Database Architect (Snowflake)

The Database Architect is the technical authority for Snowflake data foundation: architecture, data modeling, governance, and performance engineering. This role sets the standards that the Data Engineer and Data Scientist roles build against, ensuring the platform stays secure, performant, and cost-disciplined as data volumes and use cases grow. Responsibilities

• Design the target-state Snowflake architecture and data model for consolidating on-premise and cloud data sources.

• Define and enforce governance and security controls: role-based access control, dynamic data masking, row-level security, data lineage, and cataloging aligned to FISMA and NIST SP 800-53.

• Lead performance and cost engineering: warehouse right-sizing, clustering, materialized views, and workload isolation.

• Set standards and review designs for the multi-source ingestion pipelines (Snowpipe, Streams and Tasks, dbt) built by the Data Engineering team.

• Partner with the Integration Engineers on the Snowpark in-platform transformation approach that eliminates redundant data movement.

• Serve as designated Key Personnel and be available for interview prior to award.

• Design MuleSoft ingestion patterns using Snowpipe, Streams & Tasks and staging tables.

• Implement Secure Data Sharing, External Functions and REST API enablement for MuleSoft consumption.

• Implement secure views, Dynamic Data Masking and Row-Level Security.

• Design S3 External Stages and AWS KMS encryption patterns.

• Define staging formats including Parquet, JSON and ORC.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or a related field.

• 8+ years of enterprise data architecture experience, including 3+ years focused specifically on Snowflake.

• SnowPro Core certification required; SnowPro Advanced Architect certification strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience implementing governance and security controls in a regulated or federal environment (FISMA/NIST 800-53).

• Hands-on experience with dbt, Snowpipe, and Streams and Tasks for pipeline orchestration.

• Federal contracting experience preferred.

About Brite Systems Brite Systems Inc. is a U.S.-based, AI-led digital transformation company. Since 2006, we have helped government and nonprofit organizations modernize their technology, improve operations, and deliver better outcomes for the communities they serve. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Brite brings together expertise across Salesforce, AWS, MuleSoft, AI, and our proprietary Enlite Accelerator to solve complex challenges and create meaningful impact. At Brite, you’ll be part of a collaborative, people-first team where innovation, continuous learning, and meaningful work come together. We’re proud to be recognized among Indiana’s fastest-growing companies, named to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, and recognized as a Great Place to Work in Indiana for seven years. Join Brite to build innovative technology, grow your career, and make a difference.