Lead Data Architect - Snowflake Migration & Strategy

Quantum Technologies. LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Quantum Technologies. LLC seeks a hands-on Lead Data Architect to anchor the US side of a multi‑year data platform modernization.

The program moves on‑prem Hadoop workloads to Snowflake, with you owning the target architecture and guiding an India‑based delivery team through an AI‑assisted migration. You will grow the account by identifying opportunities and shaping solutions, collaborating with client architects, security and governance teams, and sales and delivery leadership on scope and

Qualifications

• 12+ years in data engineering and architecture, with 4+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
• Proven Hadoop (Cloudera, Hive, Spark) to cloud data platform migration delivery.
• Strong SQL, Python and Spark; working knowledge of Snowpark, orchestration and CI/CD for data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Define the target Snowflake architecture, including data models, layering, and ingestion and transformation patterns.
• Lead assessment and design for Hadoop‑to‑Snowflake migrations, deciding assets to migrate, re‑engineer, archive or retire.
• Guide conversion of Hive, Spark, Python and shell workloads to Snowflake SQL and Snowpark, using AI‑assisted tools with clear review controls.
• Set the validation approach: reconciliation, data-quality rules, parallel runs, cutover and rollback.
• Work with client architecture, security and governance teams on access, retention and compliance decisions.
• Identify new growth opportunities within the account, such as further migration domains, data platform and AI‑enabled consumption initiatives, by building relationships with client architects and business stakeholders.
• Recommend solutions and shape proposals for these opportunities, working with Altimetrik account, sales and delivery leadership on scope, approach, estimates and commercials.
• Mentor engineers and support estimates, scope and risk management.

Skills

Data architecture

SQL

Python

Spark

Stakeholder comms

Tools

Snowflake

Snowpark

CI/CD for data pipelines

Hadoop (Cloudera/Hive/Spark)

Job description

Quantum Technologies. LLC seeks a hands-on Lead Data Architect to anchor the US side of a multi‑year data platform modernization.

The program moves on‑prem Hadoop workloads to Snowflake, with you owning the target architecture and guiding an India‑based delivery team through an AI‑assisted migration. You will grow the account by identifying opportunities and shaping solutions, collaborating with client architects, security and governance teams, and sales and delivery leadership on scope and