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Principal Snowflake Architect - Data Modernization

Cognizant

Location: Tampa, FL 33602
Type: Remote
Posted on: February 24, 2021
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Snowflake Architect
Location - Remote
About AI & Analytics: Artificial intelligence (AI) and the data it collects and analyzes will soon sit at the core of all intelligent, human-centric businesses. By decoding customer needs, preferences, and behaviors, our clients can understand exactly what services, products, and experiences their consumers need. Within AI & Analytics, we work to design the futurea future in which trial-and-error business decisions have been replaced by informed choices and data-supported strategies.
By applying AI and data science, we help leading companies to prototype, refine, validate, and scale their AI and analytics products and delivery models. Cognizants AIA practice takes insights that are buried in data, and provides businesses a clear way to transform how they source, interpret and consume their information. Our clients need flexible data structures and a streamlined data architecture that quickly turns data resources into informative, meaningful intelligence.
Responsibilities:
Providing guidance on implementing a cloud based Data Lake/Analytics platform strategy
Providing technical leadership and standard methodologies on how data is acquired, structured, stored, processed, delivered, and visualized in a cloud environment
Researching and recommending the appropriate technologies and services for the development of data management capabilities in data warehousing, metadata management, ETL, data streaming, and more
Collaborating with business teams to understand their reporting and analytics needs and then helping design the solutions to meet them
Minimum Qualifications:
• 5+ years' experience working in an environment focusing on data initiatives/projects
• 5+ years' experience in software development using a variety of languages such as Java, Python, Scala etc.
• 3+ years' experience architecting solutions within a Big Data environment (preferably in the cloud)
• 1-2 years' experience designing, deploying and/or managing services in AWS with an understanding of how to manage cloud resources economically
• 1-2 Years of experience in implementing Snowflake on AWS
• Superb communication and presentation skills
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience within the tech industry with a solid understanding of related data
• Define and architect future state data architectures incorporating latest industry standard methodologies utilizing Snowflake and AWS.
• Experience with AWS Data Warehouse based services (eg. S3, Glue/Crawlers, Snowflake, , Athena, EMR)
• Experience with designing and implementing development frameworks in PySpark
• Understanding of various BI Tools (eg. Cognos, Tableau, AWS Quicksight)
• Experience with continuous integration tools (eg. Git, Jenkins)
• Experience working with containers and container orchestration systems
• Experience implementing data security using database and non-database technologies
• Understanding of Snowflake architecture
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.). Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 1000, and the Fortune 500 and we are among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world.Our strength is built on our ability to work together. Our diverse backgrounds offer different perspectives and new ways of thinking. It encourages lively discussions, inspires thought leadership, and helps us build better solutions for our clients. We want someone who thrives in this setting and is inspired to craft meaningful solutions through true collaboration.
Cognizant is committed to veteran and military communities. Cognizant has been often recognized as a military friendly employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our business resource group Veterans Network assists our military associates in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to leverage the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and commitment to excellence
Technical Skills
SNo
Primary Skill
Proficiency Level *
Rqrd./Dsrd.
1
Snowflake Admin
PL4
Required
2
Snowflake
PL4
Required
* Proficiency Legends
Proficiency Level
Generic Reference
PL1
The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels.
PL2
The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects.
PL3
The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects.
PL4
The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.