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We partner with industry leaders, including Snowflake, AWS, Anthropic, Azure, GCP, Fivetran, Pinecone, Glean, and dbt, to solve the complex data and AI challenges that slow large enterprises.\nWe're growing fast, and we give our people real ownership over their work. We hire top performers and trust them to deliver results.\nWhy phData?\nSnowflake Implementation Partner of the Year - 7 consecutive years, and 2026 Snowflake AI Partner of the Year\nAWS Premier Tier Services Partner - the highest tier of recognition in the AWS Partner Network\n2025 Fivetran Partner of the Year (4th consecutive year)\n2025 dbt Labs Partner of the Year (3x winner) with Visionary partner status\n2026 KNIME Customer Excellence Partner of the Year\n\nPreferred Partner in the Anthropic Claude Partner Network\n\n#1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications\n600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, and more)\nRecognized as an award-winning workplace in the US, India and LATAM\nRole Overview\nWe are looking for a Principal Solutions Architect\n to join our Managed Services - Elastic Platform Operations (EPO) team. In this role, you will serve as a hands-on senior technical leader, owning the design, delivery, and continuous evolution of large-scale, cloud-native data platforms for global enterprise clients. You will collaborate closely with clients, engineering teams, and practice leadership to translate complex business requirements into scalable, high-performing data solutions-while driving delivery excellence and advancing phData's managed services capabilities.design, delivery, and continuous evolution of large-scale, cloud-native data\nKey Responsibilities\nClient Delivery\nOwn and drive the design, provisioning, and operationalization of cloud-native data solutions on AWS and Azure, leveraging platforms such as Snowflake, Fivetran, dbt, Matillion, Azure Data Factory, and other modern data stack technologies.design, provisioning, and operationalization of cloud-native\nTranslate client business requirements into scalable, secure, and performant data platform architectures aligned with phData methodologies and best practices.\nEnsure client engagements are delivered on time, within scope, and with measurable business value-managing multiple simultaneous customer accounts across a variety of technical stacks.\nSkillfully navigate complex customer environments by building and prioritizing Epics, Stories, and Tasks to mature and improve clients' data platforms.\nContinually identify opportunities to automate, optimize, and expand clients' data platform capabilities and phData's service offering.\nCollaboration & Leadership\nLead technical teams operating and managing modern data platforms-spanning streaming, data lakes, analytics, and beyond-across a progressively evolving technical stack.\nProvide technical thought leadership during client workshops, architecture reviews, and discovery sessions, recommending the right technologies and approaches to ensure performance, security, scalability, and user satisfaction.architecture reviews, and discovery sessions, recommending the right technologies and approaches to ensure performance, security, scalability, and user\nEnsure high quality in all deliverables through code reviews, documentation, governance, and performance tuning.\nPartner with practice and account leaders to identify opportunities to expand engagements and standardize delivery patterns.\nPractice & Firm Contribution\nContribute to internal initiatives including IP development, accelerators, delivery frameworks, and technical playbooks.\nRepresent phData with professionalism in all client interactions, communicating clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive audiences.\nAdditional Responsibilities (Senior / Lead / Principal Roles)\nAct as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, shaping data platform roadmaps, influencing strategic decisions, and guiding long-term initiatives.\nMentor and coach engineers on the team, delegating effectively and fostering a culture of learning, feedback, and continuous improvement.\nHelp define and refine practice standards, reusable assets, and delivery frameworks to scale phData's managed services capability.\nLead detailed technical presentations and architecture recommendations for executive-level audiences.\nAbout You\nYou are a senior technical leader and client-focused consultant who thrives in fast-paced, outcomes-driven environments. You are energized by working across multiple complex projects and customer environments simultaneously, and you are comfortable operating in ambiguity-quickly assessing situations, formulating actionable plans, and driving them through to completion. You bring deep expertise in cloud data platforms, strong consulting instincts, and the presence and communication skills to engage confidently with clients at all levels of an organization.\nRequired Qualifications\nExperience\n10+ years of experience in data platform engineering, architecture, or managed services, with significant hands-on experience in enterprise cloud environments.architecture, or managed services, with significant hands-on experience in\nTechnical / Functional Skills\nAdvanced expertise in enterprise cloud data platforms, including Snowflake, AWS, Azure, and/or Databricks.\nExtensive experience providing architectural and operational guidance for cloud-native data warehouses (Snowflake and/or Redshift) across large user bases.\nProduction experience with cloud and distributed data storage technologies such as S3, ADLS, Cassandra, or other NoSQL storage systems.\nProduction experience with data integration technologies such as Spark, Kafka, event/streaming pipelines, Matillion, Fivetran, HVR, AWS Data Migration Services, Azure Data Factory, or equivalent.\nProduction experience with workflow management and orchestration tools such as Airflow, AWS Managed Airflow, or Luigi.\nStrong proficiency in SQL, including writing, debugging, and optimizing complex queries.\nExtensive experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation.\nExperience building automated solutions for repetitive administrative tasks using Python or a similar language.\nProficiency with CI/CD frameworks and tools such as Bitbucket, GitHub, Flyway, and Liquibase.\nExceptional troubleshooting and performance tuning skills across complex, multi-stack environments.\nConsulting / Delivery Skills\nDemonstrated experience delivering projects for external clients in a professional services or consulting environment.\nAbility to break down complex, multifaceted problems into structured, actionable steps and drive them to resolution across technical, business, and operational dimensions.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to create and deliver detailed technical presentations for executive audiences.\nCollaboration & Ownership\nProven experience as a technical team lead and mentor, with a track record of delegating effectively and developing engineering talent.\nDemonstrated ability to work effectively across distributed, cross-functional global teams.\nProven track record of taking ownership of multiple priorities simultaneously, delivering high-quality outcomes with minimal supervision.\nProfessional track record of creating, challenging, and improving processes and procedures in dynamic environments.\nEducation - If desired\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\nPreferred Qualifications\nSnowflake SnowPro Core Certification or any Snowflake Advanced Certification.\nHands-on experience with data visualization tools and exposure to data science or machine learning platform operations.\nExperience operating across multiple industry verticals or problem domains in a managed services or platform operations context.\nPrior experience working in global or remote teams, partnering across US, LATAM, and/or India time zones.\nContributions to open source communities, technical writing, conference speaking, or internal accelerators are a plus.\nLocation & Time Zone Expectations\nThis role is based in India (Bangalore) and operates primarily in IST (Indian Standard Time), with expected overlap with US time zones to support client engagement and collaboration with global teams.\nWe are a remote-first company, and you should be comfortable working with a distributed global team.\nSome flexibility may be required to collaborate across time zones with colleagues and clients, particularly for key project milestones, client workshops, or escalations.\nClient needs may occasionally require flexibility in working hours to support critical platform operations or delivery timelines.\nWhy phData?\nImpactful Work: Partner with leading organizations on meaningful data & AI initiatives.\nCollaborative Culture: Work with a supportive, high-performing global team that values transparency, autonomy, and continuous improvement.\nGrowth Opportunities: Access to challenging projects, mentorship, and structured development pathways.\nValues-Driven: We prioritize doing the right thing for our clients, our teams, and our community.\nBenefits at phData\nIndia:\nRemote-First Workplace\nMedical Insurance for Self & Family\nMedical Insurance for Parents\nTerm Life & Personal Accident\nWellness Allowance\nBroadband Reimbursement\nContinuous learning and growth opportunities to enhance your skills and expertise\nOther benefits include paid certifications, professional development allowance, and bonuses for creating company-approved content\nphData celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at phData. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 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