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Cloud Data Architect

Jersey City, New Jersey, United States; McLean, Virginia, United States; Richmond, Virginia, United States

Who We Are:

Exiger transforms supply chains into a strategic advantage—advancing our mission to make the world a safer and more transparent place to succeed. Our AI platform, 1Exiger, delivers instant visibility into complex supplier ecosystems, leveraging proprietary data and advanced AI to surface risk, automate compliance, and unlock efficiencies and cost savings to strengthen long-term resilience. Trusted by 550+ global customers—including Fortune 500 companies and U.S. government agencies—Exiger is a recognized, award-winning leader in supply chain AI and a FedRAMP® authorized provider to the federal government.

Cloud Data Architect

Role Summary:

We are seeking a Cloud Data Architect / Administrator to design, evolve, and maintain the data platforms that power our analytics and risk intelligence products. This role blends traditional data administration with modern data architecture — focusing not only on managing data systems, but also on shaping how data is modeled, governed, and integrated across our platforms.

What You’ll Do

  • Architect the evolution of our data ecosystem, helping to design and implement a medallion architecture (bronze/silver/gold layers) to support scalable, traceable data movement and quality monitoring.
  • Plan and coordinate data cadences, ensuring that data ingestion and transformation processes are efficiently synchronized across layers.
  • Lead the transition toward a hybrid data architecture based on AWS S3, Apache Iceberg, Polaris, and Trino (or similar query engine) — while maintaining and optimizing our existing Snowflake environment during the transition.
  • Design and govern data models that support both analytical and operational workloads, balancing cost, performance, and scalability.
  • Collaborate with developers and analysts to define end-to-end data integration processes using ETL/ELT frameworks for structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data.
  • Administer and optimize Snowflake environments — including warehouse sizing, data clustering, cost optimization, and user access management — while planning for gradual migration of workloads to open table formats and object storage.
  • Develop and maintain data infrastructure as code using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment, configuration and management of data resources.
  • Evaluate and implement data cataloging, governance, and lineage tools, with an emphasis on Polaris for metadata and discovery.
  • Perform ongoing analysis of data storage and query performance to improve efficiency, cost, and maintainability.

 

What You Need

  • 5+ years of experience in data architecture, warehousing, or administration.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with Snowflake, including performance tuning, cost optimization, and security.
  • Strong experience with query engines such as Trino, Athena, or Presto, and metadata catalogs such as Polaris or AWS Glue Catalog.
  • Experience designing and maintaining data lakes and open table formats (e.g., Iceberg, Delta, or Hudi).
  • Expertise in AWS data services — particularly S3, Glue, IAM, Lambda, SQS, SNS, and Secrets Manager.
  • Strong understanding of data modeling, schema design, and ELT/ETL best practices.
  • Hands-on experience with Python or Java for automation and data pipeline development.
  • Experience with streaming data ingestion (Kafka, Kinesis, or equivalent).
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across data engineering, DevOps, and analytics teams.
  • Experience with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and modern data orchestration tools (e.g., Airbyte, Matillion, or Airflow).

 

Nice to Have

  • AWS or Snowflake certifications (SnowPro, AWS Data Analytics, or Solutions Architect).
  • Experience implementing data governance and lineage solutions.
  • Understanding of data mesh and federated data architecture principles.
  • Experience in federal or regulated environments where compliance, traceability, and data security are paramount.

 

Why You’ll Love Working at Exiger:

  • High-performance culture rooted in accountability, collaboration, and a shared commitment to excellence.
  • Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off 
  • Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits
  • Competitive compensation package 
  • 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave 
  • Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable
  • Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming 
  • Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications

 

#LI-Hybrid

This is a full-time hybrid opportunity, requiring 2 days a week in office.

Exiger is named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Supplier Risk Management, twice selected as one of Fast Company's 'Brands That Matter,' and recipient of the Third Party Risk Association's Innovator Award, Exiger's technology has been recognized by leading analyst evaluations and 50+ awards. Learn more at Exiger.com and follow Exiger on LinkedIn.

At Exiger, our values define how we work and why we lead. We are mission-inspired, imagination-driven, trust-anchored, and compassion-focused—committed to building technology that makes the world safer, more transparent, and more resilient.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Exiger’s hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.

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