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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Snowflake Platform Administrator - **Company:** Zelis Healthcare - **Location:** Morristown, NJ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $139,000.0 - $176,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Query Performance, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Apache HTTP Server, ARM Architecture, Build Automation, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Computer Networks, Databases, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Data Sharing, Data Warehousing, Github, Python (Programming Language), OpenFlow, Role-Based Access Control, DataOps, Systems Integration, Tokenization, Okta, Sql Optimization, Delivery Pipeline, Snowflake, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Data Management, Dynamic Data, Terraform - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18065558?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18065558%2FSenior-Snowflake-Platform-Administrator-New-Jersey-Morristown ## About the Role * 8+ years in data platform / data engineering roles, including 5+ years hands-on Snowflake administration in production. * Deep RBAC / security design and data-governance experience (masking, access policies). * Strong warehouse tuning, performance, and cost-optimization skills. * Infrastructure-as-code, scripting, and CI/CD for Snowflake (Terraform, Bash/Python, schemachange, dbt, GitHub, or equivalent). * Advanced SQL (Python preferred) and strong data-warehousing / dimensional-modeling fundamentals. * Experience running Snowflake on AWS (S3 external stages, storage integrations) and familiarity with core AWS services. Preferred qualifications * SnowPro Core certification (SnowPro Advanced: Administrator a plus). * Healthcare data experience; working knowledge of HIPAA / PHI controls and DLP. * Experience protecting sensitive data at scale (tokenization, dynamic data masking). * Familiarity with Sigma, dbt, OpenFlow ingestion, and the medallion architecture. * Exposure to Snowflake Cortex / AI workloads and their governance implications. ## Description The Senior Snowflake Platform Administrator is the senior hands-on owner of the Snowflake platform that underpins the Zelis Data & AI Cloud (ZDC). As Zelis moves to an AI-Native model, our data fabrics, dashboards, and AI workloads all run on this Snowflake foundation - this role keeps it secure, governed, performant, and cost-efficient. What You'll Do: * Account & security administration - manage Snowflake accounts, databases, schemas, warehouses, users, roles, and resource monitors; design and maintain a clean RBAC model and least-privilege access; integrate identity via SSO / SCIM (Okta / Entra ID). * Governance & data protection - implement and maintain network policies, tag-based masking, row-/column-level access policies, tokenization, and encryption; leverage Snowflake Horizon for governance and monitoring; own PHI/DLP guardrails and support audit and compliance (HIPAA). * Warehouse, compute & FinOps - size, tune, and optimize virtual warehouses (auto-suspend/resume, query tagging); manage resource monitors; drive cost management with chargeback/showback and unit-economics KPIs. * Environment management & resilience - own dev/test/prod environments and cloning; design and operate Snowflake Data Sharing, external stages on AWS S3, Apache Iceberg tables, replication, Time Travel / Fail-safe, disaster-recovery / failover, and backup strategies. * Performance, reliability & troubleshooting - query performance tuning, workload isolation, and capacity planning; diagnose and resolve Snowflake performance, pipeline, and access issues; partner with Data Operations on run-state issues. * Platform automation & CI/CD - manage Snowflake objects as code (schemachange / dbt / Terraform); build automation with Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, and Dynamic Tables; support deployment pipelines and release discipline. * Documentation & runbooks - maintain platform documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks. * Standards, enablement & architecture partnership - document platform standards and guardrails; enable engineering and business-unit teams to build safely on the platform; partner with Data Platforms & Tooling on Snowflake architecture and solution design. * Technical oversight - provide guidance and technical oversight to distributed / offshore Snowflake administration resources. ## Related Videos - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [How building an industry DBMS differs from building a research one](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/768-how-building-an-industry-dbms-differs-from-building-a-research-one) - [Bringing AI Model Testing and Prompt Management to Your Codebase with GitHub Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1536-bringing-ai-model-testing-and-prompt-management-to-your-codebase-with-github-models) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Flex your Energy: Building a Cloud-Native Platform for Renewable Energy Communities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1990-flex-your-energy-building-a-cloud-native-platform-for-renewable-energy-communities) - [CI/CD with Github Actions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/856-ci-cd-with-github-actions) ## Related Articles - [Making Data Warehouses Fast: A Developer’s Story](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/107-making-data-warehouses-fast-a-developer-s-story) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Data Analyst Salary in Switzerland](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/276-data-analyst-salary-in-switzerland) - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Software Developer Salary in Switzerland [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/215-software-developer-salary-in-switzerland-2023)