake
• Optimize snowflake solutions for cost efficiency, performance, and reliability
• Lead technical engagements, collaborating with internal teams and client stakeholders
• Guide data engineers, analyst, and developers in implementing best practices on snowflake
• Establish and enforce governance, security, and compliance standards within snowflake environments
• 5+ years of experience in data architecture or data engineering roles
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with snowflake.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing large-scale data solutions across industries
• Experience working in consulting or client facing roles, particularly with D&A or enterprise customers
• Deep understanding of modern data architecture principles, including cloud platform AWS
• Expert knowledge of snowflake architecture, including data sharing, performance optimization and data security
• Experience integrating snowflake with BI/Visualization platform like Tableau or Business Objects or Crystal Reports
• Hands on experience with data modeling, schema design and ELT pipeline development
• Understanding of cloud-native services for data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration (e.g., AWS services)
• Collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to integrate snowflake with SIEM solution for real-time monitoring, alerting and compliance reporting
• Experience integrating snowflake with SIEM platforms such as AWS
• Experienced design data pipelines that securely ingest security logs and audit data from snowflake into centralized SIEM platforms
• Experience in designing high performance data extraction process using Teradata to snowflake
• Experience in leverage amazon S3 as an intermediate staging layer for seamless data transfer and scalability