Snowflake Architect
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Job Location:
San Ramon, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
6 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About MatchPoint Solutions
MatchPoint Solutions is a fast-growing global IT and Engineering services firm delivering innovative technology solutions to leading enterprises including Uber Robinhood Netflix Airbnb Google and more. With a growing international presence across North America Europe Asia and South America we help organizations turn ideas into outcomes through cutting-edge technology industry best practices and deep technical expertise.
Were expanding our team and looking for driven professionals who want to build impactful solutions in a collaborative high-growth environment.
Job Title: Snowflake Architect
Location: San Ramon CA (Hybrid)
Duration: 06 months
Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Pay Range: $95 to $100
Role Overview
The Data Analytics and Insights team is seeking a Snowflake Architect to lead the design and implementation of scalable secure and high-performing data platforms on Snowflake. This role is responsible for defining the data architecture standards and best practices that enable enterprise analytics reporting and advanced data use cases.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Snowflake cloud data architecture and modern data engineering practices along with the ability to guide teams and stakeholders in building a robust and future-ready data ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Platform Design
- Design and implement enterprise-scale data architecture on Snowflake.
- Define best practices for:
- data modeling (dimensional data vault etc.)
- data partitioning and clustering
- performance optimization and cost management
- Architect end-to-end data flows from ingestion to consumption.
Data Engineering Standards & Governance
- Establish and enforce data governance security and compliance frameworks.
- Define standards for:
- data quality
- metadata management
- lineage and auditing
- Ensure secure data access and role-based controls within Snowflake.
Data Pipeline & Integration Design
- Architect scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using Snowflake and tools like Informatica dbt or custom frameworks.
- Design integrations with:
- upstream source systems
- downstream analytics and reporting platforms
- Enable real-time and batch data processing where applicable.
Performance & Optimization
- Optimize Snowflake workloads for:
- performance
- scalability
- cost efficiency
- Implement strategies for:
- workload management
- query tuning
- storage optimization
Stakeholder Collaboration
- Partner with business analytics and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable architecture solutions.
- Work closely with enterprise architecture teams to ensure alignment with broader IT strategy.
Leadership & Mentorship
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to data engineers and developers.
- Review designs and ensure adherence to architectural standards.
- Drive adoption of modern data platform best practices across teams.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field.
- 8 12 years of experience in data engineering data architecture or related roles.
- Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture and implementation.
- Strong experience with GitHub Jenkins and cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
- Expertise in data warehousing concepts and modeling techniques.
- Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT tools (Informatica dbt etc.).
- Strong proficiency in SQL and performance tuning.
- Experience designing scalable enterprise-grade data solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Python or other scripting languages.
- Familiarity with big data technologies (Spark Kafka etc.).
- Experience with data orchestration tools (Airflow etc.).
- Exposure to BI tools (Tableau Power BI).
- Experience in utilities or energy sector (e.g. Smart Meter Grid data) is a plus.
Key Outcomes / Success Measures
- Scalable and performant Snowflake data platform.
- High data quality and governance maturity.
- Optimized cost and query performance.
- Strong alignment between business needs and data architecture.
Equal Employment Opportunity
MatchPoint Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability genetic information protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local laws.
This policy applies to all aspects of employment including recruitment hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recall transfers leaves of absence compensation and training.
