Quick overview
Job description
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.
Similar jobs
- SC

Senior Director, Enterprise Data & AnalyticsRecently posted Auto Apply
Scholarrock · Cambridge · Hybrid 🇺🇸
ETLCRMERP+2$245k - $325k/yr - NG

Databricks ArchitectRecently posted
Newt Global · Irving, TX · Hybrid 🇺🇸
DockerSQLApache Spark+20Salary not listed - C&

Director of eDiscovery and Data SolutionsRecently posted Auto Apply
Crowell & Moring · Boston · Remote 🇺🇸
SourcingStakeholder ManagementArbitration+14$195k - $290k/yr - XP
Enterprise AI and Data ArchitectRecently posted Auto Apply
Xplor · Atlanta, GA · Remote 🇺🇸
DatadogSnowflakeLLMTechnology$173k - $193k/yr - PA
Senior Data Architect & SME-Healthcare (Medicaid)- Remote-6 MonthsRecently posted
Palni Inc · United States · Remote 🇺🇸
OracleSQLGit+11TechnologySalary not listed - LT

Databricks Data ArchitectRecently posted
Laiba Technologies LLC · San Francisco, CA · On-site 🇺🇸
DatabricksDelta LakeTechnologySalary not listed - IC
Application Data ArchitectRecently posted
Innovee Consulting LLC · New York, NY · Hybrid 🇺🇸
SQLAWSETL+9TechnologySalary not listed - GR

Senior Manager / Director, Data & Business SystemsRecently posted Auto Apply
Graza · New York · On-site 🇺🇸
SQLSnowflakeERP+8Salary not listed - TE
Scientific Data Architect - Central USRecently posted Auto Apply
TetraScience · Chicago, Illinois · Hybrid 🇺🇸
SnowflakeContinuous ImprovementDatabricks+3TechnologySalary not listed - TE
Scientific Data Architect - Central USRecently posted Auto Apply
TetraScience · St. Louis, Missouri · Hybrid 🇺🇸
SnowflakeContinuous ImprovementDatabricks+3TechnologySalary not listed - SS

Data Migration ArchitectRecently posted
Sriven Systems Inc. · United States · Remote 🇺🇸
ETLCADCompliance+1Salary not listed - OR

Enterprise Architect- Data Infrastructure ETL/HL7
Oracle Corporation · United States · Hybrid 🇺🇸
OracleETLData Pipeline+1Technology$95k - $209.5k/yr
