Snowflake Administration Responsibilities
- Strong understanding of Snowflake architecture and its core components (storage, compute, cloud services).
- Manage users, roles, and role-based access control (RBAC) with secure privilege assignment.
- Implement and manage authentication mechanisms including OAuth and integration with third-party tools.
- Monitor system usage, performance, alerts, and auditing for stability and compliance.
- Manage warehouses with focus on performance tuning and cost optimization.
- Handle replication, cloning, tagging, and environment management strategies.
- Apply data governance and security best practices across Snowflake environments.
- Understand and manage different table types (transient, temporary, permanent) and their lifecycle.
Snowflake Development Responsibilities
- Develop complex SQL scripts to support business requirements.
- Create and maintain stored procedures, user-defined functions (UDFs), and views.
- Perform query optimization and performance tuning to improve efficiency.
- Support development and enhancement of Snowflake-based data solutions.
- Work on Snowflake scripting and automation tasks as required.
Integration & Security
- Hands-on experience with Snowflake integrations with external systems and platforms.
- Strong understanding of authentication mechanisms and secure data exchange practices.
Performance & Cost Optimization
- Optimize warehouse utilization to reduce operational cost.
- Implement tagging strategies and resource monitoring.
- Identify inefficiencies and improve overall Snowflake performance.