Platform Engineer
Sahil IrfanUnited StatesSENIORPosted 4d ago
SnowflakeSQLAWSPlatform EngineeringAutomationRBACData SecurityDatabase AdministrationGovernanceOperational Monitoring
About the Role
We are looking for a Platform Engineer to join our team for a 6-month contract with potential for extension. This role focuses on administering and supporting Snowflake in production environments.
Key Responsibilities
• Administer and support Snowflake in production environments
• Perform query performance tuning with advanced SQL skills
• Manage Snowflake architecture, virtual warehouses, query execution, caching, and resource utilization
• Implement platform engineering and automation
• Integrate with AWS
• Handle warehouse sizing, workload optimization, and compute cost management
• Manage RBAC, role hierarchies, access controls, and enterprise data security
• Troubleshoot production issues, respond to incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and improve platform reliability
• Handle database administration, governance, and operational monitoring
Requirements
• Extensive hands-on experience administering and supporting Snowflake in production environments
• Advanced SQL skills and query performance tuning
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, virtual warehouses, query execution, caching, and resource utilization
• Experience with platform engineering, automation, and AWS integration
• Expertise in warehouse sizing, workload optimization, and compute cost management
• Strong experience with RBAC, role hierarchies, access controls, and enterprise data security
• Production troubleshooting, incident response, root-cause analysis, and platform reliability improvements
• Experience with database administration, governance, and operational monitoring