Snowflake Architect

Vbeyond; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Vbeyond in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Snowflake Architect to lead end-to-end architecture and strategy for enterprise data platforms.

The role requires hands-on Snowflake expertise, strong stakeholder engagement, and ability to guide delivery teams in design reviews and governance.

You will collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and cost-efficient data solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data warehousing, data engineering and cloud data platforms.
• Hands-on Snowflake architecture, design, implementation and optimization.
• Experience with data modelling, patterns and governance.

Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end Snowflake architecture and solution strategy.
• Define architecture patterns, frameworks, and best practices for enterprise data platforms.
• Lead solution design workshops with business and technology stakeholders.
• Present architecture designs and recommendations to customers, architects, and leadership teams.
• Provide technical leadership to delivery teams and ensure adherence to architectural standards.
• Drive performance optimization, security, scalability, and cost-efficiency initiatives.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, data engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver modern data solutions.
• Support pre-sales, solutioning, and proposal activities where required.

Skills

Data warehousing

Data engineering

Stakeholder management

Solution design

Architecture leadership

Tools

Snowflake

DBT

Python

SQL

Orchestration tools

Job description

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Job Description

• 10+ years of overall experience in Data Warehousing, Data Engineering, and Cloud Data Platforms. Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake architecture, design, implementation, and optimization.
• Proven expertise in designing enterprise-scale data platforms, data lakes, and modern data warehouse solutions.
• Deep understanding of Snowflake features including Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, Time Travel, Zero-Copy Cloning, Data Sharing, RBAC, and performance tuning.
• Experience in data modelling, including dimensional modelling, star and snowflake schemas, and data vault concepts.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP and integration with Snowflake.
• Experience with ETL/ELT frameworks, DBT, Python, SQL, and orchestration tools.
• Ability to define architecture standards, patterns, best practices, and governance frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage with business and technical teams.
• Comfortable leading architecture discussions, presenting solution designs, conducting design reviews, and influencing technical decisions.
• Experience creating architecture documents, solution blueprints, and executive-level presentations.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and consulting skills.
• Prior experience in Banking, Insurance, or Financial Services domains is preferred.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own end-to-end Snowflake architecture and solution strategy.
• Define architecture patterns, frameworks, and best practices for enterprise data platforms.
• Lead solution design workshops with business and technology stakeholders.
• Present architecture designs and recommendations to customers, architects, and leadership teams.
• Provide technical leadership to delivery teams and ensure adherence to architectural standards.
• Drive performance optimization, security, scalability, and cost-efficiency initiatives.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, data engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver modern data solutions.
• Support pre-sales, solutioning, and proposal activities where required.