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TM Floyd & Company (TMF)

IT Architect – Data & Snowflake (Hybrid)

Contract · In Office · Richmond, Virginia (USA)

Posted Aug 4, 2026

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  • Now Hiring: IT Architect – Data & Snowflake | Richmond, VA (Hybrid)
  • Schedule: Hybrid – One Week Onsite/One Week Remote
  • No C2C
  • No Visa Transfers
  • Local or Drive-In Candidates Only
  • No Relocation

Are you a hands-on Data Architect with deep expertise in Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, and enterprise data engineering? We're seeking an experienced technical leader to architect and optimize large-scale enterprise data platforms supporting analytics, AI/ML, and business intelligence initiatives.

Ideal Candidate: A hands-on Data Architect with 7+ years of experience designing and supporting enterprise data platforms. The ideal candidate has advanced expertise in Snowflake, Oracle Exadata, SQL, ETL/ELT, and Azure or AWS, along with experience building scalable data pipelines using tools such as dbt, Airflow, ADF, Databricks, Informatica, or Talend. They excel at designing modern data models, optimizing performance, implementing governance and DataOps best practices, and delivering secure, high-performance data solutions that support enterprise analytics and AI/ML initiatives.

  • MUST-HAVE Experience
  • 7+ years of experience in:
  • Data Architecture
  • Data Engineering
  • Enterprise Data Platforms

Advanced hands-on experience with:

  • Snowflake
  • Oracle Exadata
  • Performance Tuning
  • RBAC
  • Resource Management
  • Snowflake Streams
  • Tasks
  • Data Sharing

Strong experience with:

  • SQL
  • ELT/ETL Architecture & Development
  • Azure and/or AWS Cloud Data Services

Expertise designing enterprise analytical data models:

  • Star Schema
  • Snowflake Schema
  • Data Vault
  • Semantic Layers
  • Experience building enterprise-scale data pipelines using tools such as:
  • dbt
  • Apache Airflow
  • Azure Data Factory (ADF)
  • Databricks
  • Informatica
  • Talend
  • or similar enterprise data integration platforms

Experience with:

  • Dataiku
  • Data Quality
  • Data Observability
  • Pipeline Monitoring
  • DataOps / CI-CD

Responsibilities

  • You'll serve as the technical authority for enterprise data architecture by:
  • Designing scalable batch, streaming, and real-time data pipelines
  • Defining enterprise Snowflake architecture and governance
  • Optimizing Oracle Exadata and Snowflake performance
  • Building secure, governed, cost-efficient cloud data platforms
  • Establishing enterprise standards for ELT, metadata, monitoring, and DataOps
  • Supporting analytics, reporting, AI/ML, and self-service BI initiatives
  • Mentoring engineering teams and driving architecture best practices

Preferred

  • Snowflake Certification
  • Databricks Certification
  • Azure Certification
  • Informatica Certification
  • Soft Skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong leadership and mentoring abilities
  • Ability to collaborate across architecture, engineering, analytics, security, and business teams

If you're interested, send your Word resume along with:

  • Current Location
  • Work Authorization
  • Availability
  • Desired Rate

The hourly rate for this position is $79.28.

TM Floyd & Company is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability.

We offer a generous array of benefits, depending on the length of assignment. We also offer a referral bonus of up to $1,000. Ask us for more details!

  • TM Floyd & Company participates in E-VERIFY.
  • AAP, EEO
  • 26-00405

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IT Architect – Data & Snowflake (Hybrid)

TM Floyd & Company (TMF)

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