Data Engineer - Snowflake

Capgemini
New York, NY, United States
28 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
$112,700.0 - $148,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Adaptable Database Systems Airflow Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Microsoft Azure Backup Devices Big Data Cloud Storage Databases Continuous Integration Data Architecture Data Governance
+28 more
Data Infrastructure Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Security Data Warehousing Disaster Recovery Monitoring of Systems Python (Programming Language) Performance Tuning Query Optimization SQL Databases Workflow Management Systems Enterprise Data Management Data Ingestion Azure Data Factory Sql Optimization System Availability Snowflake Apache Spark Git Build Management Data Lakes Pyspark Semi-structured Data Information Technology Star Schema Physical Data Models Data Pipelines Databricks

Job description

We are looking for a Snowflake Data Engineer with strong administration and engineering experience to manage, optimize, and support enterprise data platforms. The candidate should have hands-on expertise in Snowflake administration, along with experience in Databricks, requirement gathering, solution design, and documentation.

Your role

  • Manage and administer Snowflake environments, including user roles, access control, and security policies.

  • Configure and maintain warehouses, databases, schemas, and resource monitors.

  • Monitor system performance, query usage, and cost optimization.

  • Implement data security, encryption, masking policies, and governance controls.

  • Handle Snowflake account setup, backup, and disaster recovery strategies.

  • Design and build scalable data pipelines using Snowflake and Databricks (PySpark/SQL).

  • Develop and maintain ETL/ELT pipelinesfor structured and semi-structured data.

  • Optimize SQL queries and performance tuning for large datasets.

  • Support data ingestion via Snowpipe, Tasks, Streams, and external stages.

  • Work with business stakeholders to gather data requirements and define technical solutions.

  • Translate business needs into scalable data models and pipelines.

  • Participate in solution design discussions and architecture planning.

  • Contribute to the design of data warehouse and lakehouse architecture.

  • Develop logical/physical data models and ensure alignment with best practices.

  • Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of the data platform.

Requirements

Strong experience in Snowflake Administration

  • Hands-on experience with Databricks / Spark / PySpark

  • Advanced SQL (query optimization and tuning)

  • Python / PySpark

  • ETL/ELT pipeline development

  • Experience with AWS / Azure / GCP

  • Knowledge of cloud storage (S3, ADLS, etc.)

  • Data warehousing and modeling (Star/Snowflake schema)

  • Performance tuning and optimization

  • Data governance and security best practices

  • Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow / Azure Data Factory

  • Familiarity with Delta Lake / Lakehouse architecture

  • Exposure to CI/CD tools and Git

  • Knowledge of monitoring and alerting frameworks

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Benefits & conditions

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $112,700 - $148,000.

Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. This range may be subject to change as permitted by law.

The actual compensation offered to any candidate may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction.

These may include, but are not limited to: Geographic location, Education and qualifications, Certifications and licenses, Relevant experience and skills, Seniority and performance, Market and business consideration, Internal pay equity.

It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range.

In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include:

  • Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)

  • Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)

About the company

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world., Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem.

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