Snowflake Data Architect

About the Role

This position is a hybrid role based in Dallas, TX.

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.
• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Pay

The annual salary for this position is between $150,000 and $190,000, depending on experience and other qualifications. 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

• 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