Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.

We are looking for a Solutions Architect to be part of our Professional Services team to deploy cloud products and services for our customers. This person must be a hands-on, self-starter who loves solving innovative problems in a fast-paced, agile environment. The ideal candidate will have the insight to connect a specific business problem and Snowflake’s solution and communicate that connection and vision to various technical and executive audiences.

The person we’re looking for shares our passion about reinventing the data platform and thrives in the dynamic environment. That means having the flexibility and willingness to jump in and get done what needs to be done to make Snowflake and our customers successful. It means keeping up to date on the ever-evolving technologies for data and analytics in order to be an authoritative resource for Snowflake, System Integrators and customers. And it means working collaboratively with a broad range of people both inside and outside the company.

AS A SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:

Be a technical expert on all aspects of Snowflake
Guide customers through the process of migrating to Snowflake and develop methodologies to improve the migration process
Deploy Snowflake following best practices, including ensuring knowledge transfer so that customers are properly enabled and are able to extend the capabilities of Snowflake on their own
Work hands-on with customers to demonstrate and communicate implementation best practices on Snowflake technology
Maintain deep understanding of competitive and complementary technologies and vendors and how to position Snowflake in relation to them
Work with System Integrator consultants at a deep technical level to successfully position and deploy Snowflake in customer environments
Provide guidance on how to resolve customer-specific technical challenges
Support other members of the Professional Services team develop their expertise
Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing to continuously improve Snowflake’s products and marketing.

OUR IDEAL SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT WILL HAVE:

Minimum 10 years of experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role
Experience migrating from one data platform to another and holistically addressing the unique challenges of migrating to a new platform
University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience
Outstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos
Understanding of complete data analytics stack and workflow, from ETL to data platform design to BI and analytics tools
Strong skills in databases, data warehouses, and data processing
Extensive hands-on expertise with SQL and SQL analytics
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