Full Time Project Architect (Ciudad de México)

Job Title: Snowflake Architect

Location: Mexico / Brazil

Duration: 12+ Months

The Snowflake Architect will be responsible for designing, governing, and implementing scalable, secure, and high-performing enterprise data platforms on Snowflake. The role involves defining data architecture standards, guiding development teams, optimizing data solutions, and partnering with business and technology stakeholders to deliver modern analytics and data engineering capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• Overall 12+ years of IT experience with 8+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, and Snowflake.
• Strong expertise in Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Data Governance, and Solution Design.
• Deep knowledge of Snowflake architecture, performance optimization, security, data sharing, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and Snowflake best practices.
• Hands-on experience with DBT, SQL, Python, and modern data engineering frameworks.
• Experience designing metadata-driven, scalable, and reusable data solutions.
• Experience with Dagster or similar orchestration platforms and enterprise data pipeline design.
• Strong understanding of Relational and Columnar database architectures.
• Experience with reporting and analytics platforms such as Sigma, Power BI, or Tableau.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban) and CI/CD implementation for data platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Azure cloud services; AWS experience is an added advantage.
• Experience with ETL/ELT frameworks, data integration patterns, and enterprise data migration initiatives.
• Knowledge of Snowflake AI capabilities, including Cortex Code and AI-powered development features.
• Strong stakeholder management, technical leadership, and mentoring skills.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Define and drive enterprise data architecture and Snowflake platform strategy.
• Design scalable, secure, and high-performance data warehouse and lakehouse solutions on Snowflake.
• Establish data modeling standards, architectural guidelines, and best practices across the organization.
• Lead architecture reviews and provide technical governance for Snowflake implementations.
• Design metadata-driven, reusable, and configurable data platform frameworks.
• Define data integration, ETL/ELT, orchestration, and data quality strategies.
• Optimize Snowflake performance, storage, compute utilization, and overall platform costs.
• Architect and implement security, data governance, access controls, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Guide development teams on Snowflake, DBT, orchestration frameworks, and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Establish CI/CD, testing automation, monitoring, and deployment standards for data platforms.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies, AI capabilities, and data platform innovations.
• Mentor engineers and developers while providing technical leadership across projects.
• Support enterprise data modernization, migration, and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Continuously improve architecture standards, platform reliability, and operational excellence.