Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer – Infrastructure, Security & Cost Optimization

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer to take ownership of the administration, security, cost efficiency, and optimization of our Snowflake environment as part of our enterprise data platform.

This is not a traditional data engineering role. This is a technical position focused on building and scaling a governed, secure, and cost-optimized Snowflake environment that serves as the backbone for our analytics and AI initiatives.

What You’ll Do

Governance & Security

Manage Snowflake user / role provisioning, RBAC , object-level access, and network policies .

Implement SSO (Okta or AzureAD) , MFA , and key-pair authentication mechanisms.

Enforce data masking, row-level security , and tagging policies for compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, etc).

Cost Optimization

Set up and maintain resource monitors , auto-suspend / resume policies , and usage tracking.

Partner with finance to build cost attribution and chargeback models across business units.

Tune warehouse sizing and query usage to minimize consumption while maintaining performance.

Automation & DevOps

Automate Snowflake object deployment and permission management using Terraform , Liquibase , or other IaC tools.

Integrate Snowflake into CI / CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).

Own platform configuration standards across environments (dev, test, prod).

Monitoring & Performance

Monitor platform health using Snowflake’s Account Usage schema and integrate with observability platforms like Datadog, Splunk, or CloudWatch .

Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks at the query, warehouse, and workload levels.

Lead tuning and optimization efforts to ensure scalable, reliable Snowflake operations.

Collaboration & Platform Evolution

Serve as subject matter expert for all things Snowflake—partnering with engineering, InfoSec, DevOps, and data teams.

Define and enforce naming conventions, tagging policies , and data sharing protocols.

Evaluate and implement new Snowflake features (e.g., Native Apps, Snowpark, Streams / Tasks).

What You’ll Bring

7+ years of experience in data platforms, with 3+ years administering Snowflake in a production environment.

Proven expertise in Snowflake account management, warehouse optimization, and cost governance .

Strong understanding of RBAC , network security , SSO , and data protection standards .

Hands-on experience with Terraform, Git, CI / CD pipelines , and infrastructure as code.

Familiarity with data ingestion pipelines (e.g., Snowpipe, ADF, Fivetran) and how they interact with Snowflake.

Ability to proactively monitor and tune the platform, enforce policies, and scale with demand.

Knowledge of observability tools and alerting practices.

Preferred Skills

SnowPro Core or SnowPro Advanced (Admin or Architect) Certification

Experience integrating Snowflake with tools like Alation, Collibra, Power BI, Tableau, or Databricks

Familiarity with Erwin or other data modeling tools

Experience working in regulated industries (e.g., healthcare, finance) a plus

What This Role Is Not

Not a BI Developer or Analyst

Not a Data Engineer focused on building ELT pipelines

This is a platform engineer role owning infrastructure, security, performance, and cost management of Snowflake

Location and Workplace Flexibility

We have offices in Atlanta GA, Boston MA, Morristown NJ, Plano TX, St. Louis MO, St. Petersburg FL, and Hyderabad, India. We foster a hybrid and remote friendly culture, and all our employee's work locations are based on the needs of the position and determined by the Leadership team. In-office work and activities, if applicable, vary based on the work and team objectives in accordance with Company policies.