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W2 Only, C2C is not accepting.
Job Title: Senior Data Architect / Cloud Data Engineer (AWS & Snowflake)
Location: Onshore preferred; offshore candidates are acceptable if they can work flexible EST hours
Reports To: Information Systems Officer/Enterprise Architect
Essential Requirement: The candidate should be capable of covering for the client's Information Systems Officer/Enterprise Architect during their absence, taking ownership of architectural reviews, technical decision-making.
Role Overview
· We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Data Architect / Cloud Data Architect to support enterprise data initiatives and serve as a key technical partner to the architecture team. decisions, perform solution reviews, and guide the design and in cloud-based data platforms.
· The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in data warehousing, SQL, cloud data architecture (AWS and Snowflake), and a strong ability to balance hands-on engineering with high-level architectural thinking.
Key Responsibilities
· Act as a technical right hand to the Enterprise Architect, supporting architecture reviews, design decisions, and strategic planning.
· Design and implement scalable data warehouse and analytics solutions on AWS and Snowflake.
· Develop and optimize SQL, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data models to support reporting and analytics.
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams (data engineering, application development, infrastructure) to align on architecture best practices and ensure consistency across solutions.
· Evaluate and recommend technologies, tools, and frameworks to improve data processing efficiency and reliability.
· Provide guidance and mentorship to data engineering teams, enforcing data governance, quality, and security standards.
· Troubleshoot complex data and performance issues and propose long-term architectural solutions.
· Support capacity planning, cost optimization, and environment management within AWS/Snowflake ecosystems.
Required Skills and Experience
· 10+ years of experience in data engineering and architecture, with a strong focus on data warehouse design and optimization.
· Expert-level proficiency in SQL and relational database design.
· Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services (Redshift, S3, Glue, Lambda, etc.) and Snowflake.
· Strong understanding of data modeling (star/snowflake schemas), ETL/ELT frameworks, and best practices for data integration.
· Experience in designing data pipelines using Python, Spark, or similar technologies is a plus.
· Excellent communication and documentation skills-able to translate technical concepts for business and technical audiences.
· Ability to operate independently, make architectural decisions, and act as a trusted advisor on technology direction.