Senior System Architect/Snowflake

Inspiration Global; Berkeley Heights (NJ); On-site; USD 214,000 - 311,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in IT services is seeking a Senior System Architect to lead cloud-native data warehouse projects using Snowflake on AWS. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data architecture, systems design, and a proven track record with AWS services. This role requires strong leadership, collaboration, and technical documentation skills, making a vital contribution to data integration and security across enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of experience in data architecture and enterprise data platform development.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake and AWS services.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end architecture of cloud-native data warehouse solutions.
• Design data ingestion frameworks to source data from diverse systems.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure architectural alignment.

Skills

Data architecture

Systems design

Data modeling

AWS services

Data security

SQL

Tools

Snowflake

dbt

Airflow

Informatica

Matillion

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• Lead the end-to-end architecture of cloud-native data warehouse solutions using Snowflake on AWS.
• Design data ingestion frameworks to source structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data from diverse internal and external systems.
• Architect and oversee efficient, resilient ELT pipelines using AWS services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, Step Functions).
• Define data modeling strategies, schema optimization, and partitioning approaches within Snowflake to support high-performance workloads.
• Establish enterprise-wide standards for data integration, transformation, and metadata management.
• Implement robust data security, including IAM integrations, RBAC, encryption, masking, auditing, and compliance controls.
• Collaborate with engineering, analytics, and business teams to ensure architectural alignment and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Provide technical leadership on best practices, architectural governance, and tool selection.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational models.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 15 years of experience in data architecture, systems design, and enterprise data platform development.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake including query optimization, virtual warehouses, data sharing, and security integrations.
• Deep understanding of AWS services relevant to data architecture (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, Redshift, CloudWatch, IAM).
• Proven expertise in ELT/ETL architecture, data lake/data warehouse design, and data pipeline orchestration.
• Strong skills in SQL, data modeling, and performance tuning at scale.
• Experience implementing security, compliance, and governance frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work across business and technical teams

Preferred Qualifications:

• SnowPro Advanced Architect or equivalent certification.
• Experience with tools such as dbt, Airflow, Informatica, or Matillion.
• Exposure to real-time data streaming, event-driven architectures, and DevOps/CI-CD pipelines.
• Background in regulated industries (e.g., finance, insurance, healthcare) is a strong plus.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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