Lead Architect – Snowflake
Position Description
Position Description
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and business consulting services firms in the world. With 94,000 consultants and professionals across the globe, CGI delivers an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2024 reported revenue is CA$14.68 billion and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB). Learn more at cgi.com.
Job Title: Lead Architect
Position: Lead Architect
Experience: 15+
Category: Infrastructure
Shift: Timing/rotation etc. details
Main location: Bangalore
Position ID: J1026-2284
Employment Type: Full Time
Education Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or higher with minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of Snowflake based data solutions. The role will guide technical teams and stakeholders through solution design, establish delivery standards, and ensure that the data platform is secure, scalable, well governed, and cost effective.
Key responsibilities
. Define Snowflake architecture and solution designs based on business, data, security, and operational requirements.
. Lead the design of data platforms, including data ingestion, transformation, storage, integration, and consumption patterns.
. Establish standards for data modeling, naming, development, testing, deployment, and platform operations.
. Advise on Snowflake features and approaches for workload management, performance, scalability, availability, and cost optimization.
. Design security and governance controls, including role based access, data classification, masking, and auditability.
. Guide the selection and integration of ETL/ELT, orchestration, BI, and cloud services.
. Review solution designs and code, resolve complex technical issues, and support implementation and production readiness.
. Lead technical discussions with business stakeholders, client teams, and delivery partners; translate requirements into practical solutions.
. Mentor developers and consultants and promote consistent engineering practices.
. Contribute to estimates, technical proposals, roadmaps, and delivery plans.
Required skills and experience
. Strong experience architecting, designing, and implementing Snowflake solutions.
. Deep knowledge of Snowflake architecture, SQL, data modeling, data integration, and performance tuning.
. Experience designing enterprise scale data platforms and migration or modernization solutions.
. Strong understanding of data security, access management, governance, and operational controls.
. Experience leading technical teams and engaging with senior business and technology stakeholders.
. Ability to explain architectural decisions clearly and balance business needs with technical considerations.
Preferred
. Experience in banking, financial services, or the credit union sector.
. Knowledge of financial data domains such as deposits, lending, cards, payments, customer data, risk, or regulatory reporting.
. Familiarity with banking security, privacy, audit, and data retention requirements.
. Experience with cloud platforms and common data integration, orchestration, and analytics tools.
Your future duties and responsibilities
Required qualifications to be successful in this role
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