Snowflake Administrator(W2 only)

Overview

Remote
$50 - $60
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

Snowflake Administrator

Job Details

Project Description Seeking a skilled Snowflake Administrator with strong development capabilities to manage and optimize our Snowflake data platform.

Duties/Day to Day Overview

The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with DBT for data transformation, and Terraform for infrastructure management. This role will involve configuring, maintaining, and enhancing Snowflake environments, implementing best practices for data workflows, and automating deployment processes. Familiarity with AWS is a plus. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment are essential.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Set up and configure Snowflake environments tailored to business needs
  • Design and implement data governance policies, including RBAC using Terraform
  • Monitor system performance and conduct ongoing tuning for optimal efficiency
  • Automate manual processes and workflows related to data ingestion and transformation
  • Build and maintain scalable data pipelines and transformations using DBT
  • Implement and manage data warehousing solutions in the cloud
  • Integrate Snowflake with AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Lambda, etc.)
  • Set up proactive monitoring and alerting systems for data platform health and usage
  • Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and DevOps teams to support data initiatives

Top Requirements

(Must haves)
  • Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake Customizations, Access Requests, Permission updates
  • None of the Admin work is point and click it is all done through Code
  • Everything is done in DBT Strong DBT Experience required
  • Terraform is Must Have
  • AWS is Must Have

Required Experience & Skills:

  • Proven experience with Snowflake administration and development
  • Strong understanding of data governance and security best practices
  • Expertise in performance tuning and query optimization in Snowflake
  • Hands-on experience with RBAC design and implementation using Terraform
  • Proficient in building data pipelines and transformations using DBT
  • Familiarity with AWS data ecosystem and cloud infrastructure
  • Experience automating data workflows and platform operations
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Additional Qualifications

(Nice to Haves)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Snowflake or AWS certification
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines for data infrastructure
  • Knowledge of data modeling and ELT/ETL frameworks
Additional Notes

Person should know Snowflake Administration, creation of databases, RBAC security. Terraform, and DBT.

Mostly working on DBT as a Transformation tool

Terraform is key - writing scripts and automations.

DB security management.

AWS Must Have - Snowflake transformation happens through AWS.

Responsible for Monitoring and alerts

5+ years experience, but tenure is not a focus just need talented individual.

**Snowflake database setup/configuration, data governance, performance-tuning, design/develop RBAC using Terraform, monitoring & alerts, optimization, AWS data services, implement/manage data warehousing solutions, automation of manual processes, build data pipelines and transformation using DBT

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