Solutions Architect

Salary: £30,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale Snowflake platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake security, governance and RBAC.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience with platform optimisation, monitoring and FinOps.
• Cloud platform expertise across AWS and/or Azure.
• Strong understanding of enterprise data platform architecture and governance.
• Excellent stakeholder management and technical leadership skills.
• Experience delivering projects within Defence, Central Government, National Security or Critical National Infrastructure is desirable.
• Eligibility for UK Security Clearance is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and optimisation of enterprise Snowflake platforms.
• Define and implement platform governance, security and RBAC.
• Deliver platform maturity assessments and future operating models.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Drive automation, monitoring, observability and FinOps best practices.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, engineering and platform operations.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Architect
• Azure
• Cloud
• RBAC
• Security
• Snowflake
• Terraform

More:

We are recruiting for an experienced Snowflake Lead Architect to join a large-scale data platform transformation programme supporting customers across Defence, Public Sector, National Security and Critical National Infrastructure. This is a hybrid role based in the South West with regular client engagement. The contract is outside IR35, has a duration of 6 months, and is available to start as soon as possible. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a high-profile data platform programme, influencing the future architecture and governance of a critical enterprise Snowflake environment.

last updated 34 week of 2026