EY - GDS Consulting - AI and DATA - Snowflake Solution Architect - Associate Director

EY- GDS - Data and Analytics – Associate Director – Snowflake Solutions Architect

As part of our EY-GDS D&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.

The opportunity

We’re looking for a candidate with 18+ years with strong architect expertise into Snowflake Solutions Architect and delivery lead

Role Purpose:

• 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.
• Act as a technical solution owner responsible for showcasing platform capabilities, validating architecture feasibility, and demonstrating business value through working prototypes.
• Drive innovation by building reusable accelerators, demo frameworks, and reference implementations for Snowflake and industry-specific use cases.
• Enable rapid experimentation and adoption of modern data and AI platforms through hands-on engineering leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and implementation of PoCs and PoVs using Snowflake and related ecosystem tools.
• Build working prototypes demonstrating Snowflake Cortex, GenAI capabilities, advanced analytics, and modern data architectures.
• Develop solution blueprints, architecture diagrams, technical documentation, and PoC implementation guides.
• Author reusable PoV frameworks, demo assets, code templates, and automation scripts.
• Implement Snowflake features such as Snowpark, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and Native App capabilities as part of solution demonstrations.
• Design and optimize data pipelines using Snowflake and Spark-based processing frameworks.
• Build AI-powered PoCs including intelligent search, conversational analytics, semantic data exploration, and recommendation use cases.
• Integrate Snowflake with cloud platforms, external data sources, APIs, and enterprise systems.
• Implement real-time and near real-time ingestion patterns for streaming-based PoC use cases.
• Establish DevOps and automation practices for PoC environments including CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows.
• Develop data-driven applications and dashboards using Streamlit and UI frameworks where required.
• Build backend services and APIs using FastAPI or REST-based frameworks to support solution architectures.
• Ensure PoC solutions follow performance optimization, cost efficiency, security best practices, and scalability guidelines.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams to transfer PoC learnings into production-ready patterns.
• Mentor solution engineers and architects on Snowflake best practices and emerging technologies.
• Stay current with Snowflake roadmap, Cortex enhancements, and GenAI ecosystem advancements.

Required Skills & Experience

Mandatory

• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake (minimum 2+ production project implementations).
• Expertise in Apache Spark / PySpark for large-scale data processing and transformation.
• Proven experience in building end-to-end PoCs and PoVs for data platform and analytics solutions.
• Solid understanding of cloud data architectures and modern analytics platforms.
• Strong coding and debugging skills across SQL and Python-based workloads.
• Excellent technical communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to independently own and deliver complex solution prototypes.

Desired / Preferred

• Experience with GenAI platforms, Snowflake Cortex, LLM integration, vector search, and AI-powered analytics.
• Exposure to streaming platforms and real-time ingestion frameworks (Kafka, Event Hubs, Kinesis).
• Hands-on experience with DevOps and MLOps tools and practices including CI/CD pipelines and automation.
• Experience developing interactive applications using Streamlit.
• Frontend exposure using React or Angular for solution UI layers.
• Backend development experience using FastAPI or REST-based microservices.

Nice to Have

• Industry experience in Manufacturing, Energy, Smart Cities, Automotive, or Logistics
• Exposure to reinforcement learning or synthetic data generation

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Client management skills

What we look for

• People with technical experience and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment

What working at EY offers

At EY, we’re dedicated to helping our clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies — and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees, and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you