Senior Snowflake Data Architect – Cloud, Governance

Randstad New Zealand; Wellington; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Randstad New Zealand in Wellington seeks an experienced Data Architect to design and deliver end-to-end data solutions built on Snowflake. You will be hands-on in solution design and advisory, partnering with clients, engineers and business teams to create modern, governed, cloud-native ecosystems.

The role requires 12+ years in IT with 5+ years in data architecture and a proven track record migrating legacy systems to Snowflake from SAS, DB2, and Oracle.

Qualifications

• 12+ years IT experience with 5+ years in data architecture roles.
• Proven Snowflake-based data solutions experience.
• Strong data modelling and warehousing knowledge.
• Legacy system migration to Snowflake (SAS/DB2/Oracle).
• Deep governance, metadata, data lineage and quality understanding.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver end-to-end Snowflake-based data solutions.
• Provide hands-on solution design and advisory work.
• Partner with clients, engineers and business teams.
• Lead data governance, metadata management and data quality.
• Translate complex architecture into business language.

Skills

Snowflake

Data governance

Data modelling

SQL

ETL/ELT design

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor Degree ICT

Tools

dbt

Spark

Python

ETL pipelines

Job description

Randstad New Zealand in Wellington seeks an experienced Data Architect to design and deliver end-to-end data solutions built on Snowflake. You will be hands-on in solution design and advisory, partnering with clients, engineers and business teams to create modern, governed, cloud-native ecosystems.

The role requires 12+ years in IT with 5+ years in data architecture and a proven track record migrating legacy systems to Snowflake from SAS, DB2, and Oracle.