Senior Snowflake Data Architect

** First week will be required to be on-site in Dallas, TX **

Contract Length: 5 months

Visa Sponsorship: Not available for this role

Employment: W-2 only (C2C not available)

• Expertise in Snowflake architecture, including secure and scalable single-tenant and multi-tenant designs.
• Strong knowledge of data mesh, lakehouse, and medallion architecture patterns for enterprise-scale platforms.
• Ability to integrate Snowflake with Azure services (Data Lake Storage, Event Grid, Service Bus, Purview, Power BI, Fabric).
• Proficiency in data security frameworks, including encryption, masking, and governance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills, with experience in documentation using C4 and ArchiMate.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years in data architecture and solution design, with 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
• Proven experience in Databricks-to-Snowflake migration and working within the Azure ecosystem.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Bicep), and modern cloud-native compute (Functions, AKS, Container Apps).
• Strong understanding of Control Plane vs. Operations (Data) Plane and modern data architecture principles.
• Preferred certifications: Azure Architect, SnowPro, TOGAF, or CDMP.