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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Architect - Data & Snowflake - **Company:** Computer Enterprises Inc - **Location:** Richmond, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $145,600.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Business Analytics Applications, Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Big Data, Data Architecture, Information Engineering, Data Governance, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Transformation, Dataspaces, Data Warehousing, Database Design, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Oracle Exadata, Metadata, Meta-Data Management, Performance Tuning, Role-Based Access Control, DataOps, Management of Software Versions, Enterprise Data Management, Data Ingestion, Snowflake, Data Pipelines, Databricks - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b2071188-0030-449b-bc4a-c1c8b497bcd1 ## About the Role * Strong verbal and written communication skills * Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams * Effective leadership and stakeholder management skills, * Snowflake Certification * Azure Certification * Databricks Certification * Informatica Certification, * High School Diploma or Equivalent Required, * Must be willing to work hybrid schedule (week onsite / week remote) ## Description The IT Architect - Data & Snowflake is a strategic technical leader within the Enterprise Data & Analytics team, responsible for defining the architecture, standards, best practices and future direction of the enterprise data platform. This role designs scalable data pipelines, governs Snowflake usage across the organization, and develops high quality data models that power analytics, BI, AI/ML, and data driven decision making. The architect ensures that the data ecosystem is secure, governed, cost optimized, and capable of supporting enterprise self service analytics, operational reporting, and advanced analytics initiatives. We are seeking a hands on Data Architect with a strong ETL and Data Engineering background to design, build, and optimize large scale data ingestion, transformation, and delivery platforms. This role is focused on creating reliable, observable, and high performance data pipelines that support enterprise analytics, reporting, and advanced AI/ML use cases. You will architect end to end data engineering solutions across on prem and cloud platforms, lead data integration strategy, and establish best practices around data quality, monitoring, and operational excellence. Technical Leadership * Serve as technical authority for ETL and data engineering architecture * Review pipeline designs, code standards, and performance benchmarks * Mentor data engineers on best practices and modern data engineering patterns * Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions * Lead complex enterprise data engineering initiatives ETL / ELT Architecture & Design * Design and own end-to-end ETL/ELT architectures * Create batch and incremental processing frameworks * Define patterns for data ingestion from Oracle Exadata and other source systems * Architect high-volume, high-throughput pipelines * Establish standards for: + Data transformation logic + Schema evolution + Error handling and reprocessing + Performance tuning * Define best practices for: + Metadata management + Parameterization and reusability + Pipeline deployment and versioning Enterprise Data Architecture * Architect batch, streaming, and real-time data pipelines * Define architectural standards for: + Database design + Data warehouse sizing + Multi-cluster strategies + RBAC + Performance optimization * Create enterprise semantic models and curated datasets * Develop architecture patterns supporting AI/ML feature pipelines and model scoring within Snowflake Governance & Best Practices * Establish enterprise standards for data engineering and modeling * Implement DevOps/DataOps practices * Automated testing * CI/CD pipelines * Data quality controls * Observability standards * Partner with Data Governance teams on lineage, metadata and cataloging * Implement Snowflake security, auditing and cost management standards Analytics & Data Product Enablement * Design governed data models supporting BI, dashboards and KPIs * Support predictive analytics, forecasting and segmentation use cases * Guide development of enterprise data products Operational Excellence * Establish standards for monitoring, alerting and SLA/SLO management * Ensure scalability, resiliency and disaster recovery requirements are met * Lead root cause analysis and remediation efforts * Drive data quality and observability initiatives ## Related Videos - [Alibaba Big Data and Machine Learning Technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/37-alibaba-big-data-and-machine-learning-technology) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Modern Data Architectures need Software Engineering](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1030-modern-data-architectures-need-software-engineering) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [Top Big Data Technologies That You Need to Know](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/108-top-big-data-technologies-that-you-need-to-know) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift)