Location: Charlotte, NC / Fort Mill, SC
Work Arrangement: Onsite Only
Employment Type: Contract
Experience: 8+ Years
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Snowflake Lead Developer to lead enterprise-wide platform governance, security automation, compliance, and data protection initiatives.
The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Snowflake administration, security, governance, RBAC, automation, identity management, and cloud security within large enterprise or regulated environments.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Governance & Security
- Establish Snowflake Center of Excellence frameworks, standards, and governance practices.
- Lead remediation of security and audit findings.
- Implement CyberArk integration for key-pair authentication.
- Implement Dynamic Data Masking and Dynamic Data Classification across Snowflake environments.
- Implement enterprise-wide data tokenization using Protegrity.
- Establish secure credential management using AWS Secrets Manager and/or Conjur Vault.
- Implement automated service-account credential rotation.
- Stabilize and document Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) processes.
Automation & Integration
- Collaborate with ServiceNow and identity governance teams to automate user provisioning workflows.
- Develop Snowflake APIs for ServiceNow and identity-management integrations.
- Automate user access provisioning and infrastructure deployment across environments.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or comparable technologies.
- Develop automation using Python, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages.
- Establish comprehensive Snowflake resource monitoring and alerting.
Testing & Validation
- Conduct testing of ETL/ELT processes following security implementations.
- Validate data integrity across security and governance frameworks.
- Review and maintain Snowflake use-case inventories, ownership, and cost alignment.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive testing and monitoring frameworks.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of enterprise data-platform governance experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on Snowflake development, administration, security, and governance.
- 3+ years of experience implementing enterprise security and governance frameworks.
- 2+ years of privileged access management and identity governance experience.
- Proven experience with audit remediation in regulated environments.
- Experience leading large-scale automation and integration initiatives.
- Strong experience with Snowflake security, RBAC, Dynamic Data Masking, and Dynamic Data Classification.
- Experience with CyberArk PAM and SailPoint IIQ/IdentityNow.
- Experience with ServiceNow workflow development and automation.
- Experience with AWS Secrets Manager and credential-management solutions.
- Experience with tokenization and data-protection technologies.
- Strong project coordination and stakeholder-management skills.
Preferred Certification
- Snowflake SnowPro Advanced Certification, preferably Security or Architecture.
Primary Skills
Snowflake, Snowflake Security, Snowflake Administration, Snowflake Governance, RBAC, Dynamic Data Masking, Dynamic Data Classification, Snowflake Automation, CyberArk PAM, SailPoint IIQ/IdentityNow
Secondary Skills
ServiceNow, Snowflake APIs, Protegrity, AWS Secrets Manager, Conjur Vault, Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD, Python, PowerShell, Infrastructure as Code, Credential Rotation, Identity Governance, Privileged Access Management, ETL/ELT, Monitoring & Alerting, Audit Remediation
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by applicable law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may request assistance.
Employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment screening, which may include background and reference checks and, where permitted by applicable law and applicable to the position, drug testing. All such screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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