We are seeking an experienced Technical Architect / Technical Lead with strong expertise in Snowflake, Cognite, AWS, and AI technologies to lead the design, architecture, and delivery of cloud-native and AI-enabled enterprise platforms. This role requires ownership of end-to-end technical architecture, platform optimization, AI enablement, engineering governance, and delivery execution while ensuring scalability, reliability, security, performance, and cost efficiency Key Responsibilities Lead architecture and technical design for cloud-native data and AI platforms. Drive end-to-end solution delivery across Snowflake, Cognite, AWS, and AI ecosystems. Design scalable and secure cloud solutions using AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation). Lead data engineering initiatives including ETL/ELT pipelines, orchestration, data modeling, governance, and optimization. Architect and integrate enterprise data platforms using Snowflake and Cognite. Drive AI-enabled solution development leveraging LLMs, RAG frameworks, vector databases, and AI services such as AWS Bedrock/OpenAI. Establish engineering best practices across CI/CD, DevOps, observability, security, performance, and cost optimization. Collaborate with Product, Architecture, Data Platform, Security, and Business stakeholders to drive technical roadmap and solution decisions. Ensure platform scalability, reliability, security, compliance, and operational excellence. Required Skills & Experience: Strong expertise in Snowflake architecture, optimization, governance, and data engineering. Hands-on experience with Cognite Data Fusion or similar enterprise data platforms. Strong AWS cloud expertise including S3, Lambda, IAM, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, CloudWatch, networking, and security. Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation. Strong experience in ETL/ELT, SQL, orchestration, CDC, streaming, and modern data engineering practices. Experience with AI/LLM technologies, RAG architectures, vector stores, and AI integration frameworks. Strong programming experience in Python, Node.js, Java, ReactJS, or TypeScript. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containers, DevOps, and automated deployment practices. Strong understanding of cloud security, governance, observability, and FinOps. Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
Virtusa is a global product and platform engineering services company that makes experiences better with technology. We help organizations grow faster, more profitably, and more sustainably by reimagining enterprises through domain-driven solutions. We combine strategy, design, and engineering, backed by unmatched expertise at the intersection of industry, business, and technology to generate real-world business impact for clients.
Headquartered in Massachusetts with global delivery centers, Virtusa provides a broad range of services, solutions, and assets, including strategy and design, AI advisory and services, digital engineering, data and analytics, digital assurance, cloud and security, cx transformation and managed services across industries such as financial services, healthcare, communications, media, entertainment, travel, manufacturing, and technology.
