Senior Specialist - Data Engineering

Role Snowflake Admin

Location Hyderabad India

Primary Skills

Strong handson experience administering and optimizing Snowflake including warehouse sizing and scaling query performance tuning clustering caching storage optimization and cost governance using Resource Monitors and Account Usage views

Proficiency in SQL and automationscripting using Python PowerShell andor Terraform to automate data platform provisioning access control monitoring and operational tasks

Solid experience with Azure data services particularly Azure Data Factory and Databricks including secure connectivity authentication pipeline orchestration and monitoring

Strong understanding of data platform security and governance including RBAC encryption in transit and at rest data masking auditing and Microsoft Entra ID Azure AD integration

Advanced skills in performance tuning and workload optimization across Snowflake and Databricks leveraging query profiles execution plans and resource utilization metrics

Experience implementing backup recovery and business continuity strategies including Snowflake Time Travel and replication and database recovery best practices

Proven ability to support production environments perform root cause analysis and resolve complex data platform incidents

Strong analytical and documentation skills with experience creating SOPs runbooks and architecture documentation

Ability to translate business and analytics requirements into scalable secure and costoptimized Snowflake and Databricks platform designs

Secondary Skills

Handson Databricks administration experience including SQL Warehouses cluster configuration and policies workload isolation and orchestration of ELTETL pipelines integrating with Snowflake

Experience with PostgreSQL administration and optimization including query tuning replication and highavailability configurations

Working knowledge of Azure SQL for transactional or operational workloads

Handson experience with NoSQL platforms such as MongoDB and Cosmos DB including data modeling indexing shardingpartitioning and performance tuning

Familiarity with Databricks Unity Catalog data governance lineage and access controls

Experience with cloud monitoring and observability tools including Azure Monitor MongoDB Atlas metrics and PostgreSQL pgstat views

Exposure to ITSM and operational processes including incident change and problem management using tools like ServiceNow

Experience leading or contributing to data platform migrations and modernization initiatives consolidating legacy data systems into Snowflake Databricks or other cloudnative platforms

Knowledge of advanced Snowflake capabilities such as Snowflake Native Apps data sharing or crosscloudcrossregion architectures

Familiarity with CICD pipelines and DevOps practices for data platform deployments and automation