Title: Sr Principal Data Architect
Location: Statewide Multi Use, ID
Job Requisition ID: Req-259227
Time Type: Full time
About Lamb Weston
You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.
A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.
If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.
Job Description Summary
The Lead Data Architect – Cloud Platforms (Snowflake) is responsible for designing and governing Lamb Weston’s enterprise data ecosystem within the Snowflake platform. This role establishes integration patterns, modeling standards, and optimization techniques for a global data environment supporting manufacturing, supply chain, and finance analytics.
Job Description
Design and maintain enterprise data architecture standards leveraging Snowflake.
Collaborate with SAP data teams to ensure seamless data ingestion from SAP and non-SAP sources.
Develop scalable data modeling frameworks, including medallion architectures for enterprise data products.
Establish data performance, cost optimization, and security standards across the Snowflake environment.
Guide integration with Power BI and other analytics platforms for efficient data delivery.
Mentor engineering teams on Snowflake data patterns, performance tuning, and governance best practices.
Basic & Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related discipline.
10+ years of experience in data architecture with 5+ years focused on Snowflake and AWS ecosystems.
Proficiency in SQL, data modeling (3NF, dimensional), and data integration tools such as Informatica or Matillion.
Experience designing and optimizing Snowflake virtual warehouses, data shares, and secure views.
Strong knowledge of medallion architecture, data governance, and cost management best practices.
Industry-Competitive Benefits
Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:
Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
Paid Time Off
Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
Family-Friendly Employee events
Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services
Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.
Anticipated Close Date
The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.
Anticipated Close Date: 01/17/2026
Pay Transparency
In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.
Pay Rate or Range: $146,840.00 - $220,250.00
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law