Principal Data Platform Architect

Appnovation Technologies; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Appnovation Technologies seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to define end-to-end architecture for a governed, zero-copy data platform across Databricks, Snowflake, and related cloud sources. You will translate product vision into concrete design specifications and set technical standards for an enterprise engineering team.

The role requires 10+ years in solution or data architecture, deep data governance expertise, and strong leadership to align stakeholders, drive decisions, and deliver

Qualifications

• Ten or more years in solution, enterprise, or data architecture.
• Experience designing cross-cloud data architectures across multiple platforms.
• Proven use of zero-copy, data-mesh, and data-product principles.
• Strong knowledge of data governance, access controls, and policy classification.
• Experience defining data-contract standards and embedding governance metadata.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for a governed data platform.
• Produce architecture artifacts and reference diagrams to guide engineering teams.
• Define catalog and metadata integration patterns across cloud environments.
• Design agent-based access patterns exposing governed data products to AI tools.
• Set future-state direction for cross-source data composition and consumption.
• Collaborate with enterprise engineering teams to ensure governance and alignment.

Skills

Solution architecture

Cross-cloud data

Data governance

OAuth/OIDC

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Cloud data platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Collibra

Unity Catalog

Horizon

Neo4j

Python

Terraform

Job description

Appnovation Technologies seeks a Principal Solutions Architect to define end-to-end architecture for a governed, zero-copy data platform across Databricks, Snowflake, and related cloud sources. You will translate product vision into concrete design specifications and set technical standards for an enterprise engineering team.

The role requires 10+ years in solution or data architecture, deep data governance expertise, and strong leadership to align stakeholders, drive decisions, and deliver