Data Architect
Appiness Inc.
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Job Details
Skills
- Artificial Intelligence
- Apache Hive
Summary
About the Role
We're looking for a hands-on Lead Data Architect to anchor the US side of a multi-year data platform modernization for a leading global financial services client. The program moves on-premises Hadoop workloads to Snowflake. You'll own the target architecture, work with client stakeholders, guide an India-based delivery team through an AI-assisted migration approach, and help grow the account by identifying new opportunities and shaping solutions for them.
What You'll Do
- Define the target Snowflake architecture, including data models, layering, and ingestion and transformation patterns.
- Lead assessment and design for Hadoop-to-Snowflake migrations, deciding which assets to migrate, re-engineer, archive or retire.
- Guide conversion of Hive, Spark, Python and shell workloads to Snowflake SQL and Snowpark, using AI-assisted tools with clear review controls.
- Set the validation approach: reconciliation, data-quality rules, parallel runs, cutover and rollback.
- Work with client architecture, security and governance teams on access, retention and compliance decisions.
- Identify new growth opportunities within the account, such as further migration domains, data platform and AI-enabled consumption initiatives, by building relationships with client architects and business stakeholders.
- Recommend solutions and shape proposals for these opportunities, working with Altimetrik account, sales and delivery leadership on scope, approach, estimates and commercials.
- Mentor engineers and support estimates, scope and risk management.
What You Bring
- 12+ years in data engineering and architecture, with 4+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
- Proven Hadoop (Cloudera, Hive, Spark) to cloud data platform migration delivery.
- Strong SQL, Python and Spark; working knowledge of Snowpark, orchestration and CI/CD for data pipelines.
- Experience with data modeling, lineage and reconciliation in a regulated environment.
- Experience leading distributed teams and presenting to senior client stakeholders.
- Track record of solutioning and proposal development, including identifying client needs, framing solutions and contributing to winning new work.
- Preferred: financial services background, generative AI tooling for code conversion, SnowPro Advanced Architect certification.
- Dice Id: 91172615
- Position Id: 9125167
- Posted 17 hours ago
Company Info
A global consulting and tech firm, specializing in product development, AI solutions, UX consulting, and digital services. We empower startups and Fortune 500 companies with future-ready, scalable, and intelligent solutions. Driven by innovation, built for real-world impact.
We work closely with startups to create their product and help it get of the ground, and continue support in scaling up strategies and technologies. For our blue-chip clients we bring in to the table our vast experience in bleeding edge technology and pleasurable UX.
We create a comprehensive soul for a brand in the online world. We create digital products that infiltrates the public realm and engages the targeted customers of our clients all over the globe through a multiple platforms of Digital Media, including web, mobile and wearables.
We have a young, passionate and aggressive team who are not afraid to think out of the box or tread the un-trodden path in order to deliver the best result for our clients. We call it Practical Creativity, where the belief is that the idea is only as good as the returns it fetches for our clients. We are not here to create immortal art; we are here to generate revenue for our clients. We believe in a dynamic and meaningful conversation between our clients and their customers for which we facilitate a medium.
