Senior Operations & Data Engineer (Snowflake Specialist) : State of CO

Interview : Video

Visa : USC, GC

Security Clearance: Client, FTI (IRS Pub 1075), and CJIS (Fingerprint-based)
1. Position Objective
The Office of Information Technology (Client) is seeking a highly specialized Senior Operations and Data Engineer to serve as the primary administrator and technical lead for our Snowflake ecosystem. This role is a hybrid of platform operations and high-level data engineering, ensuring that sensitive state and federal data (FTI/CJIS) is managed within a secure, high-uptime, and cost-effective environment.
2. Preferred Qualifications
To be considered for this role, candidates should provide proof of the following:

• Active Snowflake Certification
• Background Clearance Readiness: Absolute eligibility to pass Client, FTI (Federal Tax Information), and CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) background checks.

3. Key Responsibilities
Platform Operations & Administration

• Snowflake Mastery: Act as the lead administrator for Snowflake environments; manage platform uptime, vendor escalations, and patch/versioning communications.
• Environment Provisioning: Configure Snowflake, including complex RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) and security permissions.
• Governance & CI/CD: Implement and manage DataOps and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments for the broader implementation team.
• Financial Stewardship: Configure cost-management features such as Snowflake resource monitors, budgets, and consumption tracking; consult on chargeback models.

Data Engineering & Transformation

• Pipeline Architecture: Develop robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest data from transactional systems (Line of Business) into the analytical Snowflake environment.
• Analytical Modeling: Translate Data Architect visions into technical reality by building complex transformations and target schemas.
• Quality Management: Design and deploy automated data cleansing and quality-check pipelines.
• Performance Engineering: Optimize data flows for specific latency and frequency requirements while maintaining credit efficiency.

Skills :
Primary Deliverables

• Architectural Contributions: Design reviews, Architectural Plans, and Scope Documents.
• Deployment Assets: New account/environment deployments, security schemas, and permission assignments.
• Engineering Assets: Comprehensive ETL Pipeline Design Documents, Mapping Documents, and production-ready Pipelines.
• Product Backlog & Support Ticket Management; performance reports
• Weekly Status Reports