Snowflake Platform Architect

Do you enjoy working on the most innovative data solutions of the future? Then Cegeka has the challenge for you Within our Data & AI team at Cegeka, we are looking for a Snowflake Platform Architect. As an expert in Snowflake, you will play a crucial role in our exciting Snowflake projects. We follow a “Public Cloud First” strategy and have established partnerships with Snowflake, Microsoft, and Databricks. Are you ready to join our team of specialists? Let your talent and experience contribute to our growth

• As a Snowflake Platform Architect, you work with customers and colleagues to define the architecture and technical direction of enterprise data and AI platforms on Snowflake.
• You translate business, data, security and non-functional requirements into a future-proof platform architecture, including clear architecture principles, standards and roadmaps.
• You design scalable multi-account and multi-environment solutions and make well-founded choices regarding compute, storage, workload isolation, data lifecycle, network connectivity and disaster recovery.
• You define integration patterns for batch, streaming and data sharing, using technologies and concepts such as Snowpipe (Streaming), Snowflake Openflow / Apache NiFi, APIs, secure data sharing and Marketplace capabilities.
• You provide architectural direction for open lakehouse solutions with Apache Iceberg tables and catalogs such as Horizon Catalog and Snowflake Open Catalog/Polaris, with attention to interoperability across Azure and AWS.
• You design the governance and security model, using RBAC, masking and row access policies, tagging, auditing, private connectivity and compliance by design.
• You establish frameworks for platform automation and lifecycle management through Infrastructure as Code, Git and CI/CD, including Terraform, Snowflake CLI and automated quality controls.
• You safeguard performance, scalability and cost efficiency by defining standards for warehouse sizing, resource monitors, query profiling, observability and FinOps.
• You guide Data Engineers and other specialists through complex technical decisions, conduct architecture reviews and act as a trusted technical point of contact for customers, Cegeka teams and Snowflake solution architects.

What you need to succeed:

• You have extensive experience as a Data Platform Architect, Cloud Data Architect, Snowflake Architect or in a comparable senior role within complex enterprise environments.
• You have proven experience designing and implementing Snowflake platform architectures, including account strategy, environment separation, workload isolation, scalability and high availability.
• You combine strong hands-on Snowflake knowledge with in-depth expertise in SQL, platform configuration and relevant automation; knowledge of Python and Snowpark is an asset.
• You are familiar with data integration and orchestration patterns using Snowpipe (Streaming), Snowflake Openflow / Apache NiFi, Airflow, Snowflake Tasks, Streams and Dynamic Tables.
• You have experience with open lakehouse architectures, Apache Iceberg tables and catalog integrations such as Horizon Catalog, Snowflake Open Catalog/Polaris, AWS Glue or Unity Catalog.
• You have a strong background in cloud architecture on Azure and/or AWS, including storage integrations, external volumes, private connectivity, identity federation and network security.
• You master Snowflake security and governance, including RBAC, masking and row access policies, tagging, auditing, data sharing and compliance by design.
• You have experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD, preferably Terraform, Git and Snowflake CLI, and can define standards for controlled deployments and platform lifecycle management.
• You can substantiate architecture decisions relating to performance, capacity and cost, using warehouse sizing, resource monitors, query profiling, observability and FinOps principles.
• You are familiar with enterprise data modelling and operating models such as Data Vault, Kimball and data mesh, and can translate them into clear platform guidelines.
• You work according to a hybrid employment policy: from the Cegeka office near your place of residence (Ghent, Brussels, Hasselt, Antwerp or Leuven), combined with working from home and on site at the customer.
• Nice to have: SnowPro Core and/or SnowPro Advanced: Architect, complemented by relevant Azure or AWS certifications.
• You have strong stakeholder management and communication skills and can explain complex architecture clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. You are fluent in English; knowledge of Dutch and French is a strong asset.

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