Senior Data & Cloud Architect – Snowflake & AWS

Worknovasllc; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Worknovasllc is seeking an experienced Solution/Data Architect to lead end-to-end data architecture for a Peoria, IL engagement. You will design cloud data warehouse platforms, Snowflake-based solutions, and scalable PySpark/Python pipelines, with IAM governance and AWS security at the core.

The role requires 12+ years in IT, enterprise architecture, and data engineering, and is onsite for a 12+ month contract. Collaboration with C-suite, architects, and data science teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum 12+ years of total professional working experience in IT, software engineering, and enterprise architecture.
• Proven hands-on experience in Solution Architecture and Data Warehouse design for large-scale enterprise environments.
• Expert technical proficiency and operational mastery of Snowflake data warehousing.
• Strong programming proficiency in PySpark and Python for big data processing and automation.
• Extensive practical experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) core components, specifically AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, and IAM security.
• Exceptional analytical problem-solving capabilities, executive communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Professional availability for full-time contract employment onsite in Peoria, IL (Duration: 12+ months)

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, deploy, and maintain enterprise-grade solution architectures and modern data warehouse platforms.
• Spearhead Snowflake data warehouse design, multi-cluster scaling, virtual warehouse tuning, and secure data sharing.
• Develop scalable big data processing pipelines, ETL transformations, and distributed workflows utilizing PySpark and Python.
• Architect and implement serverless data ingestion and processing pipelines utilizing AWS Lambda and AWS Glue.
• Enforce rigorous enterprise security standards, IAM role policies, encryption standards, and cloud compliance frameworks.
• Collaborate proactively with C-suite stakeholders, software engineering squads, and enterprise business analysts.
• Optimize large-scale SQL queries, database indexing, and cloud compute resource utilization to reduce latency and infrastructure costs.
• Conduct rigorous technical evaluations, code reviews, and architectural assessments for cloud data platforms.
• Maintain comprehensive technical documentation, architecture blueprints, data dictionary registries, and pipeline runbooks.
• Ensure strict adherence to data governance best practices, enterprise security baselines, and project timelines (12+ months duration).

Skills

Snowflake

PySpark

Python

AWS Lambda

AWS Glue

IAM security

Data Warehouse design

Solution Architecture

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/IT/SE

Tools

Apache Kafka

Apache Airflow

TOGAF (cert)

Job description

Worknovasllc is seeking an experienced Solution/Data Architect to lead end-to-end data architecture for a Peoria, IL engagement. You will design cloud data warehouse platforms, Snowflake-based solutions, and scalable PySpark/Python pipelines, with IAM governance and AWS security at the core.

The role requires 12+ years in IT, enterprise architecture, and data engineering, and is onsite for a 12+ month contract. Collaboration with C-suite, architects, and data science teams is essential.