What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Snowflake Administrator position at IntraEdge?
Role: Senior Snowflake Administrator
Location: Charlotte, NC
Work Model: Hybrid (3 days/week onsite)
Final interview will be conducted in person in Charlotte, NC
Rate: Based on experience and interview outcome
Experience: 8 years IT experience, 4 years Snowflake Administration
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer and support enterprise Snowflake environments.
- Manage security, access controls, RBAC, SSO, masking, and governance policies.
- Monitor and optimize Snowflake performance, workloads, and costs.
- Implement and support Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and Data Sharing.
- Automate deployments using CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
- Manage backup, disaster recovery, replication, and platform reliability.
- Partner with Data Engineering, Analytics, and Security teams to support business initiatives.
- Troubleshoot production issues and provide operational support.
- Evaluate and support AI/ML and generative AI use cases within Snowflake, including Cortex AI features where applicable.
Required Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake Administration and Architecture.
- Expertise in SQL, performance tuning, and query optimization.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms.
- Knowledge of data security, governance, and compliance frameworks.
- Experience with Terraform, DevOps, and automation.
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
- 1–2 years of experience working with Snowflake Cortex AI, AI-powered data services, or related AI capabilities.
- Programming experience in Python for automation, scripting, and data platform support.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SnowPro Certification.
- Experience with Data Governance tools (Collibra, Alation, Ataccama).
- Experience with Databricks, Spark, Kafka, dbt, or modern data platforms.
- Exposure to AI/ML and advanced analytics workloads on Snowflake.
- Experience with Power BI tools and reporting platforms.
- Knowledge of networking concepts, connectivity, and cloud network configurations.