Senior Data Architect

Role Overview: As a Senior Data Architect at Jefferies' Technology Innovation Hub in Pune, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the overall structure of cloud data platforms using Snowflake. Your role will involve defining how data is stored, integrated, secured, and used across the organization to ensure scalability, high performance, and alignment with business goals. Collaboration with backend and frontend engineers, product managers, and analysts is crucial to create analytics-ready data models for application features, reporting, and strategic insights. Key Responsibilities: - Design enterprise-level data architecture using Snowflake - Define data models, schemas, and standards (star, snowflake, data vault) - Architect data ingestion and transformation strategies (ETL/ELT) - Ensure scalability, performance, and cost optimization in Snowflake - Design data security and governance (roles, policies, masking, compliance) - Choose and integrate tools (dbt, Airflow, Kafka, etc.) - Guide data engineers and review technical designs - Establish best practices and architectural documentation - Collaborate with business, analytics, and leadership teams - Plan cloud architecture across AWS Qualification Required: - Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture - Experience with dbt, Airflow, Dagster or streaming tools - Knowledge of Data Vault 2.0 - Experience designing enterprise data platforms - Experience with BI tools (Sigma, Qlik) - Advanced SQL and data modeling - Strong knowledge of cloud platforms - Experience with ETL/ELT frameworks - Data warehousing and analytics architecture - Understanding of performance tuning and cost control - Familiarity with data governance, security, and compliance - System-level thinking and Strategic problem-solver - Leadership and mentoring ability - Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across engineering and business teams - Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and managing work using Jira About Us: Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, Jefferies fosters a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of differences, supporting a workforce reflective of the communities it serves. Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, ensuring that all qualified applicants are considered without regard to various factors protected by applicable law. Role Overview: As a Senior Data Architect at Jefferies' Technology Innovation Hub in Pune, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the overall structure of cloud data platforms using Snowflake. Your role will involve defining how data is stored, integrated, secured, and used across the organization to ensure scalability, high performance, and alignment with business goals. Collaboration with backend and frontend engineers, product managers, and analysts is crucial to create analytics-ready data models for application features, reporting, and strategic insights. Key Responsibilities: - Design enterprise-level data architecture using Snowflake - Define data models, schemas, and standards (star, snowflake, data vault) - Architect data ingestion and transformation strategies (ETL/ELT) - Ensure scalability, performance, and cost optimization in Snowflake - Design data security and governance (roles, policies, masking, compliance) - Choose and integrate tools (dbt, Airflow, Kafka, etc.) - Guide data engineers and review technical designs - Establish best practices and architectural documentation - Collaborate with business, analytics, and leadership teams - Plan cloud architecture across AWS Qualification Required: - Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture - Experience with dbt, Airflow, Dagster or streaming tools - Knowledge of Data Vault 2.0 - Experience designing enterprise data platforms - Experience with BI tools (Sigma, Qlik) - Advanced SQL and data modeling - Strong knowledge of cloud platforms - Experience with ETL/ELT frameworks - Data warehousing and analytics architecture - Understanding of performance tuning and cost control - Familiarity with data governance, security, and compliance - System-level thinking and Strategic problem-solver - Leadership and mentoring ability - Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across engineering and business teams - Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and managing work using Jira About Us: Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, Jefferies fosters a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of differences, supporting a workforce reflect