Sr Data Architect

Client: Altimetrik End Client: Morgan Stanley
Location: New York City NY (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: $160000 USD per annum

Dhaka Technologies Limited Company (DTLC) is hiring a Sr Data Architect on behalf of its client Altimetrik supporting the end client Morgan Stanley for a hybrid position in New York City NY.

Were 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. Youll 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Interested candidates are requested to send their updated resume to with the subject line Sr Data Architect - NYC NY.

Required Skills:

Snowflake Snowpark Hadoop Cloudera Hive Spark SQL Python Data Modeling Data Lineage Reconciliation CI/CD Orchestration Hadoop to Snowflake Migration

Required Education:

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience