Lead Data Platform Engineer – Azure & Snowflake Expert

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc.; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Part time

Job summary

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Data & Platform Engineer - Player to own the architecture and lead the build of a modern data foundation.

The role combines hands‑on delivery with strategic oversight, guiding a Senior Data Engineer and ensuring security, reliability, and long‑term maintainability of the platform. You will architect and implement via Azure and Snowflake, automate environments, and establish DataOps practices to support multiple AI tools and models as the

Qualifications

• Experience standing up and operating a modern data platform as the senior technical lead for other engineers.
• Strong data and cloud fundamentals, with deep hands‑on experience in Azure and Snowflake or equivalent.
• Excellent automation instincts across infrastructure as code, CI/CD, orchestration, testing, observability, and DataOps.
• Experience integrating imperfect SaaS and enterprise data through APIs, files, events, or change‑data‑capture patterns, then turning it into coherent shared models.
• The ability to debug across cloud infrastructure, pipelines, data models, permissions, and production operations instead of handing problems between specialists.
• Pragmatic architecture judgment: durable day one, avoids rework and premature industrialization.
• High ownership and clear communication; turn ambiguity into decisions and raise risks early.

Responsibilities

• Own the target architecture and a sequenced delivery plan tied to the first high‑value data and AI use cases.
• Build the core Azure and Snowflake foundation using managed services where they reduce operating burden without creating lock‑in or complexity.
• Lead source integration and ingestion across firm systems, shaping data into trusted, reusable models for entities like companies, people, deals, relationships, documents, and portfolio information.
• Automate infrastructure, deployments, testing, monitoring, data‑quality checks, backfills, and recovery so routine operations don’t require manual intervention.
• Set the security and reliability baseline: least privilege, environment separation, secrets, auditability, data classification, lineage, backups, and clear production ownership.
• Lead and unblock the Senior Data Engineer through direct collaboration, design and code review, clear standards, and fast decisions.
• Work closely with AI, investment, and IT teams; document the platform and transfer enough context for the firm to operate and extend it.

Skills

Azure

Snowflake

DataOps

CI/CD

Automation

Cloud architecture

Security

Leadership

API/Data integration

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Spectraforce Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Principal Data & Platform Engineer - Player to own the architecture and lead the build of a modern data foundation.

The role combines hands‑on delivery with strategic oversight, guiding a Senior Data Engineer and ensuring security, reliability, and long‑term maintainability of the platform. You will architect and implement via Azure and Snowflake, automate environments, and establish DataOps practices to support multiple AI tools and models as the