Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: $160,000 USD per annum
Dhaka Technologies Limited Company (DTLC) is hiring a Sr Data Architect on behalf of its client for a hybrid position in New York City, NY.
About the RoleWe're looking for a hands-on Lead Data Architect to anchor the US side of a multi-year data platform modernization for a leading global financial services client. The program moves on-premises Hadoop workloads to Snowflake. You'll own the target architecture, work with client stakeholders, guide an India-based delivery team through an AI-assisted migration approach, and help grow the account by identifying new opportunities and shaping solutions for them.
What You'll Do- Define the target Snowflake architecture, including data models, layering, and ingestion and transformation patterns.
- Lead assessment and design for Hadoop-to-Snowflake migrations, deciding which assets to migrate, re-engineer, archive or retire.
- Guide conversion of Hive, Spark, Python and shell workloads to Snowflake SQL and Snowpark, using AI-assisted tools with clear review controls.
- Set the validation approach: reconciliation, data-quality rules, parallel runs, cutover and rollback.
- Work with client architecture, security and governance teams on access, retention and compliance decisions.
- Identify new growth opportunities within the account, such as further migration domains, data platform and AI-enabled consumption initiatives, by building relationships with client architects and business stakeholders.
- Recommend solutions and shape proposals for these opportunities, working with account, sales and delivery leadership on scope, approach, estimates and commercials.
- Mentor engineers and support estimates, scope and risk management.
- 12+ years in data engineering and architecture, with 4+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
- Proven Hadoop (Cloudera, Hive, Spark) to cloud data platform migration delivery.
- Strong SQL, Python and Spark; working knowledge of Snowpark, orchestration and CI/CD for data pipelines.
- Experience with data modeling, lineage and reconciliation in a regulated environment.
- Experience leading distributed teams and presenting to senior client stakeholders.
- Track record of solutioning and proposal development, including identifying client needs, framing solutions and contributing to winning new work.
- Preferred: financial services background, generative AI tooling for code conversion, SnowPro Advanced Architect certification.
Interested candidates are requested to send their updated resume to [email protected] with the subject line "Sr Data Architect - NYC, NY".
Skills Required
- 12+ years of experience in data engineering and architecture
- 4+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience
- Proven Hadoop, Cloudera, Hive, and Spark to cloud data platform migration delivery experience
- Strong SQL, Python, and Spark skills
- Working knowledge of Snowpark, orchestration, and CI/CD for data pipelines
- Experience with data modeling, data lineage, and reconciliation in a regulated environment
- Experience leading distributed teams and presenting to senior client stakeholders
- Track record of solutioning and proposal development, including identifying client needs, framing solutions, and contributing to winning new work
- Financial services background
- Experience with generative AI tooling for code conversion
- SnowPro Advanced Architect certification
What We Do
Dhaka Technologies Limited is a Washington, D.C.-based IT solutions and staff augmentation provider serving government and private-sector organizations. It supplies IT staffing, recruiting, consulting, hardware and software solutions, application development, cloud and infrastructure services, cybersecurity, data engineering, and software testing. The company helps clients build and manage secure, scalable technology environments while connecting them with skilled technical professionals across diverse industries.
