Solutions Architect

Snowflake

Solutions Architect designing scalable telemetry architectures and migrations for Snowflake’s AI-powered Observe observability platform. Guiding Implementation Engineering teams through enterprise discovery, delivery, and go-live.

Posted 9/3/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $160,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in designing and implementing observability architectures, with a strong focus on OpenTelemetry and migration strategies from legacy systems. Capable of leading technical discovery, producing architectural documentation, and mentoring engineering teams in complex customer scenarios.

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OpenTelemetry ExpertiseObservability Architecture DesignMigration Strategy DevelopmentCloud Platform ProficiencyTechnical Leadership

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Hard Skills

Data ModelingPipeline DesignConfiguration ValidationArchitecture BlueprintingTelemetry SystemsAI-Assisted ObservabilityImplementation PlanningArchitecture Diagram ProductionScalable Architecture DesignMulti-Signal Pipeline Design

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsMentoring

Tools & Technologies

AWSGCPAzureKubernetesSplunkELKDatadogDynatraceNew Relic

Industry Keywords

ObservabilityTelemetryImplementation EngineeringCustomer-Facing Technical RolesAIOps

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesSplunk

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate in technical discovery to assess telemetry, infrastructure, data volumes, tooling, and operational requirements
Design end-to-end Observe observability architectures covering ingestion, pipeline topology, data modeling, enrichment, normalization, alerting, and retention
Define implementation approaches and architecture blueprints for Implementation Engineering teams
Validate configurations, pipelines, and data models against production-scale requirements
Advise customers on OpenTelemetry adoption strategies
Lead architecture and planning from kickoff through handoff to dedicated Implementation Engineer teams
Produce reference architectures, design decision records, implementation plans, and configuration standards
Support Implementation teams with architectural blockers, scope changes, and architecture decisions
Conduct go-live architecture reviews for production readiness
Design target architectures and phased cutover strategies for migrations from Splunk, ELK, Datadog, Dynatrace, and New Relic
Identify architectural gaps, data quality risks, and technical debt, and design scalable replacements
Develop internal reference architectures, design documents, runbooks, and implementation standards
Build and maintain production-grade field demo infrastructure
Capture reusable field patterns and create assets for the broader Implementation Engineering team
Serve as technical authority on complex customer scenarios and mentor junior Implementation Engineers
Contribute to adjacent-solution integrations, process re-engineering, and AI refactoring
Share field insights with Product and Engineering to influence the platform roadmap

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years in customer-facing technical roles, such as Solutions Architect, Staff/Principal Engineer, observability engineer, or SRE
Demonstrated shift from hands-on execution to architecture-level thinking
Deep expertise in observability platforms and telemetry systems at scale
Knowledge of data modeling tradeoffs across logs, metrics, and traces
Strong hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, including instrumentation strategies, collector configuration, exporters, and multi-signal pipeline design
Proven ability to design or lead migrations from Splunk, ELK, Datadog, New Relic, or Dynatrace to modern alternatives
Experience assessing complex enterprise environments and producing durable, scalable, practical architectural designs
Solid understanding of AWS, GCP, Azure, containerized workloads, and Kubernetes-based environments
Strong communication skills with engineering teams and senior technical leadership
Experience producing architecture diagrams, design decision records, runbooks, and implementation plans
Exposure to AI-assisted observability or AIOps

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
401(k) retirement plan
Flexible spending and health savings account
At least 12 paid holidays
Paid time off
Parental leave
Employee assistance program
Bonus plan eligibility
Equity plan eligibility