Snowflake Architect

About the Position

We are seeking an experienced Snowflake Architect to lead the design and governance of enterprise-scale data platforms and analytics solutions. The role will serve as the primary technical authority for the data engagement, owning the end-to-end data architecture across ingestion, transformation, storage, modelling, and consumption layers.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the end-to-end data architecture strategy across data ingestion, processing, storage, modelling, and consumption.
• Serve as the primary technical authority for all data architecture decisions and solution designs.
• Define data platform standards, architecture principles, and best practices across the organization.
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performing data solutions on AWS and Snowflake.
• Establish data models, data lineage, metadata management, and governance frameworks.
• Evaluate, recommend, and implement appropriate data tools, platforms, and integration technologies.
• Design and oversee data ingestion patterns using modern ELT/ETL frameworks and cloud-native services, including tools such as Fivetran and Coalesce.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, data engineers, and analytics teams to translate business requirements into architectural solutions.
• Ensure compliance with security, privacy, regulatory, and enterprise governance requirements.
• Lead architecture reviews, design workshops, and technical decision-making forums.
• Define non-functional requirements including scalability, reliability, performance, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Guide engineering teams through implementation and provide technical leadership and mentorship.
• Support AI/ML initiatives by designing data foundations and machine learning architectures leveraging SageMaker.

Requirements

• Strong expertise in AWS and Snowflake.
• Deep understanding of modern data architectures, cloud-native platforms, and data governance practices.

We Offer

Joining Cognizant will give you the opportunity to learn and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry, while having your finger on the pulse of emerging industry trends and working on the cutting edge of technology in your field of expertise.

We recognize that our people perform at their best when they feel valued as significant contributors and that is why at Cognizant, taking care of our employees is a priority:

• You can pursue innovative career tracks and opportunities here.
• You can enhance your professional development through education and dedicated training.
• We’ll give you the skills you need to keep pace with the changing workplace while our compensation, benefits and wellness packages help you stay healthy and plan for the future.

About the Company

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

Next Steps

Please reach out to our friendly and welcoming team today to apply and register your interest for this full-time role. We'd love to help you get your next role and enable you to fulfil your professional ambitions.