Senior Solutions Architect - Airflow

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AstronomerDataOps
Remote (United States)Full-TimeSenior
Salary$190,000 - $250,000
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Job Details

Experience
8+ years
Required Skills
AWSDockerPythonSQLApache AirflowGCPKubernetesAzureCI/CD

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering, platform engineering, or solution architecture.
  • Deep expertise in Airflow including authoring, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting production DAGs.
  • Experience tuning Airflow performance, refactoring DAG code, right-sizing infrastructure, and implementing data quality checks.
  • Proven track record of guiding customers through platform deployments, migrations, or technical transformations.
  • Strong background in designing cloud-native data platforms on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Familiarity with enterprise networking, security, and identity patterns.
  • Programming experience in Python and SQL.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, dbt, BigQuery, or Redshift.
  • Track record leading architecture discussions and driving technical decisions with engineering leaders.
  • Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture reviews, workshops, and technical design sessions with engineering teams and executive stakeholders.
  • Design end-to-end platform architectures integrating Airflow with cloud infrastructure, compute frameworks, and data platforms.
  • Review delivery work to ensure high standards for scalability, observability, security, and operational excellence.
  • Diagnose and resolve issues, guide customers through deployments, migrations, and platform modernization.
  • Build reusable tools, frameworks, reference architectures, and best practices that improve delivery quality across the organization.
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