NTT DATA North America · 1 week ago
Snowflake Architect
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expNTT DATA North America is a leading business and technology services provider, and they are seeking a Snowflake Architect to join their team in Chicago, Illinois. The role involves leading the architecture and design of Snowflake-based data platforms on Azure, ensuring secure and scalable environments, and overseeing data migration strategies.
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Responsibilities
Lead the end-to-end architecture and design of Snowflake-based data platforms on Azure, including integration with Azure services (ADF, Synapse pipelines, Azure Functions, Key Vault, ADLS, etc.)
Define and implement data modeling standards (star/snowflake schema, data vault, dimensional modeling) tailored for analytics, BI, and downstream data products
Design secure, scalable, and cost-efficient Snowflake environments, including warehouses, databases, schemas, roles, resource monitors, and virtual warehouses
Lead migration strategy and roadmap for moving data from legacy/on-prem systems to Snowflake on Azure
Work with stakeholders to assess current state (source systems, ETL, reporting, data quality) and design target-state architecture on Snowflake
Define migration waves/phases, including data profiling, schema conversion, historical load, incremental load, and cutover strategy
Oversee and implement data ingestion pipelines from various sources (databases, flat files, APIs, streaming) into ADLS / Landing zones and then into Snowflake using tools like Azure Data Factory, Synapse pipelines, or Databricks, plus CDC where applicable
Manage data reconciliation and validation to ensure completeness, accuracy, and performance parity (or improvement) compared to legacy platforms
Lead a team of data engineers / ETL developers delivering Snowflake-based solutions and migration workstreams
Define and enforce coding standards, code review practices, and CI/CD pipelines for Snowflake objects (SQL, stored procedures, views, tasks, streams)
Design & build ELT/ETL patterns (staging → raw → curated → semantic layers), using tools such as dbt, ADF, Synapse, Databricks, or other orchestration tools
Implement automated testing frameworks (unit tests, regression tests, data quality checks) and monitoring (SLAs)
Monitor query performance and optimize Snowflake workloads using query profiling, clustering, partitioning, and warehouse sizing strategies
Implement resource monitors, auto-scaling, and auto-suspend policies to optimize compute usage and manage Snowflake consumption costs
Qualification
Required
8+ years overall experience in Data Engineering / Data Warehousing / Analytics
5+ years hands-on experience with Snowflake in production environments
Proven experience leading at least one large end-to-end migration from on-prem / legacy DWH to Snowflake on Azure (Netezza, Yellowbrick, Oracle, SQL Server, etc.)
Strong experience with Azure cloud services: Azure Data Factory, Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Azure Databricks and/or Synapse, Key Vault, Azure DevOps or GitHub
Company
NTT DATA North America
NTT DATA, Inc. is a trusted global innovator of business and technology services.
10001+ employees
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