Data Architect – Snowflake

Hybrid in Richmond, VA, US • Posted 2 days ago • Updated 1 day ago
Contract W2
52 Weeks
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
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Skills

  • Snowflake

Summary

Solutions Architect – Data & Snowflake
Hybrid: Richmond, VA  23219


$80.00 /hr W2

Required Skills

  • Strong hands?on experience with Snowflake and Oracle Exadata, including performance tuning, RBAC, resource management, and advanced Snowflake features (streams, tasks, data sharing).
  • Expertise in analytical data modeling (star/snowflake schemas, data vault, semantic layers).
  • Proficiency in SQL, ELT/ETL frameworks, and cloud data services (Azure/AWS).
  • Experience building scalable pipelines using dbt, Airflow, ADF, Databricks, Informatica, Talend, or similar tools.
  • Experience with Dataiku for analytics and ML pipeline enablement.
Technical Leadership
  • Act as the technical authority for data engineering and ETL architecture.
  • Review pipeline designs, enforce coding standards, and guide performance optimization.
  • Mentor data engineers and translate business requirements into scalable solutions.
ETL / ELT Architecture
  • Design end?to?end batch and incremental data processing architectures.
  • Define ingestion patterns from Oracle Exadata and other sources into cloud platforms.
  • Establish standards for transformation logic, schema evolution, error handling, and performance tuning.
Enterprise Data Architecture
  • Architect batch, streaming, and real?time data pipelines for analytics and data products.
  • Define Snowflake standards including warehouse sizing, RBAC, multi?cluster strategies, and optimization.
  • Build semantic layers, curated datasets, and reusable enterprise data assets.
  • Develop patterns for AI/ML feature pipelines and model scoring.
Governance & Best Practices
  • Establish enterprise standards for modeling, ELT frameworks, versioning, and metadata management.
  • Implement DevOps/DataOps practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and data quality checks.
  • Oversee Snowflake security, access controls, auditing, and cost management.
Analytics & Data Product Enablement
  • Partner with BI and analytics teams to design governed, scalable analytical models.
  • Support predictive analytics, forecasting, segmentation, and personalization use cases.
  • Ensure data products align with enterprise standards and business needs.
Cross?Functional Collaboration
  • Work closely with engineering, analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, and business SMEs.
  • Participate in architecture reviews and enterprise data strategy planning.
Operational Excellence
  • Define monitoring, alerting, SLA/SLO management, and resiliency standards.
  • Lead root?cause analysis and drive remediation of platform issues.
  • Ensure reliability, performance, scalability, and disaster recovery across data pipelines.
Nice to Have
  • Cloud or platform certifications (Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, Informatica).
Experience & Education
  • 7+ years in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data platform roles.
  • High school diploma or equivalent required.




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  • Position Id: 31390
  • Posted 2 days ago
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