Data Architect

Cloudious LLC; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudious LLC in Canada is seeking a Data Architect with 7–11 years of experience to design and implement scalable data platforms. The role focuses on Snowflake on AWS, data governance, and building robust data pipelines for enterprise services.

You will lead integration efforts across sources, optimize performance and costs in Snowflake, and collaborate on migration projects from legacy platforms like Cloudera. A hybrid work setup in Markham is supported.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in data architecture and engineering for large-scale transformations.
• Experience building Snowflake on AWS for scalable, secure environments.
• Design and orchestrate data acquisition pipelines using AWS Glue, Airflow and dbt.
• Proficient in SQL data modelling and ETL/ELT processes.
• Experience migrating workloads from Cloudera to Snowflake.
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and data quality practices.

Skills

Snowflake on AWS

Data architecture

ETL/ELT pipelines

Airflow orchestration

dbt transformations

AWS Glue

SQL data modeling

Data governance basics

Cloudera migration

Snowflake performance

Pipelines design

Python/Java scripting

Tools

Snowflake

AWS Glue

Apache Airflow

dbt

AWS ECS

OpenFlow

Cloudera

Redshift

Informatica

Collibra

Job description

Job description

Role Data Architect

Experience 7-11 Years

Location Canada Aviva Client location Markham Office

Working model Hybrid 3 days Work From Office 2 days mandatory Tue Wed 1 day flexible any day from Mon Thu Fri

Primary Skills

• Architect and implement advanced data solutions using Snowflake on AWS ensuring scalable secure and highperformance data environments
• Extensive experience 8 years in data architecture and engineering with a proven track record in largescale 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 ETLELT Snowflake OpenFlow and Apache Airflow for workflow automation enabling seamless ingestion of different data from diverse sources
• Deep expertise in Snowflake with handson experience delivering Snowflake as an enterprise capability
• Handson experience with AWS Glue for ETLELT Apache Airflow for orchestration and dbt for transformation preferably deployed on AWS ECS
• Proficiency in SQL data modelling ETLELT processes
• Proven experience in DBT to manage and automate complex data transformations within Snowflake ensuring modular testable and versioncontrolled 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 architectinglead migration of workloads from Cloudera to Snowflake
• Experience in evaluating the data technology platform including data governance suites data security products
• 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

Secondary Skills

• Familiarity with data mesh principles data product delivery and modern data warehousing paradigms
• Experience in Designing Streamlit apps and define new capabilities and data products leveraging snowflake ML and MLOPS capabilities
• SnowPro advanced certification preferred
• Knowledge of scripting languages PythonJava
• Experience with data governance metadata management and data quality frameworks eg Collibra Informatica
• Experience in Insurance Domain
• Experience in converting policydata conversion from legacy to modern platform
• Exposure to enterprise Datawarehouse solution like Cloudera AWS Redshift and informatica tool sets IDMC powercenter BDM