Solutions Architect – North Central

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Snowflake Professional Services is the implementation and strategy experts for the Snowflake platform. We engage with customers at all phases of the customer journey to optimize, accelerate, and achieve business outcomes. Our teams of Solutions Architects demonstrate technical leadership everyday by writing code, constructing solution architectures, and guiding customers through decision paths to achieve impactful outcomes. We advise everyone from developers through senior executives on how best to utilize Snowflake to make their business successful. Our Solution Architects are comfortable with change and live on the cutting edge of technology.
AS A SNOWFLAKE SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, YOU WILL :
Directly engage with customers individually or as part of a technical delivery team
Oversee and advise on the implementation of the customers Snowflake platform
Demonstrate technical leadership through personally developed code, solution architectures and implementation recommendations
Act as a trusted advisor to customer executive leadership for thought leadership and solution approaches
Extract business requirements from customers and translate them into a well-architected recommendation
Develop and provide forward looking guidance and future state roadmaps
Leverage known best practices and solutions to reduce risk to customer implementations
Decompose future state goals into actionable execution plans
Collaborate with Snowflake GTM and product teams to ensure customer alignment to Snowflake goals
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR A SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT WILL HAVE :
BA/BS in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent practical experience
Minimum 5 years of experience as a solutions architect, data architect, database administrator, or data engineer
3 years of technical consulting experience
Experience in a lead role for analytics projects for large enterprises
Experience implementing and operating Snowflake centric solutions
Understanding of complete data analytics stack and workflow, from ETL to data platform design to BI and analytics tools
Familiarity with industry common BI and ETL solutions
Hands-on experience in a technical role leveraging SQL, Python, Java and/or Spark to build, operate and maintain data analytics solutions
Extensive knowledge of and experience with large-scale database technology (e.g. Snowflake, Netezza, Exadata, Teradata, Greenplum, etc.)
Proficiency in implementing data security measures, access controls, and design specifically within the Snowflake platform
A STRONG CANDIDATE WILL ADDITIONALLY HAVE :
Experience in the services organization of a product company
Experience in a leadership position executing technical projects
Industry vertical expertise (Media, Financial Services, Healthcare, etc)
Application Development experience
AWS, Google or Microsoft Cloud certification(s)
Snowflake Snowpro Advanced Certification(s)
Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the companys confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the companys data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employees duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.
The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:
The estimated base salary range for this role is $125,000 – $174,300.
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflakes bonus and equity plan.
The successful candidates starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending &am