Snowflake Architect

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We are currently seeking a Snowflake Architect to join our team in Bangalore, Karnātaka (IN-KA), India (IN).

Snowflake Data Platform - Architect

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Role Summary

As a Snowflake Architect, you will lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade data platforms using Snowflake. You will define architectural standards, guide engineering teams, and collaborate with stakeholders to align data strategies with business goals. Your role will focus on leveraging Snowflake’s advanced capabilities to build scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions that support analytics, reporting, and data science initiatives..

Key Responsibilities :

• Define and own the end-to-end architecture of data platforms built on Snowflake, including ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers.
• Design and implement data lakehouse architectures using Snowflake’s native features such as Streams, Tasks, Materialized Views, and External Tables.
• Establish best practices for data governance, security, and access control using Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Secure Views, and Row-Level Security.
• Architect scalable ETL / ELT pipelines using Snowflake, DBT, and Python, integrating with orchestration tools like Airflow etx.
• Lead integration of Snowflake with enterprise systems such as data catalogs, data quality frameworks, monitoring tools, and BI platforms.
• Working knowledge of AI integrations with Snowflake, including Snowflake Cortex and LLM-powered analytics , with experience in enabling intelligent data applications.
• Hands-on experience with Snowflake Horizon, including governance capabilities such as object tagging, data lineage, Data Clean Rooms, and AI-powered object insights for unified compliance, security, and discovery.
• Guide teams in implementing CI / CD pipelines for Snowflake deployments using tools like GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI.
• Monitor and optimize Snowflake performance using Query Profile, Resource Monitors, Clustering Keys, and Auto-Suspend / Resume features.
• Collaborate with data analysts, engineers, and business stakeholders to ensure platform reliability and data accessibility.
• Conduct architectural reviews, code audits, and mentoring sessions to ensure adherence to standards and scalability.
• Stay current with Snowflake innovations and advocate for adoption of new features and capabilities.

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