Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer

Job Description: Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer

General Information

• Position: Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer

• Location: Dublin, OH

• Duration: 6 Months

• MSP Owner: William Bristol

• Experience Required: 5+ years overall, including 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience

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• No spaces are allowed.

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Position Summary

• Design, secure, automate, operate, and optimize enterprise Snowflake environments across Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Information Security & Risk, and FinOps teams.

• Deliver a secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient Snowflake platform for enterprise analytics and data workloads.

Key Responsibilities

1. Snowflake Platform Engineering

• Design, configure, operate, and govern Snowflake environments across GCP and AWS.

• Manage Snowflake accounts, databases, schemas, and virtual warehouses.

• Configure resource monitors and cloud storage integrations.

• Maintain platform reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

2. Security & Compliance

• Implement Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Single Sign-On (SSO).

• Configure service authentication and encryption.

• Implement data masking policies and secrets management.

• Maintain audit controls and private network connectivity.

• Collaborate with Information Security & Risk teams to ensure compliance with security standards.

3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & CI/CD

• Automate Snowflake provisioning and lifecycle management using Terraform.

• Manage version control and deployment workflows using Git.

• Implement CI/CD pipelines using:

  • GitHub Actions

  • GCP Cloud Build

  • Harness

  • Equivalent CI/CD tools

• Develop reusable Terraform modules and infrastructure automation.

• Establish consistent and reliable deployment practices.

4. Performance Optimization & FinOps

• Monitor and optimize Snowflake query performance.

• Optimize virtual warehouse sizing and scaling.

• Monitor resource utilization and workload performance.

• Implement clustering strategies where appropriate.

• Track and optimize Snowflake credit consumption.

• Reduce storage and infrastructure costs.

• Improve platform performance and cost efficiency.

5. Reliability & Operations

• Implement monitoring, alerting, and operational runbooks.

• Manage incident response and production troubleshooting.

• Perform capacity planning and management.

• Implement backup and recovery procedures.

• Establish disaster recovery practices for production Snowflake environments.

• Improve platform reliability through operational automation.

6. Platform Standards & Enablement

• Develop reusable Terraform modules and automation frameworks.

• Establish security guardrails and deployment standards.

• Create and maintain technical documentation.

• Develop self-service capabilities for Data Engineering and Analytics teams.

• Promote consistent platform governance and operational best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, or software engineering.

• 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.

• Strong knowledge of Snowflake administration and architecture.

• Experience with Snowflake security, workload management, performance optimization, and cost management.

• Hands-on experience with GCP and/or AWS.

• Knowledge of cloud IAM, networking, private connectivity, security, and cloud storage.

• Advanced proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.

• Experience implementing CI/CD and Git-based deployment workflows.

• Strong SQL skills for performance analysis and troubleshooting.

• Scripting experience with Python and/or Bash.

• Experience supporting production platforms, including monitoring, incident response, reliability, and operational automation.

Essential Skills

• Snowflake Platform Engineering and Administration

• Snowflake Architecture and Governance

• Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• CI/CD Pipeline Automation

• Git and Version Control

• GitHub Actions, GCP Cloud Build, or Harness

• Snowflake Security and Compliance

• RBAC, SSO, Encryption, and Data Masking

• Cloud IAM, Networking, and Private Connectivity

• SQL Performance Analysis and Troubleshooting

• Python and/or Bash Scripting

• Query and Warehouse Performance Optimization

• FinOps and Cloud Cost Management

• Monitoring, Alerting, and Incident Management

• Backup, Recovery, and Disaster Recovery

• Production Platform Reliability and Automation

• Technical Documentation and Platform Enablement