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Company Description
Version 1 has celebrated over 28 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Our expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly changing Digital-First world we live in. We foster strong partnerships with leading technology giants including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.
We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of Version 1 and what we do:
- UK & Ireland’s premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner
- 3300+ strong, €350/£300m revenue business
- 10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK
- Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW
- Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW
We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA. Invest in us and we’ll invest in you!
Job Description
As a Snowflake Archictect you will be expected to take an architecture lead role on our client’s solution delivery engagements. This will involve ongoing analysis of business requirements throughout the lifetime of the service. Candidates will have a strong understanding of data architecture and analytics design and project delivery life-cycles with an emphasis of working in client facing environments.
You will design and implement scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions using the Snowflake Data Cloud. This role requires deep technical expertise in Snowflake architecture, data modelling, and integration with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust data strategies aligned with business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Architectural Design: Develop end-to-end Snowflake-based data architectures including databases, schemas, virtual warehouses, and storage integrations. Define clustering, partitioning, and performance tuning strategies for optimal cost and speed.
Data Integration & Engineering: Design and implement ELT/ETL workflows using tools like Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, DBT, Airflow, Kafka, or Informatica. Ensure seamless integration with cloud storage (AWS S3, Azure Blob, GCP GCS).
Performance & Cost Optimisation: Tune queries, warehouses, and caching for high performance. Optimise compute vs. storage usage for cost efficiency.
Security & Governance: Implement RBAC, dynamic data masking, and encryption for compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC2). Define governance standards and auditing processes.
Collaboration & Leadership: Work closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers.
Innovation: Evaluate emerging Snowflake features (Iceberg tables, Snowpark, Cortex) and integrate with AI/ML platforms.
Qualifications
Required Skills & Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
Experience: 15+ years in data engineering/architecture, with at least 4+ years on Snowflake. Proven expertise in SQL, data modelling (3NF, star schema, snowflake schema), and ETL/ELT design.
Technical Skills: Snowflake architecture (warehouses, databases, schemas, stages, streams, tasks). Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP. Tools: DBT, Airflow, Teradata, Informatica, Fivetran, Talend. BI tools: Tableau, Power BI, Looker.
Certifications: SnowPro Core and SnowPro Advanced Architect (preferred).
Soft Skills: Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with data lakehouse architectures (Snowflake + Iceberg/Delta).
Experience and demonstrated competencies in ETL development techniques and ETL tools like Teradata, ADF, Informatica,
Exposure to AI/ML integration with Snowflake.
Additional Information
Why Version 1?
At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.
- Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company’s profits.
- Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
- Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
- Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
- Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
- Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
- Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
- Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.
And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.
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