Principal Enterprise Architect, Data and AI (FSI), Applied Field Engineering
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LocationAU-Sydney
Work modehybrid
Typefull-time
SeniorityLead
Experience10+ yrs
DepartmentSolution Engineering
Company size5,001–10,000 people
PostedOct 27, 2026 · 1w ago
Verified live3d ago
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10+ years of experience in data architecture, cloud data platforms, or enterprise architecture, with deep exposure to financial services
A track record of company-wide or industry-wide technical influence, shaping architecture decisions at the most senior stakeholder levels
Deep understanding of data platform, analytics, and AI and machine learning architecture, including modern approaches to generative AI and retrieval-augmented workflows
Fluency in the FSI regulatory and risk landscape, including data governance, residency, privacy, and operational resilience expectations relevant to Australian financial institutions
Proven ability to personally lead technical discovery and solutioning, not only to orchestrate specialists
Excellent communication and influencing skills with executive and technical audiences, or equivalent experience
Experience in the Telecommunications sector is highly desirable
Hands-on experience with Snowflake, or comparable cloud data platforms across AWS, Azure, or GCP, as a supporting capability
Experience building or advising on generative AI and large language model applications in a regulated environment
Familiarity with the Australian FSI partner, SI, and GSI ecosystem
Prior experience in a Field CTO, office of the CTO, or principal customer-facing architect capacity
Skills
Snowflake
Cortex AI
Snowpark
generative AI
retrieval-augmented workflows
large language models
AWS
Azure
GCP
About the company
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn’t just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
About the role
We are hiring a Principal EnterpriseArchitect, Data and AI for our Applied Field Engineering (Field CTO) team, focused on the Financial Services Industry across Australia. This role sits at the intersection of Snowflake’s most strategic FSI customers and our product and engineering organizations, shaping how banks, insurers, and capital markets firms adopt the AI Data Cloud. Success here is measured not by artifacts produced, but by the architecture decisions you influence and the industry outcomes you unlock.
AS A PRINCIPAL ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
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Serve as the senior technical authority and trusted advisor to CxO and chief-architect stakeholders at Australia’s largest financial institutions, translating business strategy into durable data and AI architecture.
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Define reference architectures and modernization roadmaps for FSI workloads such as risk, fraud, regulatory reporting, customer 360, and generative AI, grounded in the Snowflake platform including Cortex AI and Snowpark.
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Lead high-stakes architectural engagements end to end, from discovery through to a defensible target-state design that balances governance, data residency, and regulatory requirements.
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Influence the Snowflake product roadmap by channeling field insight and FSI regulatory needs back to product and engineering teams.
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Partner with account teams, solution engineers, and SI and GSI partners to unblock the most complex technical decisions and accelerate platform consumption.
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Set the technical bar for the Field CTO practice in the region, mentoring architects and solution engineers and codifying reusable patterns.
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Represent Snowflake as a thought leader at executive briefings, industry forums, and regulatory working groups across the Australian FSI market.
OUR IDEAL PRINCIPAL ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT WILL HAVE:
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10+ years of experience in data architecture, cloud data platforms, or enterprise architecture, with deep exposure to financial services.
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A track record of company-wide or industry-wide technical influence, shaping architecture decisions at the most senior stakeholder levels.
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Deep understanding of data platform, analytics, and AI and machine learning architecture, including modern approaches to generative AI and retrieval-augmented workflows.
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Fluency in the FSI regulatory and risk landscape, including data governance, residency, privacy, and operational resilience expectations relevant to Australian financial institutions.
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While the role primarily focuses on Financial Services Industry (FSI), experience in the Telecommunications sector is highly desirable.
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Proven ability to personally lead technical discovery and solutioning, not only to orchestrate specialists.
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Excellent communication and influencing skills with executive and technical audiences, or equivalent experience.
BONUS POINTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:
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Hands-on experience with Snowflake, or comparable cloud data platforms across AWS, Azure, or GCP, as a supporting capability.
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Experience building or advising on generative AI and large language model applications in a regulated environment.
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Familiarity with the Australian FSI partner, SI, and GSI ecosystem.
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Prior experience in a Field CTO, office of the CTO, or principal customer-facing architect capacity.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
How do you want to make your impact?
For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com