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Lead Data Architect

Data EngineerData EngineerFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 51-200H1B No SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

8 days ago

Salary

$190K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree10 yrs expEnglishAirflowApacheAWSCloudPythonSQL

Job Description

Lead Data Architect

Data Meaning

• Lead architecture assessment and documentation of the current data platform (Snowflake, Airflow, AWS) • Design the future-state data platform architecture following modern ELT and dbt best practices • Define standards for: data modeling, pipeline architecture, transformation frameworks, governance and data quality • Lead the migration of transformation logic into dbt models • Define architectural patterns for: staging layers, intermediate layers, data marts • Implement automated testing frameworks within dbt • Lead discovery sessions and technical workshops with the client’s data engineering teams • Document architecture, pipelines, and operational processes • Conduct architecture walkthrough sessions during knowledge transfer phases • Define standards for CI/CD, monitoring frameworks, and data quality validation • Establish schema management and governance best practices • Optimize Snowflake compute usage and platform performance • Design scalable orchestration strategies for Airflow pipelines • Improve platform reliability, monitoring, and operational observability

Job Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in Data Engineering or Data Architecture
  • Strong experience designing and implementing modern data platforms
  • Expert-level experience with Snowflake
  • Strong experience implementing dbt transformation frameworks
  • Advanced SQL modeling and performance optimization
  • Strong experience with Apache Airflow orchestration
  • Strong Python programming skills
  • Experience designing: ELT pipelines, Data warehouse architectures, Transformation frameworks, Large-scale data pipelines
  • Experience working in cloud environments (AWS preferred)

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