Snowflake Architect

Artifintech; Arkansas; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifintech is seeking an experienced Snowflake Architect to lead the Snowflake Horizon implementation and related data governance capabilities. The role requires hands-on Snowflake expertise and the ability to translate governance policies into scalable technical controls.

You will collaborate with data owners, security, and engineering to operationalize governance and establish reusable patterns. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of data architecture/engineering experience with Snowflake,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of data architecture or engineering experience.
• Deep Snowflake platform expertise.
• Experience implementing governance, security, metadata, and access controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and implementation of Snowflake Horizon capabilities.
• Design and implement data classification, tagging, lineage, metadata, and governance controls.
• Configure Snowflake security including RBAC, dynamic data masking, row access policies, and tag-based policies.
• Translate enterprise data governance requirements into technical Snowflake controls and standards.
• Partner with data owners, stewards, security, and engineering teams to operationalize governance.
• Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards, and implementation documentation.

Skills

Snowflake

Data governance

Security RBAC

Cloud architecture

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Snowflake Architect to lead the implementation of Snowflake Horizon and related data governance capabilities. The ideal candidate will combine deep Snowflake platform expertise with hands-on experience implementing governance, security, classification, metadata, and access controls.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead the architecture and implementation of Snowflake Horizon capabilities.
• Design and implement data classification, tagging, lineage, metadata, and governance controls.
• Configure Snowflake security including RBAC, dynamic data masking, row access policies, and tag-based policies.
• Translate enterprise data governance requirements into technical Snowflake controls and standards.
• Partner with data owners, stewards, security, and engineering teams to operationalize governance.
• Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards, and implementation documentation.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years of data architecture or engineering experience with strong hands-on Snowflake expertise.
• Experience implementing data governance within Snowflake.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake security, RBAC, tagging, masking, classification, metadata, and lineage.
• Understanding of enterprise data governance, including ownership, stewardship, data quality, privacy, and protection.
• Ability to translate governance policies into scalable technical solutions.

Preferred :

• Direct experience implementing Snowflake Horizon.
• SnowPro Core or SnowPro Advanced: Architect certification.
• Experience integrating Snowflake with governance platforms such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, or Informatica.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.