Sr. Snowflake Engineer at Jacksonville, FL (Hybrid) - In-person & 10+ years' experience mandatory locals only

Title: Sr. Snowflake Data Engineer

Location :  Jacksonville, FL (3 Days Work from Office)

Duration:  6 months C2H

Roles and Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize Snowflake data models, schemas, and complex SQL transformations to support enterprise analytics and reporting.
• Implement robust ELT frameworks leveraging Snowflake-native capabilities such as virtual warehouses, clustering, micro-partition pruning, time travel, and zero-copy cloning.
• Lead and support phased migration initiatives from legacy analytics platforms including Ab Initio, Hadoop/Spark, SAS, and relational databases to Snowflake.
• Perform performance tuning and cost optimization through effective warehouse sizing, query optimization, workload isolation, and monitoring.
• Integrate Snowflake with upstream and downstream systems, including Spark pipelines, Python-based data processing, and BI/analytics tools.
• Collaborate with data architects, analytics teams, and business stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and deliver incremental modernization outcomes.
• Provide production support, incident resolution, and defect remediation in a managed-capacity delivery model.
• Contribute to migration documentation, operational runbooks, and knowledge transfer to ensure long-term platform sustainability.

Experience: 10+ Years

Educational Qualifications: -

• Engineering Degree BE/ME/BTech/MTech/BSc/MSc.
• Technical certification in multiple technologies is desirable.

Mandatory skills

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake architecture, SQL development, and performance tuning.
• Expertise in data modeling techniques (dimensional and analytical) and modern ELT patterns.
• Proven experience migrating data and analytics workloads from legacy ETL and analytics platforms to Snowflake.
• Advanced SQL optimization and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience working in governed and regulated data environments (healthcare preferred).
• Exposure to Python, Spark, or cloud-based analytics ecosystems.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting large-scale analytics modernization initiatives, preferably in healthcare.
• Exposure to R and/or Python-based analytics workloads integrated with Snowflake.
• Experience working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments.