Snowflake Architect - 2nd Stage

5 Star Recruitment; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is looking for an experienced Snowflake Architect to design and optimize data architectures. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience, including 5 years with Snowflake, and must demonstrate exceptional communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate with diverse teams. Responsibilities include architecting scalable solutions, ensuring data integrity, and translating business needs into technical specifications. This is a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic environment with a focus on advanced data solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture roles.
• 5+ years of experience with Snowflake.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing large-scale data solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and optimization of Snowflake data solutions.
• Architect and implement scalable data solutions on the Snowflake platform.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Exceptional communication and presentation skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Expert knowledge of snowflake architecture

Hands-on experience with data modeling

Experience in consulting or client-facing roles

Tools

Snowflake

AWS

Tableau

Teradata

Job description

About the job Snowflake Architect - 2nd Stage

JOB DESCRIPTION

• 10 + years experience
• We are seeking an experienced snowflake architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of snowflake data platform.
• The ideal candidate will be responsible for crafting robust, scalable data architecture solutions that support advanced analytics, data warehousing and real time data processing initiatives across the enterprise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, capable of explaining technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A self-starter with a growth mindset and the ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills to foster collaboration with diverse teams
• Architect and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions on Snowflake platform
• Understand business challenges, data requirements and current technology ecosystems
• Develop and Enforce data architecture best practices including data modeling, ELT/ETL pipelines and data governance
• Understand the concepts of data marts and its usage across enterprise
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions
• Design end-to-end pipelines, ensuring seamless integration with snowflake
• Optimize snowflake solutions for cost efficiency, performance, and reliability
• Lead technical engagements, collaborating with internal teams and client stakeholders
• Guide data engineers, analyst, and developers in implementing best practices on snowflake
• Establish and enforce governance, security, and compliance standards within snowflake environments
• 5+ years of experience in data architecture or data engineering roles
• At least 3 years of hands‑on experience with snowflake.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing large‑scale data solutions across industries
• Experience working in consulting or client‑facing roles, particularly with D&A or enterprise customers
• Deep understanding of modern data architecture principles, including cloud platform AWS
• Expert knowledge of snowflake architecture, including data sharing, performance optimization and data security
• Experience integrating snowflake with BI/Visualization platform like Tableau or Business Objects or Crystal Reports
• Hands on experience with data modeling, schema design and ELT pipeline development
• Understanding of cloud-native services for data ingestion, transformation, and orchestration (e.g., AWS services)
• Collaborate with security and infrastructure teams to integrate snowflake with SIEM solution for real‑time monitoring, alerting and compliance reporting
• Experience integrating snowflake with SIEM platforms such as AWS
• Experienced design data pipelines that securely ingest security logs and audit data from snowflake into centralized SIEM platforms
• Experience in designing high performance data extraction process using Teradata to snowflake
• Experience in leverage amazon S3 as an intermediate staging layer for seamless data transfer and scalability