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# Data Platform Architect - SC Cleared

- **Company:** Forward Role Recruitment
- **Location:** South West England, UK
- **Salary:** £169,000.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Computing Platforms, Snowflake, SC Clearance
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.forwardrole.com/jobs/6843354dataplatformarchitectsccleared/#apply-now

## About the Role

* A Lead Architect with strong, proven Snowflake expertise, ideally Snowflake certified
 * Demonstrable experience designing and implementing Snowflake platforms end to end
 * Strong platform engineering and governance background
 * Experience configuring and architecting platforms at scale
 * Active SC clearance (essential - non-negotiable)
 * Comfortable joining a live, in-flight programme and getting up to speed quickly

## Description

This is a business-critical data platform programme, and the organisation is looking for a Snowflake Architect who can take genuine ownership of the Snowflake architecture, not simply work within an existing platform, but shape and drive its design.

You'll be joining an already-live project, working alongside a Data Architect and the wider Cloud & Infrastructure (C&I) team.

What You'll Be Doing

 * Designing and building the overall Snowflake architecture
 * Leading on platform design and implementation across the estate
 * Owning platform engineering and governance standards
 * Working at scale, configuring and architecting the platform to support a business-critical programme
 * Knowledge-sharing with the existing team to upskill them and enable full use of the platform (this is not a people-leadership role, this contractor will lead on architecture, not headcount)


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