Principal Solutions Architect - Cross-Cloud Data Platform

Appnovation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Appnovation is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to define architecture for a governed, zero-copy data platform spanning Databricks, Snowflake, and adjacent cloud sources. You will translate an evolving product vision into concrete design specifications, ensuring alignment with enterprise engineering practices and enabling agent-based data consumption for enterprise AI tools.

The role requires hands-on leadership, deep expertise in data governance, and a track record delivering across

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technology experience in solution, enterprise, or data architecture.
• Proven cross-cloud and multi-cloud data architectures.
• Experience with zero-copy, data-mesh, and data-product principles.
• Strong data governance expertise including access control and policy classification.
• Experience defining data-contract standards and governance metadata.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Solution architecture

Enterprise architecture

Data governance

Cross-cloud data architectures

Zero-copy data platforms

Identity & access management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Information Systems

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Collibra

Unity Catalog

Horizon

Neo4j

MCP

Snowflake Cortex

Genie

Job description

Appnovation is seeking a Principal Solutions Architect to define architecture for a governed, zero-copy data platform spanning Databricks, Snowflake, and adjacent cloud sources. You will translate an evolving product vision into concrete design specifications, ensuring alignment with enterprise engineering practices and enabling agent-based data consumption for enterprise AI tools.

The role requires hands-on leadership, deep expertise in data governance, and a track record delivering across