Snowflake Platform Engineer / Snowflake Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Galaxy i Technologies, Inc
Dublin, OH, United States
26 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Query Performance Private Networks Amazon Web Services Backup Devices Bash Shell Cloud Computing Cloud Storage Cyber Security Databases Continuous Delivery Continuous Integration Information Engineering
+20 more
Database Queries Disaster Recovery Github Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) Key Management Performance Tuning Role-Based Access Control Standard Sql Runbook Software Engineering Scripting Google Cloud Delivery Pipeline Snowflake Build Server Git Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Data Management Terraform

Job description

As a Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer, you will design, secure, automate, operate, and optimize enterprise Snowflake environments across Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).

You will partner with Data Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Information Security & Risk, and FinOps teams to deliver a secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-efficient Snowflake platform for enterprise analytics and data workloads.

Core Responsibilities

Snowflake Platform Engineering: Design, configure, operate, and govern Snowflake environments across Google Cloud Platform and AWS, including accounts, databases, schemas, virtual warehouses, resource monitors, and cloud storage integrations. Security & Compliance: Implement RBAC, SSO, service authentication, encryption, masking policies, secrets management, audit controls, and private network connectivity in partnership with Information Security & Risk. Infrastructure as Code & CI/CD: Automate Snowflake provisioning and lifecycle management using Terraform, Git, and CI/CD platforms such as GitHub Actions, Google Cloud Platform Cloud Build, Harness, or equivalent tooling. Performance & FinOps: Monitor and optimize query performance, warehouse sizing and scaling, resource utilization, clustering where appropriate, credit consumption, and storage costs. Reliability & Operations: Implement monitoring, alerting, operational runbooks, incident management, capacity management, backup/recovery, and disaster recovery practices for production Snowflake environments. Platform Standards & Enablement: Develop reusable Terraform modules, automation, security guardrails, deployment standards, documentation, and self-service capabilities for data engineering and analytics teams.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, or software engineering, including 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience. Strong knowledge of Snowflake administration, architecture, security, workload management, performance optimization, and cost management. Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform and/or AWS, including IAM, networking, private connectivity, security, and cloud storage. Advanced proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices. Experience implementing CI/CD and Git-based deployment workflows. Strong SQL skills for performance analysis and troubleshooting. Scripting experience with Python and/or Bash. Experience supporting production platforms, including monitoring, incident response, reliability, and operational automation. Preferred Qualifications

Experience operating Snowflake environments across both Google Cloud Platform and AWS. Experience with enterprise security, governance, compliance, and FinOps practices. Experience building reusable platform automation and self-service capabilities. Experience in a regulated enterprise environment such as healthcare or financial services.

Role Descriptions: Core Responsibilities 1.Snowflake Platform Engineering Design| configure| operate| and govern Snowflake environments across Google Cloud Platform and AWS| including accounts| databases| schemas| virtual warehouses| resource monitors| and cloud storage integrations. 2.Security Compliance Implement RBAC| SSO| service authentication| encryption| masking policies| secrets management| audit controls| and private network connectivity in partnership with Information Security Risk. 3.Infrastructure as Code CICD Automate Snowflake provisioning and lifecycle management using Terraform| Git| and CICD platforms such as GitHub Actions| Google Cloud Platform Cloud Build| Harness| or equivalent tooling. 4.Performance FinOps Monitor and optimize query performance| warehouse sizing and scaling| resource utilization| clustering where appropriate| credit consumption| and storage costs. 5.Reliability Operations Implement monitoring| alerting| operational runbooks| incident management| capacity management| backuprecovery| and disaster recovery practices for production Snowflake environments. 6.Platform Standards Enablement Develop reusable Terraform modules| automation| security guardrails| deployment standards| documentation| and self-service capabilities for data engineering and analytics teams. Essential Skills: Required Qualifications5 years of experience in platform engineering| cloud infrastructure| data platforms| or software engineering| including 3 years of hands-on Snowflake experience.Strong knowledge of Snowflake administration| architecture| security| workload management| performance optimization| and cost management. Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform andor AWS| including IAM| networking| private connectivity| security| and cloud storage.Advanced proficiency with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices. Experience implementing CICD and Git-based deployment workflows.Strong SQL skills for performance analysis and troubleshooting.Scripting experience with Python andor Bash. Experience supporting production platforms| including monitoring| incident response| reliability| and operational automation. Preferred Qualifications: Experience operating Snowflake environments across both Google Cloud Platform and AWS.Experience with enterprise security| governance| compliance| and FinOps practices.Experience building reusable platform automation and self-service capabilities.Experience in a regulated enterprise environment such as healthcare or financial services. Skills: Digital : Amazon Web Service(AWS) Cloud Computing~Digital : Google Cloud~Digital : Snowflake Experience Required: 8-10

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