Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer

Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer

• Location: Dublin, OH
• Duration: 6 months
• Experience Required: 8–10 years
• Role: Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer
• Primary Skills:
  • Snowflake
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Focus Areas: Snowflake Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Security, Terraform, CI/CD, Performance Optimization, FinOps

Core Responsibilities

• Design, configure, operate, and govern enterprise Snowflake environments across GCP and AWS.
• Manage Snowflake:
  • Accounts
  • Databases
  • Schemas
  • Virtual warehouses
  • Resource monitors
  • Cloud storage integrations
• Implement and manage Snowflake security and compliance controls.
• Implement:
  • RBAC
  • SSO
  • Service authentication
  • Encryption
  • Masking policies
  • Secrets management
  • Audit controls
  • Private network connectivity
• Partner with Information Security & Risk teams on security and compliance initiatives.
• Automate Snowflake provisioning and lifecycle management using:
  • Terraform
  • Git
  • GitHub Actions
  • GCP Cloud Build
  • Harness
  • Equivalent CI/CD tools
• Monitor and optimize:
  • Query performance
  • Warehouse sizing
  • Warehouse scaling
  • Resource utilization
  • Clustering
  • Snowflake credit consumption
  • Storage costs
• Implement production platform monitoring and alerting.
• Develop and maintain:
  • Operational runbooks
  • Incident management processes
  • Capacity management
  • Backup and recovery processes
  • Disaster recovery practices
• Support production Snowflake environments with a focus on reliability and availability.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and platform automation.
• Establish:
  • Security guardrails
  • Deployment standards
  • Platform documentation
  • Self-service capabilities
• Enable Data Engineering and Analytics teams through scalable platform services.
• Partner with:
  • Data Engineering
  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Information Security & Risk
  • FinOps teams

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in:
  • Platform Engineering
  • Cloud Infrastructure
  • Data Platforms
  • Software Engineering
• 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Snowflake administration
  • Snowflake architecture
  • Snowflake security
  • Workload management
  • Performance optimization
  • Cost management
• Hands-on experience with GCP and/or AWS.
• Strong understanding of:
  • IAM
  • Cloud networking
  • Private connectivity
  • Cloud security
  • Cloud storage
• Advanced proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience implementing CI/CD and Git-based deployment workflows.
• Strong SQL skills for performance analysis and troubleshooting.
• Scripting experience with:
  • Python
  • Bash
• Experience supporting production platforms, including:
  • Monitoring
  • Incident response
  • Reliability engineering
  • Operational automation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating Snowflake across both GCP and AWS.
• Experience with enterprise:
  • Security
  • Governance
  • Compliance
  • FinOps
• Experience developing reusable:
  • Platform automation
  • Terraform modules
  • Self-service capabilities
• Experience working in regulated enterprise environments, such as:
  • Healthcare
  • Financial services

Key Technologies / Keywords

• Snowflake
• Snowflake Platform Engineering
• Snowflake Administration
• Snowflake Architecture
• Snowflake Security
• Snowflake Performance Optimization
• Snowflake Cost Optimization
• AWS
• Amazon Web Services
• GCP
• Google Cloud Platform
• Terraform
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Git
• GitHub Actions
• GCP Cloud Build
• Harness
• CI/CD
• SQL
• Python
• Bash
• IAM
• RBAC
• SSO
• Encryption
• Data Masking
• Secrets Management
• Private Connectivity
• Cloud Networking
• Cloud Storage
• Monitoring
• Incident Management
• Disaster Recovery
• Backup & Recovery
• FinOps
• Cloud Governance
• Compliance