AI-Driven Snowflake & AWS Data Platform Architect

Cognizant; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 124,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and modernization of enterprise data platforms centered on Snowflake and AWS. You will define target architectures, lead migrations from SSIS/SQL Server, and enable advanced analytics, AI, and BI capabilities.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Snowflake, AWS, Talend, Streamlit, and Cortex technologies, with governance-driven data platforms and strong stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Cloud Platforms, or Enterprise Analytics solutions.
• Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture, data modeling, performance optimization, security, and governance.
• Strong experience migrating legacy SQL Server and SSIS environments to Snowflake and cloud-native data platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Snowpipe, Snowflake Cortex AI, Cortex Analyst, Cortex Search, Streamlit, and advanced Snowflake capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design enterprise-scale cloud data architectures leveraging Snowflake, AWS, Talend, Streamlit, Snowflake Cortex AI, and Cortex Analyst capabilities.
• Lead migration initiatives from legacy SSIS and SQL Server environments to modern Snowflake-based data platforms.
• Develop scalable data models, schemas, and patterns optimized for performance, scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Define and implement data ingestion frameworks using Snowpipe, Talend, and AWS services for batch and near real-time processing.
• Architect and standardize Snowflake SQL transformation patterns, business rules, data quality controls, and reconciliation frameworks.
• Design secure data-sharing models, access controls, governance frameworks, and privacy-by-design architectures across Snowflake and AWS.
• Build solution blueprints for Snowflake Cortex AI, Cortex Search, Cortex Analyst, and Generative AI-enabled analytics capabilities.
• Guide the development of Streamlit applications and AI-driven interfaces for business users, analysts, and data consumers.
• Establish standards for deployment, testing, CI/CD, version control, monitoring, observability, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with product owners, engineering teams, business stakeholders, and enterprise architects to align platform roadmaps with business goals.
• Mentor architects and senior engineers, conduct architecture reviews, and promote engineering best practices and continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with SOX, data governance, security, audit, and regulatory requirements across the data ecosystem.

Skills

Data Architecture

Cloud Platforms

Data Modeling

SQL

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Talend

Streamlit

Snowflake Cortex AI

Cortex Analyst

Cortex Search

Snowpipe

Job description

Cognizant is seeking an experienced Solution Architect to lead the design and modernization of enterprise data platforms centered on Snowflake and AWS. You will define target architectures, lead migrations from SSIS/SQL Server, and enable advanced analytics, AI, and BI capabilities.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Snowflake, AWS, Talend, Streamlit, and Cortex technologies, with governance-driven data platforms and strong stakeholder engagement.