Architect

TechDoQuest; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDoQuest is seeking an experienced Data Architect to design and implement advanced data solutions on Snowflake on AWS. You will migrate existing data warehouse workloads to Snowflake and drive platform evaluations to align with data strategy.

You’ll collaborate with data engineers, AI engineers, and solution architects to deliver scalable data models, robust pipelines, and governance. Deep Snowflake expertise and experience with ETL/ELT, DBT, Airflow, and security/compliance are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of data architecture and engineering experience in large-scale data transformation programs.
• Proven experience with Snowflake on AWS and data migration to Snowflake.
• Expertise with ETL/ELT tooling (AWS Glue, Airflow) and DBT for transformations.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement advanced data solutions using Snowflake on AWS.
• Migrate existing Datawarehouse to Snowflake and govern data pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable data architectures.

Skills

Snowflake on AWS

Data architecture

ETL/ELT

DBT

Airflow

AWS Glue

Data governance

SQL

Python/Java

Data modeling

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

dbt

Airflow

AWS Glue

Informatica IDMC

PowerCenter

Job description

Mode: Hybrid (Mandatorily need to visit office 3 days (Monday/ Tuesday/ Wednesday))

Job Description:

Role Purpose:

• Architect and implement advanced data solutions using Snowflake on AWS, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performance data environments.
• Migration of the existing Datawarehouse solution to Snowflake
• Technology platform evaluations in the data and analytics space
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (data engineers, AI engineers, business, solution architects) to translate business requirements into technical solutions aligned with data strategy.
• Ensure data governance, security, and compliance within the Snowflake ecosystem, adhering to regulatory and organizational standards.

Experience and Capabilities

• Extensive experience (8+ years) in data architecture and engineering, with a proven track record in large-scale data transformation programs, ideally in insurance or financial services.
• Proven experience in architecting and implementing advanced data solutions using Snowflake on AWS,
• Expertise in design and orchestrating data acquisition pipelines using AWS Glue for ETL/ELT, Snowflake OpenFlow and Apache Airflow for workflow automation, enabling seamless ingestion of different data from diverse sources.
• Proven experience in DBT to manage and automate complex data transformations within Snowflake, ensuring modular, testable, and version-controlled transformation logic.
• Experience in implementing the lake house solution, Medallion architecture for financial or insurance carriers
• Experience in optimizing and tune Snowflake environments for performance, cost, and scalability, including query optimization and resource management,
• Experience in architecting/lead migration of workloads from Cloudera to Snowflake
• Design Streamlit apps and define new capabilities and data products leveraging snowflake ML and LLOPS capabilities.
• Experience in evaluating the data technology platform including data governance suites, data security products
• Exposure to enterprise Datawarehouse solution like Cloudera, AWS Redshift and informatica tool sets- IDMC, powercenter, BDM
• Develop robust data models and data pipelines to support data transformation, integrating multiple data sources and ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Document architecture, data flows, and transformation logic to ensure transparency, maintainability, and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Strong knowledge of data lifecycle mgmt., data retention, data modelling and working knowledge of cloud computing, and modern development practices.
• Experience with data governance, metadata management, and data quality frameworks (e.g., Collibra, Informatica).
• Experience in converting policy/data conversion from legacy to modern platform
• Deep expertise in Snowflake (Snowpro advanced certification preferred), with hands-on experience delivering Snowflake as an enterprise capability.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Glue for ETL/ELT, Apache Airflow for orchestration, and dbt for transformation (preferably deployed on AWS ECS).
• Proficiency in SQL, data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and scripting languages (Python/Java).
• Familiarity with data mesh principles, data product delivery, and modern data warehousing paradigms.