EY - GDS Consulting - AI and DATA - Snowflake Architect - Senior Manager

<div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:1.0em"><p>At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. </p><p>We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. </p><p>Join EY and help to build a better working world. </p></div><div style="font-family:Arial;font-size:1.0em"> </div><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">EY- GDS - Data and Analytics – Senior Manager – Snowflake Solutions Architect</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">As part of our EY-GDS D&amp;A (Data and Analytics) team, we help our clients solve complex business challenges with the help of data and technology. We dive deep into data to extract the greatest value and discover opportunities in key business and functions like Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing and Auto, Supply Chain, and Finance.</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">The opportunity</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">We’re looking for a candidate with 14+ years with strong architect expertise into Snowflake Solutions Architect and delivery lead</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Role Purpose:</span></strong></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-impact Proof of Concepts (PoCs) and Proof of Value (PoVs) focused on Snowflake, Snowflake Cortex, and GenAI-driven data solutions.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Act as a technical solution owner responsible for showcasing platform capabilities, validating architecture feasibility, and demonstrating business value through working prototypes.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Drive innovation by building reusable accelerators, demo frameworks, and reference implementations for Snowflake and industry-specific use cases.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Enable rapid experimentation and adoption of modern data and AI platforms through hands-on engineering leadership.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Key Responsibilities</span></strong></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Lead end-to-end design and implementation of PoCs and PoVs using Snowflake and related ecosystem tools.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Build working prototypes demonstrating Snowflake Cortex, GenAI capabilities, advanced analytics, and modern data architectures.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Develop solution blueprints, architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and PoC implementation guides.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Author reusable PoV frameworks, demo assets, code templates, and automation scripts.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Implement Snowflake features such as Snowpark, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and Native App capabilities as part of solution demonstrations.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Design and optimize data pipelines using Snowflake and Spark-based processing frameworks.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Build AI-powered PoCs including intelligent search, conversational analytics, semantic data exploration, and recommendation use cases.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Integrate Snowflake with cloud platforms, external data sources, APIs, and enterprise systems.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Implement real-time and near real-time ingestion patterns for streaming-based PoC use cases.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Establish DevOps and automation practices for PoC environments including CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Develop data-driven applications and dashboards using Streamlit and UI frameworks where required.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Build backend services and APIs using FastAPI or REST-based frameworks to support solution architectures.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Ensure PoC solutions follow performance optimization, cost efficiency, security best practices, and scalability guidelines.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt"> Collaborate with internal engineering teams to transfer PoC learnings into production-ready patterns.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•Mentor solution engineers and architects on Snowflake best practices and emerging technologies.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•Stay current with Snowflake roadmap, Cortex enhancements, and GenAI ecosystem advancements.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Required Skills &amp; Experience</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Mandatory</span></strong></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake (minimum 2+ production project implementations).</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Expertise in Apache Spark / PySpark for large-scale data processing and transformation.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Proven experience in building end-to-end PoCs and PoVs for data platform and analytics solutions.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Solid understanding of cloud data architectures and modern analytics platforms.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Strong coding and debugging skills across SQL and Python-based workloads.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Excellent technical communication and documentation skills.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Ability to independently own and deliver complex solution prototypes.</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Desired / Preferred</span></strong></p><ul><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Experience with GenAI platforms, Snowflake Cortex, LLM integration, vector search, and AI-powered analytics.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Exposure to streaming platforms and real-time ingestion frameworks (Kafka, Event Hubs, Kinesis).</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Hands-on experience with DevOps and MLOps tools and practices including CI/CD pipelines and automation.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Experience developing interactive applications using Streamlit.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Frontend exposure using React or Angular for solution UI layers.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Backend development experience using FastAPI or REST-based microservices.</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Nice to Have</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Industry experience in Manufacturing, Energy, Smart Cities, Automotive, or Logistics</span></li><li><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Exposure to reinforcement learning or synthetic data generation</span></li></ul><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Ideally, you’ll also have</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Client management skills</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">What we look for</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">People with technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment</span></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">What working at EY offers</span></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">At EY, we’re dedicated to helping our clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies — and the 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