Technical Architect, Migrations
Hands-on technical lead in Snowflake's Professional Services, designing and running migrations of customer data workloads from legacy platforms (Teradata, Oracle, Netezza, SQL Server, Hadoop) to the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. Works with SnowConvert, Snowpark, Snowpipe, Dynamic Tables, SQL, Python/Java/Scala from assessment through cutover.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- AU-Melbourne
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data warehousing or database architecture, including customer-facing consulting or delivery work
- Hands-on experience leading at least one large data warehouse or database migration to a cloud data platform
- Deep SQL skills and strong knowledge of data modeling, performance tuning and data warehouse design
- Experience with ETL/ELT tools such as Informatica, DataStage, Talend, dbt or similar, and with orchestration and pipeline design
- Programming experience in Python, Java or Scala
- Working knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud)
- Clear communication with technical teams and business stakeholders, including leading workshops and presenting recommendations
- Ability to travel to customer sites within Australia and New Zealand as needed
Nice to have
- SnowPro Core or SnowPro Advanced Architect certification
- Experience with SnowConvert or other automated code conversion tools
- Experience using GenAI or Snowflake Cortex AI to speed up code conversion, testing or data validation
- Background in Teradata, Oracle Exadata or Hadoop administration or development
- Experience working with SI partners on large delivery programs
Full description
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
Technical Architect, Migrations
Location: AU-Melbourne / AU-Sydney | Team: Professional Services
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don't just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset, rapidly testing emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
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.
Our Professional Services Migrations team helps customers across Australia and New Zealand move their most important data workloads from legacy platforms to the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. As a Technical Architect, you will be the hands-on technical lead on migration projects. You will design the target architecture and guide customers and partners from assessment through to go-live.
AS A TECHNICAL ARCHITECT, MIGRATIONS AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
- Lead the technical design of migrations from Teradata, Oracle, Netezza, SQL Server, Hadoop and other legacy platforms to Snowflake, covering data, code, pipelines and security.
- Run migration assessments, analyse legacy code and workloads, and produce clear migration plans, estimates and target architectures.
- Use SnowConvert and Snowflake migration accelerators to automate SQL, stored procedure and ETL conversion, and guide teams on the parts that need manual work.
- Modernise data pipelines with Snowpark, Dynamic Tables, Snowpipe, and Streams and Tasks, and design for performance, cost and governance on Snowflake.