Snowflake Admin

Technology->Snowflake administration

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer Snowflake environments including account configuration, warehouses, databases, schemas, roles, and users.
• Implement and manage role-based access control (RBAC), security policies, and governance standards.
• Monitor platform health, query performance, and warehouse utilization; troubleshoot incidents and drive root-cause resolution.
• Manage resource provisioning, scaling strategies, and cost optimization using usage metrics and best practices.
• Configure and maintain data sharing, replication, and environment promotions aligned to operational needs.
• Establish operational runbooks, alerting, and support processes to meet reliability and availability expectations.
• Partner with engineering teams to review workloads, improve performance, and enforce platform standards.
• Drive platform hygiene activities such as auditing, access reviews, and lifecycle management of objects and users. Minimum Qualifications:
• 6–8 years of overall experience with strong hands-on experience in Snowflake administration.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering/Computer Applications/Science (BTECH, MTECH, MCA, MSC).
• Strong understanding of Snowflake security, RBAC, object privileges, and governance practices.
• Experience with monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance tuning in Snowflake environments.
• Proven ability to manage operational tasks, incident handling, and stakeholder communication effectively. Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience leading administration practices across multiple environments (dev/test/prod) with clear operational controls.
• Strong knowledge of cost management techniques such as warehouse sizing, auto-suspend/auto-resume, and usage analysis.
• Experience implementing auditing, access certification, and compliance-aligned controls for data platforms.
• Ability to create standards, documentation, and automation-friendly processes to improve admin efficiency.
• Demonstrated collaboration with data engineering teams to align platform administration with delivery timelines and SLAs.