Snowflake Admin

Responsibilities :

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.

Additional Responsibilities:

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.

Technical and Professional Requirements:

Technology- Snowflake administration