Snowflake Admin

Responsibilities

We are seeking a skilled Snowflake Administrator responsible for managing, monitoring, securing, and optimizing Snowflake data platform environments. The role includes performance tuning, cost optimization, access control, and production support for enterprise data workloads.

Key Responsibilities

Snowflake Administration

Manage Snowflake accounts, warehouses, databases, schemas, and roles

Configure and maintain virtual warehouses (compute layers)

Handle user access, RBAC, and security policies

Monitor system usage and ensure platform stability

Performance Tuning & Optimization

Optimize Snowflake queries, warehouse sizing, and auto-scaling

Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks

Implement clustering, partitioning, and caching strategies

Monitor query performance using Query Profile and History

Cost Management

Track and optimize Snowflake credit usage

Implement cost-saving strategies:

Auto suspend/resume

Right-sizing warehouses

Query optimization

Generate usage reports and cost dashboards

Data Security & Governance

Implement data security best practices

Role-based access control (RBAC)

Row-level and column-level security

Manage data encryption and masking policies

Ensure compliance with organizational security standards

Data Integration & Pipeline Support

Support data loading using:

Snowpipe

Bulk loads (COPY INTO)

External stages (S3, Azure Blob)

Collaborate with ETL teams (Informatica, Airflow, dbt, etc.)

Troubleshoot data ingestion and transformation issues

Backup & Recovery

Utilize Time Travel and Fail-safe features

Perform data recovery and disaster recovery planning

Ensure data availability and integrity

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

Monitor system health, workloads, and query activity

Troubleshoot:

Query failures

Data load issues

Performance degradation

Handle incident management, RCA, and SLA adherence

Technical requirements

Primary skills: Snowflake admin

Education

MCA,MSc,MTech,Bachelor of Engineering,BCA,BSc,BTech