Principal Solutions Architect: Cross-Cloud Data Platform

Appnovation; Austin (CO); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Appnovation is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to define the architecture for a governed, zero-copy, cross-cloud data platform across Databricks and Snowflake. You will translate a product vision into concrete design specifications and lead an on-going data-product strategy.

You will own end-to-end solution architecture, collaborate with enterprise engineering, and guide the team on build-versus-buy decisions, governance, and agent-based data access for enterprise AI tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, Engineering, or related field with 10+ years in architecture.
• Proven cross-cloud and multi-cloud data architecture experience.
• Experience with data governance and access control.
• Knowledge of data-contract standards and governance metadata.
• Strong communication and consulting experience.
• Experience with client-facing delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end solution architecture for a governed, zero-copy data platform.
• Produce architecture artifacts and reference diagrams to guide engineering.
• Define catalog and metadata integration patterns across cloud environments.
• Design agent-based access patterns for enterprise AI tools.
• Establish future-state direction for data products and cross-source composition.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise engineering practices while guiding token-based data consumption.

Skills

Architecture leadership

Cross-cloud design

Data governance

Stakeholder mgmt

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Collibra

Unity Catalog

Terraform

Python

OAuth/OIDC

Snowflake Cortex

Terraform

Job description

Appnovation is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to define the architecture for a governed, zero-copy, cross-cloud data platform across Databricks and Snowflake. You will translate a product vision into concrete design specifications and lead an on-going data-product strategy.

You will own end-to-end solution architecture, collaborate with enterprise engineering, and guide the team on build-versus-buy decisions, governance, and agent-based data access for enterprise AI tools.