Sr ETL Architect

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Windsor (CT); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A cloud data solutions firm is seeking an experienced ETL Architect to design and optimize scalable data integration solutions. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of experience with a strong focus on Snowflake and AWS services, including data movement and transformation. Responsibilities include architecting ETL frameworks, migrating data platforms, and implementing best practices for data governance. The firm offers a collaborative work environment and opportunities for technical leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering or data architecture.
• Proficiency with Snowflake including modeling and performance tuning.
• Experience with AWS services such as S3, Redshift, and EC2.

Responsibilities

• Design ETL architecture for large-scale data integration projects.
• Optimize Snowflake-based data warehouse solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure reliable data delivery.

Skills

Snowflake

AWS services

ETL/ELT tools

SQL

Python

Data governance

Apache Kafka

Tools

AWS Glue

Talend

Informatica

Job description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced ETL Architect with strong expertise in Snowflake and AWS Cloud ecosystem to design, develop, and optimize data integration solutions. The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting scalable ETL pipelines, enabling efficient data movement, transformation, and integration across enterprise systems to support business intelligence, analytics, and advanced data initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement ETL architecture, frameworks, and best practices for large‑scale data integration projects.
• Architect and optimize Snowflake‑based data warehouse solutions including schema design, performance tuning, and query optimization.
• Lead the migration of existing data platforms to AWS cloud‑native solutions.
• Develop robust data pipelines using ETL/ELT tools, SQL, and Python/Scala.
• Integrate data from diverse sources (databases, APIs, streaming platforms, flat files, SaaS applications).
• Implement data governance, metadata management, and security best practices across data pipelines.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to ensure high‑quality, reliable data delivery.
• Drive automation of data workflows, monitoring, and error handling.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architectural guidance to engineering teams.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL development, or data architecture.
• Proven expertise with Snowflake (Data Modeling, Virtual Warehouses, Query Performance Tuning, Security & Access Control).
• Strong knowledge of AWS services such as S3, Redshift, Glue, Lambda, EC2, RDS, CloudFormation, and IAM.
• Hands‑on experience with ETL/ELT design and implementation using tools like Informatica, Talend, Matillion, AWS Glue, or equivalent.
• Strong programming and scripting skills (SQL, Python, Shell, Scala or Java).
• Solid understanding of data lake and data warehouse architectures.
• Experience with streaming technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, Spark Streaming) is a plus.
• Familiarity with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for data deployments.
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Snowflake certification (SnowPro Architect/Advanced).
• Experience with modern data orchestration frameworks (Airflow, dbt, Step Functions).
• Background in big data ecosystems (Hadoop, Spark).

Equal Opportunity Employer

CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.

CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will CLOUD ANALYTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract.