Snowflake Architect

Role: Snowflake Architect

Location: Remote

Duration: 2 Months to start with

Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Snowflake Architect to lead the implementation of Snowflake Horizon and related data governance capabilities. The ideal candidate will combine deep Snowflake platform expertise with hands-on experience implementing governance, security, classification, metadata, and access controls.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture and implementation of Snowflake Horizon capabilities.
• Design and implement data classification, tagging, lineage, metadata, and governance controls.
• Configure Snowflake security including RBAC, dynamic data masking, row access policies, and tag-based policies.
• Translate enterprise data governance requirements into technical Snowflake controls and standards.
• Partner with data owners, stewards, security, and engineering teams to operationalize governance.
• Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards, and implementation documentation.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of data architecture or engineering experience with strong hands-on Snowflake expertise.
• Experience implementing data governance within Snowflake.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake security, RBAC, tagging, masking, classification, metadata, and lineage.
• Understanding of enterprise data governance, including ownership, stewardship, data quality, privacy, and protection.
• Ability to translate governance policies into scalable technical solutions.

Preferred:

• Direct experience implementing Snowflake Horizon.
• SnowPro Core or SnowPro Advanced: Architect certification.
• Experience integrating Snowflake with governance platforms such as Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Alation, or Informatica.