Senior Snowflake Architect (Geelong)

Job Description – Senior Snowflake Architect Senior Snowflake Architect with strong client-facing experience, responsible for architecting end-to-end Snowflake data platforms and leveraging Snowpark for advanced in-warehouse processing. We are looking for a Senior Snowflake Data Platform Architect who can work directly with clients to design and architect end-to-end Snowflake-based data platforms. The role requires strong architectural ownership, deep Snowflake expertise, and hands-on familiarity with Snowpark for advanced data processing and analytics use cases. This is not a pure development role— the focus is on solution architecture, design decisions, and client engagement. Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end architecture design for Snowflake data platforms
- Work closely with clients to:
- Understand business requirements
- Translate them into scalable Snowflake architectures
- Raw, curated, and consumption layers
- Architect solutions using Snowpark (Python / SQL) for:
- Advanced transformations
- Deduplication / entity resolution
- Custom processing inside Snowflake
- Performance optimization
- Cost management
- Security & governance
- Snow pipe, Tasks, Streams
- Role-based access control (RBAC)
- Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure:
- Architecture is implemented correctly
- Non-functional requirements are met
- Support client discussions, architecture reviews, and solution walkthroughs Required Skills & Experience Snowflake Core
- Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture
- Strong understanding of:
- Virtual warehouses
- Query optimization Snowpark
- Hands-on experience with Snowpark (Python preferred)
- Ability to design Snowpark-based processing for:
- Complex transformations
- Custom logic not suited for pure SQL
- Understanding of Snowpark performance considerations Data Engineering & Architecture
- Robust background in:
- Data warehousing & lake house concepts
- Data modeling
- Experience with Azure cloud ecosystem Client-Facing & Consulting
- Proven experience working directly with clients
- Ability to:
- Explain trade-offs clearly
- Drive design decisions with confidence Good to Have
- Experience with:
- Salesforce and Snowflake integrations
- ML / analytics workloads inside Snowflake #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rt7uw