Snowflake - Platform Configuration Engineer

Role: Snowflake - Platform Configuration Engineer

Location: Remote

Visa: No Transfers, GC

Required:

Overall, 10+ years of experience required.
2+ years of experience working with Snowflake in a configuration, administration, or DevOps capacity.
Solid understanding of SQL, Snowflake-specific syntax, and cloud data warehousing concepts.
Experience configuring roles, policies, and access controls within Snowflake.
Knowledge of data governance practices and security features in Snowflake.

What you will do:

Configure Snowflake account and objects including warehouses, databases, schemas, roles, and users.
Set up and manage access control using Snowflake s role-based access control (RBAC) model.
Optimize warehouse sizing, scaling policies, and auto-suspend/resume to balance performance and cost.
Implement and maintain data sharing, data masking, and row-level security features.
Set up integration with external tools such as ETL platforms, BI tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI), and cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
Configure and monitor resource monitors, alerts, and usage tracking.
Assist in data loading and transformation workflows using Snowpipe, stages, and tasks.
Support DevOps and CI/CD pipelines for deploying Snowflake objects and configurations via tools like Terraform or Git.
Document configuration standards, security protocols, and operational runbooks.
Stay up to date on new Snowflake features and propose improvements accordingly.