Snowflake Architect at Cognizant
Atlanta, GA
$120,000–$168,000from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Technical Architect/Lead role focused on designing and operating cloud-native data and analytics platforms built on AWS and Snowflake. The position owns end-to-end data pipeline architecture — ingestion, transformation, quality, security, and cost optimization — and guides junior engineers through reviews and knowledge sharing. Suited to a senior data/cloud architect with deep hands-on experience across both AWS services and Snowflake.
Senior level · 10+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (4)
The title 'Technical Architect/Lead' carries no standard seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; the 10–12 years of experience requirement and the end-to-end architectural ownership support a Senior classification.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily a data/cloud architect designing pipelines and warehousing solutions (15-1243), but the volume of hands-on coding (Python, CI/CD automation) makes 15-1252 Software Developers a plausible runner-up.
Snowflake Cortex is listed in the responsibilities as 'where applicable' — treated as preferred rather than a hard gate.
Snowflake certification is explicitly called out as 'Nice to have' — omitted from the skills list as it is a credential, not a technology skill, and is not a hard requirement.
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