Snowflake Admin

Job Title: Snowflake Administrator 
Location: (Remote)
Job Type: Contract

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and administer Snowflake environments across development, testing, and production.

• Manage Snowflake roles, users, warehouses, databases, schemas, and resource monitors.

• Implement and maintain security best practices including RBAC, data masking, encryption, and access control.

• Monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize queries and warehouse usage.

• Implement cost governance strategies and optimize compute/storage utilization.

• Configure and manage data sharing, replication, failover, and backup strategies.

• Support data ingestion processes using Snowpipe, external stages, and cloud storage integrations.

• Collaborate with data engineers, BI teams, and architects to support analytics workloads.

• Perform upgrades, patching, and environment maintenance activities.

• Create and maintain documentation for architecture, processes, and configurations.

• Ensure compliance with organizational security and governance policies.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in data warehouse administration.

• 2+ years of hands-on Snowflake administration experience.

• Strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, virtual warehouses, and micro-partitioning.

• Experience with SnowSQL, Snowpipe, and performance tuning.

• Strong SQL skills.

• Experience integrating Snowflake with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform).

• Knowledge of data security, encryption, and access control mechanisms.

• Experience with monitoring tools and cost optimization strategies.

• Familiarity with data integration tools (Informatica, Talend, Fivetran, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

• Knowledge of Python or scripting for automation.

• Experience with BI tools (Tableau, Power BI).

• Snowflake Certification (SnowPro Core or Advanced).