diff --git a/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.cpp b/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.cpp
index d89216248747..18eb9377bbff 100644
--- a/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.cpp
+++ b/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.cpp
@@ -296,17 +296,6 @@ uint8_t HiveConfig::readTimestampUnit(const Config* session) const {
   return unit;
 }
 
-uint8_t HiveConfig::parquetWriteTimestampUnit(const Config* session) const {
-  const auto unit = session->get<uint8_t>(
-      kParquetWriteTimestampUnitSession,
-      config_->get<uint8_t>(kParquetWriteTimestampUnit, 9 /*nano*/));
-  VELOX_CHECK(
-      unit == 0 /*second*/ || unit == 3 /*milli*/ || unit == 6 /*micro*/ ||
-          unit == 9,
-      "Invalid timestamp unit.");
-  return unit;
-}
-
 bool HiveConfig::cacheNoRetention(const Config* session) const {
   return session->get<bool>(
       kCacheNoRetentionSession,
diff --git a/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.h b/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.h
index 0486991cf264..57f6bac6bc84 100644
--- a/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.h
+++ b/velox/connectors/hive/HiveConfig.h
@@ -237,12 +237,6 @@ class HiveConfig {
   static constexpr const char* kReadTimestampUnitSession =
       "hive.reader.timestamp_unit";
 
-  /// Timestamp unit for Parquet write through Arrow bridge.
-  static constexpr const char* kParquetWriteTimestampUnit =
-      "hive.parquet.writer.timestamp-unit";
-  static constexpr const char* kParquetWriteTimestampUnitSession =
-      "hive.parquet.writer.timestamp_unit";
-
   static constexpr const char* kCacheNoRetention = "cache.no_retention";
   static constexpr const char* kCacheNoRetentionSession = "cache.no_retention";
 
@@ -342,10 +336,6 @@ class HiveConfig {
   // Returns the timestamp unit used when reading timestamps from files.
   uint8_t readTimestampUnit(const Config* session) const;
 
-  /// Returns the timestamp unit used when writing timestamps into Parquet
-  /// through Arrow bridge. 0: second, 3: milli, 6: micro, 9: nano.
-  uint8_t parquetWriteTimestampUnit(const Config* session) const;
-
   /// Returns true to evict out a query scanned data out of in-memory cache
   /// right after the access, and also skip staging to the ssd cache. This helps
   /// to prevent the cache space pollution from the one-time table scan by large
diff --git a/velox/connectors/hive/HiveDataSink.cpp b/velox/connectors/hive/HiveDataSink.cpp
index 645833e5fb49..455b1346a5c5 100644
--- a/velox/connectors/hive/HiveDataSink.cpp
+++ b/velox/connectors/hive/HiveDataSink.cpp
@@ -677,16 +677,25 @@ uint32_t HiveDataSink::appendWriter(const HiveWriterId& id) {
   ioStats_.emplace_back(std::make_shared<io::IoStatistics>());
   setMemoryReclaimers(writerInfo_.back().get(), ioStats_.back().get());
 
-  // Take the one provided by the user as a starting point, or allocate a new
-  // one.
-  const auto& writerOptions = insertTableHandle_->writerOptions();
-  std::shared_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions> options = writerOptions
-      ? writerOptions
-      : std::make_shared<dwio::common::WriterOptions>();
+  // Take the writer options provided by the user as a starting point, or
+  // allocate a new one.
+  auto options = insertTableHandle_->writerOptions();
+  if (!options) {
+    options = writerFactory_->createWriterOptions();
+  }
 
   const auto* connectorSessionProperties =
       connectorQueryCtx_->sessionProperties();
 
+  // Acquire file format specifc configs. The precedence order is:
+  //
+  // 1. First respect any options specified as part of the query plan (accessed
+  //    through insertTableHandle)
+  // 2. Otherwise, acquire user defined session properties.
+  // 3. Lastly, acquire general hive connector configs.
+  options->processSessionConfigs(*connectorSessionProperties);
+  options->processHiveConnectorConfigs(*hiveConfig_->config());
+
   // Only overwrite options in case they were not already provided.
   if (options->schema == nullptr) {
     options->schema = getNonPartitionTypes(dataChannels_, inputType_);
@@ -738,11 +747,6 @@ uint32_t HiveDataSink::appendWriter(const HiveWriterId& id) {
             connectorSessionProperties);
   }
 
-  if (!options->parquetWriteTimestampUnit) {
-    options->parquetWriteTimestampUnit =
-        hiveConfig_->parquetWriteTimestampUnit(connectorSessionProperties);
-  }
-
   if (!options->orcMinCompressionSize) {
     options->orcMinCompressionSize = std::optional(
         hiveConfig_->orcWriterMinCompressionSize(connectorSessionProperties));
diff --git a/velox/dwio/common/CMakeLists.txt b/velox/dwio/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fc725a124e6..06a171b72684 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/velox/dwio/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   velox_caching
   velox_common_io
   velox_common_compression
+  velox_config
   velox_dwio_common_encryption
   velox_dwio_common_exception
   velox_exception
diff --git a/velox/dwio/common/Options.h b/velox/dwio/common/Options.h
index 1f8c0daee430..f1e7808f2ea4 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/common/Options.h
+++ b/velox/dwio/common/Options.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "velox/common/compression/Compression.h"
 #include "velox/common/io/Options.h"
 #include "velox/common/memory/Memory.h"
+#include "velox/core/Config.h"
 #include "velox/dwio/common/ColumnSelector.h"
 #include "velox/dwio/common/ErrorTolerance.h"
 #include "velox/dwio/common/FlatMapHelper.h"
@@ -597,6 +598,7 @@ struct WriterOptions {
   velox::memory::MemoryPool* memoryPool{nullptr};
   const velox::common::SpillConfig* spillConfig{nullptr};
   tsan_atomic<bool>* nonReclaimableSection{nullptr};
+
   /// A ready-to-use default memory reclaimer factory. It shall be provided by
   /// the system that creates writers to ensure a smooth memory system
   /// integration (e.g. graceful suspension upon arbitration request). Writer
@@ -604,6 +606,7 @@ struct WriterOptions {
   /// this default one.
   std::function<std::unique_ptr<velox::memory::MemoryReclaimer>()>
       defaultMemoryReclaimerFactory{[]() { return nullptr; }};
+
   std::optional<velox::common::CompressionKind> compressionKind;
   std::optional<uint64_t> orcMinCompressionSize{std::nullopt};
   std::optional<uint64_t> maxStripeSize{std::nullopt};
@@ -612,10 +615,14 @@ struct WriterOptions {
   std::optional<bool> orcWriterIntegerDictionaryEncodingEnabled{std::nullopt};
   std::optional<bool> orcWriterStringDictionaryEncodingEnabled{std::nullopt};
   std::map<std::string, std::string> serdeParameters;
-  std::optional<uint8_t> parquetWriteTimestampUnit;
   std::optional<uint8_t> zlibCompressionLevel;
   std::optional<uint8_t> zstdCompressionLevel;
 
+  // WriterOption implementations should provide this function to specify how to
+  // process format-specific session and connector configs.
+  virtual void processSessionConfigs(const Config&) {}
+  virtual void processHiveConnectorConfigs(const Config&) {}
+
   virtual ~WriterOptions() = default;
 };
 
diff --git a/velox/dwio/common/WriterFactory.h b/velox/dwio/common/WriterFactory.h
index 125ef69cf2e0..1ab485bfde78 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/common/WriterFactory.h
+++ b/velox/dwio/common/WriterFactory.h
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ class WriterFactory {
   }
 #endif
 
+  /// Creates a polymorphic writer options object.
+  virtual std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions>
+  createWriterOptions() = 0;
+
  private:
   const FileFormat format_;
 };
diff --git a/velox/dwio/dwrf/writer/Writer.cpp b/velox/dwio/dwrf/writer/Writer.cpp
index 2ce6cebe9d90..a4a490e23984 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/dwrf/writer/Writer.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/dwrf/writer/Writer.cpp
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 using facebook::velox::common::testutil::TestValue;
 
 namespace facebook::velox::dwrf {
-
 namespace {
+
 dwio::common::StripeProgress getStripeProgress(const WriterContext& context) {
   return dwio::common::StripeProgress{
       .stripeIndex = context.stripeIndex(),
@@ -860,6 +860,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::Writer> DwrfWriterFactory::createWriter(
   return std::make_unique<Writer>(std::move(sink), dwrfOptions);
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions>
+DwrfWriterFactory::createWriterOptions() {
+  return std::make_unique<dwrf::WriterOptions>();
+}
+
 void registerDwrfWriterFactory() {
   dwio::common::registerWriterFactory(std::make_shared<DwrfWriterFactory>());
 }
diff --git a/velox/dwio/dwrf/writer/Writer.h b/velox/dwio/dwrf/writer/Writer.h
index fdd4f9790579..7e64ff62bb12 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/dwrf/writer/Writer.h
+++ b/velox/dwio/dwrf/writer/Writer.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 namespace facebook::velox::dwrf {
 
-struct WriterOptions {
+struct WriterOptions : public dwio::common::WriterOptions {
   std::shared_ptr<const Config> config = std::make_shared<Config>();
   std::shared_ptr<const Type> schema;
   velox::memory::MemoryPool* memoryPool;
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ class DwrfWriterFactory : public dwio::common::WriterFactory {
   std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::Writer> createWriter(
       std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::FileSink> sink,
       const std::shared_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions>& options) override;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions> createWriterOptions() override;
 };
 
 } // namespace facebook::velox::dwrf
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/ParquetTestBase.h b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/ParquetTestBase.h
index fbf0e63cadb3..0195447dfbda 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/ParquetTestBase.h
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/ParquetTestBase.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class ParquetTestBase : public testing::Test, public test::VectorTestBase {
     facebook::velox::parquet::WriterOptions options;
     options.memoryPool = rootPool_.get();
     options.flushPolicyFactory = flushPolicy;
-    options.compression = compressionKind;
+    options.compressionKind = compressionKind;
     return std::make_unique<facebook::velox::parquet::Writer>(
         std::move(sink), options, rowType);
   }
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/reader/E2EFilterTest.cpp b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/reader/E2EFilterTest.cpp
index 52f53fa02e92..0b27395f9a00 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/reader/E2EFilterTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/reader/E2EFilterTest.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ TEST_F(E2EFilterTest, compression) {
     }
 
     options_.dataPageSize = 4 * 1024;
-    options_.compression = compression;
+    options_.compressionKind = compression;
 
     testWithTypes(
         "tinyint_val:tinyint,"
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/writer/ParquetWriterTest.cpp b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/writer/ParquetWriterTest.cpp
index f1caaecaf9bd..619ed3840593 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/writer/ParquetWriterTest.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/tests/writer/ParquetWriterTest.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ TEST_F(ParquetWriterTest, compression) {
   auto sinkPtr = sink.get();
   facebook::velox::parquet::WriterOptions writerOptions;
   writerOptions.memoryPool = leafPool_.get();
-  writerOptions.compression = CompressionKind::CompressionKind_SNAPPY;
+  writerOptions.compressionKind = CompressionKind::CompressionKind_SNAPPY;
 
   const auto& fieldNames = schema->names();
 
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ DEBUG_ONLY_TEST_F(ParquetWriterTest, unitFromWriterOptions) {
       10'000, [](auto row) { return Timestamp(row, row); })});
   parquet::WriterOptions writerOptions;
   writerOptions.memoryPool = leafPool_.get();
-  writerOptions.parquetWriteTimestampUnit =
-      static_cast<uint8_t>(TimestampUnit::kMicro);
+  writerOptions.parquetWriteTimestampUnit = TimestampUnit::kMicro;
 
   // Create an in-memory writer.
   auto sink = std::make_unique<MemorySink>(
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/writer/Writer.cpp b/velox/dwio/parquet/writer/Writer.cpp
index ec36a3749a1e..d508b53356f8 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/writer/Writer.cpp
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/writer/Writer.cpp
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<WriterProperties> getArrowParquetWriterOptions(
   if (!options.enableDictionary) {
     properties = properties->disable_dictionary();
   }
-  properties =
-      properties->compression(getArrowParquetCompression(options.compression));
+  properties = properties->compression(getArrowParquetCompression(
+      options.compressionKind.value_or(common::CompressionKind_NONE)));
   for (const auto& columnCompressionValues : options.columnCompressionsMap) {
     properties->compression(
         columnCompressionValues.first,
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Writer::Writer(
     flushPolicy_ = std::make_unique<DefaultFlushPolicy>();
   }
   options_.timestampUnit =
-      static_cast<TimestampUnit>(options.parquetWriteTimestampUnit);
+      options.parquetWriteTimestampUnit.value_or(TimestampUnit::kNano);
   arrowContext_->properties =
       getArrowParquetWriterOptions(options, flushPolicy_);
   setMemoryReclaimers();
@@ -388,20 +388,6 @@ void Writer::abort() {
   arrowContext_.reset();
 }
 
-parquet::WriterOptions getParquetOptions(
-    const dwio::common::WriterOptions& options) {
-  parquet::WriterOptions parquetOptions;
-  parquetOptions.memoryPool = options.memoryPool;
-  if (options.compressionKind.has_value()) {
-    parquetOptions.compression = options.compressionKind.value();
-  }
-  if (options.parquetWriteTimestampUnit.has_value()) {
-    parquetOptions.parquetWriteTimestampUnit =
-        options.parquetWriteTimestampUnit.value();
-  }
-  return parquetOptions;
-}
-
 void Writer::setMemoryReclaimers() {
   VELOX_CHECK(
       !pool_->isLeaf(),
@@ -419,12 +405,53 @@ void Writer::setMemoryReclaimers() {
   generalPool_->setReclaimer(exec::MemoryReclaimer::create());
 }
 
+namespace {
+
+std::optional<TimestampUnit> getTimestampUnit(
+    const Config& config,
+    const char* configKey) {
+  if (const auto unit = config.get<uint8_t>(configKey)) {
+    VELOX_CHECK(
+        unit == 0 /*second*/ || unit == 3 /*milli*/ || unit == 6 /*micro*/ ||
+            unit == 9 /*nano*/,
+        "Invalid timestamp unit: {}",
+        unit.value());
+    return std::optional(static_cast<TimestampUnit>(unit.value()));
+  }
+  return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+void WriterOptions::processSessionConfigs(const Config& config) {
+  if (!parquetWriteTimestampUnit) {
+    parquetWriteTimestampUnit =
+        getTimestampUnit(config, kParquetSessionWriteTimestampUnit);
+  }
+}
+
+void WriterOptions::processHiveConnectorConfigs(const Config& config) {
+  if (!parquetWriteTimestampUnit) {
+    parquetWriteTimestampUnit =
+        getTimestampUnit(config, kParquetHiveConnectorWriteTimestampUnit);
+  }
+}
+
 std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::Writer> ParquetWriterFactory::createWriter(
     std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::FileSink> sink,
     const std::shared_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions>& options) {
-  auto parquetOptions = getParquetOptions(*options);
+  auto parquetOptions =
+      std::dynamic_pointer_cast<parquet::WriterOptions>(options);
+  VELOX_CHECK_NOT_NULL(
+      parquetOptions,
+      "Parquet writer factory expected a Parquet WriterOptions object.");
   return std::make_unique<Writer>(
-      std::move(sink), parquetOptions, asRowType(options->schema));
+      std::move(sink), *parquetOptions, asRowType(options->schema));
+}
+
+std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions>
+ParquetWriterFactory::createWriterOptions() {
+  return std::make_unique<parquet::WriterOptions>();
 }
 
 } // namespace facebook::velox::parquet
diff --git a/velox/dwio/parquet/writer/Writer.h b/velox/dwio/parquet/writer/Writer.h
index 97b2d1d52f9f..6901c2dc3be7 100644
--- a/velox/dwio/parquet/writer/Writer.h
+++ b/velox/dwio/parquet/writer/Writer.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "velox/common/compression/Compression.h"
+#include "velox/core/Config.h"
 #include "velox/dwio/common/DataBuffer.h"
 #include "velox/dwio/common/FileSink.h"
 #include "velox/dwio/common/FlushPolicy.h"
@@ -86,26 +87,42 @@ class LambdaFlushPolicy : public DefaultFlushPolicy {
   std::function<bool()> lambda_;
 };
 
-struct WriterOptions {
+struct WriterOptions : public dwio::common::WriterOptions {
   bool enableDictionary = true;
   int64_t dataPageSize = 1'024 * 1'024;
   int64_t dictionaryPageSizeLimit = 1'024 * 1'024;
+
   // Growth ratio passed to ArrowDataBufferSink. The default value is a
   // heuristic borrowed from
   // folly/FBVector(https://github.com/facebook/folly/blob/main/folly/docs/FBVector.md#memory-handling).
   double bufferGrowRatio = 1.5;
-  common::CompressionKind compression = common::CompressionKind_NONE;
+
   arrow::Encoding::type encoding = arrow::Encoding::PLAIN;
-  velox::memory::MemoryPool* memoryPool;
+
   // The default factory allows the writer to construct the default flush
   // policy with the configs in its ctor.
   std::function<std::unique_ptr<DefaultFlushPolicy>()> flushPolicyFactory;
   std::shared_ptr<CodecOptions> codecOptions;
   std::unordered_map<std::string, common::CompressionKind>
       columnCompressionsMap;
-  uint8_t parquetWriteTimestampUnit =
-      static_cast<uint8_t>(TimestampUnit::kNano);
+
+  /// Timestamp unit for Parquet write through Arrow bridge.
+  /// Default if not specified: TimestampUnit::kNano (9).
+  std::optional<TimestampUnit> parquetWriteTimestampUnit;
   bool writeInt96AsTimestamp = false;
+
+  // Parsing session and hive configs.
+
+  // This isn't a typo; session and hive connector config names are different
+  // ('_' vs '-').
+  static constexpr const char* kParquetSessionWriteTimestampUnit =
+      "hive.parquet.writer.timestamp_unit";
+  static constexpr const char* kParquetHiveConnectorWriteTimestampUnit =
+      "hive.parquet.writer.timestamp-unit";
+
+  // Process hive connector and session configs.
+  void processSessionConfigs(const Config& config) override;
+  void processHiveConnectorConfigs(const Config& config) override;
 };
 
 // Writes Velox vectors into  a DataSink using Arrow Parquet writer.
@@ -176,6 +193,8 @@ class ParquetWriterFactory : public dwio::common::WriterFactory {
   std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::Writer> createWriter(
       std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::FileSink> sink,
       const std::shared_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions>& options) override;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<dwio::common::WriterOptions> createWriterOptions() override;
 };
 
 } // namespace facebook::velox::parquet