Job Title - Snowflake Architect
Location - Hybrid @ Dallas, TX
Primary Responsibilities
Snowflake Platform Strategy & Architecture
• Define the enterprise Snowflake architecture roadmap and target-state platform strategy.
• Design Snowflake account structures, environment separation, and workload isolation strategies.
• Develop standards for databases, schemas, warehouses, integrations, stages, streams, tasks, shares, and security objects.
• Establish platform design principles focused on scalability, resiliency, governance, and operational excellence.
• Lead architecture reviews and approve platform patterns, standards, and implementation approaches.
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture, security, infrastructure, and governance teams.
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Snowflake Environment Setup & Platform Build
• Lead Snowflake platform setup across Development, Testing, UAT, Disaster Recovery, and Production environments.
• Design and implement account provisioning standards.
• Establish enterprise naming conventions for databases, schemas, warehouses, roles, service accounts, and security objects.
• Create and manage Snowflake warehouses, databases, schemas, users, grants, roles, and resource monitoring frameworks.
• Define logical workload segmentation and compute allocation strategies.
• Implement platform governance, capacity management, and operational controls from inception.
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Snowflake Security Architecture
• Design enterprise-grade RBAC models aligned with organizational structures and regulatory requirements.
• Implement role hierarchy frameworks based on least-privilege principles.
• Configure enterprise authentication mechanisms including SSO, SCIM, MFA, and federated identity integration.
• Implement Dynamic Data Masking, Row Access Policies, Tag-Based Access Controls, and Object Ownership frameworks.
• Define secure data-sharing architectures for internal and external consumers.
• Ensure compliance with data privacy and regulatory requirements.
Required Qualification
- 10+ years of experience in Data Architecture, Data Engineering, or Enterprise Data Platforms.
- 5+ years of hands-on Snowflake architecture and administration experience.
- Experience implementing enterprise-scale Snowflake platforms supporting multiple business domains.
- Experience designing secure and governed cloud-based data platforms.
Preferred Qualifications
- SnowPro Advanced Architect, SnowPro Core, or Snowflake Specialty Certifications.
- Experience implementing enterprise-scale dbt Cloud environments, including CI/CD, reusable frameworks, testing strategies, documentation, and lineage management.
- Experience with Fivetran or other cloud-native ELT ingestion platforms.
- Experience with Airflow/Astronomer for orchestration and workflow management.
- Experience with Apache Iceberg, modern data lake architectures, and open table formats.
Salary and Other Compensation:
The annual salary for this position is between $150-190K depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
· Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
· Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
· 401(k) plan and contributions
· Long-term/Short-term Disability
· Paid Parental Leave
· Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Acerca de Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) es un creador de soluciones de IA y proveedor de servicios tecnológicos que conecta la inversión en IA con el valor empresarial mediante el desarrollo de soluciones de IA full‑stack para sus clientes. Su profundo conocimiento de la industria, junto con su experiencia en procesos e ingeniería, permite incorporar el contexto único de cada organización en sistemas tecnológicos que amplifican el potencial humano, generan resultados tangibles y mantienen a las empresas a la vanguardia en un entorno en constante cambio. Más información en cognizant.ai o @cognizant.
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