Data Architect (Snowflake, DBT & AWS Focused)
- Markham, ON, Canada
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- Extensive experience 8 years in data architecture and engineering with a proven track record in largescale data transformation programs ideally in insurance or financial services
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Job Title: Data Architect
Location: Markham, ON (Hybrid)
Type: Contract
Primary Skills
- Architect and implement advanced data solutions using Snowflake on AWS ensuring scalable secure and high performance data environments
- Extensive experience 8 years in data architecture and engineering with a proven track record in largescale data transformation programs ideally in insurance or financial services
- Proven experience in architecting and implementing advanced data solutions using Snowflake on AWS
- Expertise in design and orchestrating data acquisition pipelines using AWS Glue for ETLELT Snowflake OpenFlow and Apache Airflow for workflow automation enabling seamless ingestion of different data from diverse sources
- Deep expertise in Snowflake with hands on experience delivering Snowflake as an enterprise capability
- Handson experience with AWS Glue for ETLELT Apache Airflow for orchestration and dbt for transformation preferably deployed on AWS ECS
- Proficiency in SQL data modelling ETLELT processes
- Proven experience in DBT to manage and automate complex data transformations within Snowflake ensuring modular testable and version controlled transformation logic
- Experience in implementing the lake house solution Medallion architecture for financial or insurance carriers
- Experience in optimizing and tune Snowflake environments for performance cost and scalability including query optimization and resource management
- Experience in architecting lead migration of workloads from Cloudera to Snowflake
- Experience in evaluating the data technology platform including data governance suites data security products
- Develop robust data models and data pipelines to support data transformation integrating multiple data sources and ensuring data quality and integrity
- Document architecture data flows and transformation logic to ensure transparency maintainability and knowledge sharing across teams
- Strong knowledge of data lifecycle mgmt data retention data modelling and working knowledge of cloud computing and modern development practices
Secondary Skills
- Familiarity with data mesh principles data product delivery and modern data warehousing paradigms
- Experience in Designing Streamlit apps and define new capabilities and data products leveraging snowflake ML and MLOPS capabilities
- SnowPro advanced certification preferred
- Knowledge of scripting languages PythonJava
- Experience with data governance metadata management and data quality frameworks eg Collibra Informatica
- Experience in Insurance Domain
- Experience in converting policydata conversion from legacy to modern platform
- Exposure to enterprise Datawarehouse solution like Cloudera AWS Redshift and informatica tool sets IDMC powercenter BDM
Skills
Mandatory Skills: Data Architecture, Data lakehouse Architecture
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Responsibilities
Architect and implement scalable, secure Snowflake data solutions on AWS, including ingestion pipelines, orchestration, and modular transformations. Lead data modeling, lakehouse implementation, platform evaluation, workload migration, and Snowflake performance and cost optimization while documenting architecture and data flows.
Requirements
Requires 8 years of data architecture and engineering experience, with a track record in large-scale data transformation, ideally in insurance or financial services. Candidates should have hands-on expertise with Snowflake, AWS Glue, Apache Airflow, dbt, SQL, data modeling, and lakehouse architecture; SnowPro Advanced certification is preferred.
Skills
- Data Architecture
- Data Lakehouse Architecture
- Snowflake
- AWS
- DBT
- AWS Glue
- Apache Airflow
- SQL
- Data Modeling
- ETL/ELT
- Data Pipelines
- Medallion Architecture
- Data Governance
- Data Quality
- Cloudera Migration
- Python
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Categories
- Data & Analytics
- Technology
- Software
- Consulting
Keywords
- Data Architecture
- Data Lakehouse
- Snowflake
- AWS
- AWS Glue
- Snowflake OpenFlow
- Apache Airflow
- DBT
- AWS ECS
- SQL
- Data Modeling
- ETL/ELT
- Medallion Architecture
- Cloudera
- AWS Redshift
- Informatica
- IDMC
- PowerCenter
- BDM
- Data Governance
- Metadata Management
- Data Quality
- Data Mesh
- Streamlit
- Snowflake ML
- MLOps
- Python
- Java
- Insurance
- SnowPro Advanced