phData · 1 day ago
Principal Solution Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/StaffphData is a dynamic and innovative leader in the modern data stack, partnering with major cloud data platforms to deliver cutting-edge services and solutions. The Principal Solution Architect will design and provision cloud-native data solutions, lead a technical team, and provide thought leadership to enhance customer data platforms.
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Responsibilities
Propose, design, and provision cloud-native data solutions on AWS/Azure. Leverage a deep understanding of Snowflake, IAM, S3, EC2, Kinesis, Sagemaker, Airflow, Kafka, Azure Data Factory, ADLS, Fivetran, Matillion, DBT, and/or other services and tools in designing and enhancing these solutions
Lead a technical team operating and managing modern data platforms - from streaming, to data lakes, to analytics, and beyond across a progressively evolving technical stack
Provide clear ownership of multiple simultaneous customer accounts across a variety of technical stacks as the technical leader
Skillfully navigate complex customer environments and build Epics, Stories, and Tasks in order to mature and improve our customers’ data platform. Delegate to and coach Engineers and ensure the successful and timely delivery of these Epics
Provide thought leadership by recommending the right technologies and approaches to maturing and solving problems to help ensure performance, security, scalability, and user satisfaction
Lead discussions and contribute to design recommendations for data model design for Data Warehouses and Data Lakes
Continually hunt for ways to automate, optimize, and expand our customers’ data platform and our service offering
Qualification
Required
Advanced Data Platform expertise in enterprise data platforms such as Snowflake, AWS, Azure, or Databricks
Extensive experience in providing architectural and operational guidance across a large user base for a cloud-native data warehouse (Snowflake and/or Redshift)
Production experience working with Cloud and Distributed Data Storage technologies such as S3, ADLS, Cassandra or other NoSQL storage systems
Production experience working with Data integration technologies such as Spark, Kafka, event/streaming, Matillion, Fivetran, HVR, AWS Data Migration Services, Azure DataFactory or others
Production experience working with Workflow Management and Orchestration, such as Airflow, AWS Managed Airflow, and Luigi
Strong working knowledge of SQL and the ability to write, debug, and optimize SQL queries
Deep expertise with cloud-native data technologies in AWS or Azure
Extensive experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation
Experience building automated solutions for repetitive administrative tasks using Python or a similar language
Well-versed with continuous integration and deployment frameworks with hands-on experience using CI/CD tools like Bitbucket, Github, Flyway, and Liquibase
Professional track record of creating, challenging, and improving processes and procedures
Unmatched troubleshooting and performance tuning skills
Proven experience as a technical team lead and mentor of engineers
Passion for learning new technology stacks and up-skilling/training team members
Create and deliver detailed technical presentations for an executive audience
Excellent client-facing written and verbal communication skills and experience
Preferred
Snowflake SnowPro Core certification
Any Snowflake Advanced Certification
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
Company
phData
phData Premier provider of Big Data managed services and architecture, engineering, and data science consulting.
Founded in 2014
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$2.5M2024-12-16Acquired
2018-03-07Seed· $2.5M
Leadership Team
Adam Fokken
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