Snowflake Data Architect
CrowdStrike
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Serve as the Snowflake subject matter expert within the Data Platform Operations team, providing specialized expertise for platform architecture, administration, and optimization.
- Monitor, triage, and resolve production ETL/ELT pipeline incidents and alerts, with emphasis on Snowflake-related issues including query performance, warehouse contention, and data loading failures.
- Manage Snowflake access controls, role-based security, and data governance policies to ensure compliance with security and privacy requirements.
- Optimize Snowflake platform performance and costs through proactive monitoring, query optimization, warehouse sizing, resource management, and storage efficiency improvements.
- Collaborate with data engineers and operations team members to troubleshoot data pipeline failures, performance bottlenecks, and data quality issues.
- Implement and maintain operational standards, monitoring solutions, and runbooks for Snowflake platform management and ETL support.
- Design and enforce Snowflake best practices including data modeling patterns, security configurations, and cost management strategies.
- Support the operations team in evaluating, implementing, and maintaining data integration tools, orchestration platforms (Airflow, dbt), and CI/CD processes.
- Implement data governance frameworks including data quality standards, metadata management, and lineage tracking within Snowflake.
- Partner with DevOps, security, and data engineering teams to ensure seamless platform operations and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in data platform operations and ETL support, with at least 5+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
- Deep expertise in Snowflake platform administration including resource monitoring, performance tuning, cost optimization, security management, and account configuration.
- Strong operational experience supporting production ETL/ELT pipelines, including incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Proven ability to work as part of an operations team, providing on-call support and collaborating on cross-platform issues.
- Strong understanding of data governance principles, including access management, data classification, metadata management, and compliance frameworks.
- Proficiency in SQL, Python, and scripting for automation, monitoring, and operational tasks.
- Experience with data pipeline orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow, dbt, and CI/CD platforms like Jenkins or GitLab.
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and their integration with Snowflake.
- Strong understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT patterns, and modern data architecture principles.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related IT discipline; or equivalent experience.
Benefits
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
- Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
- Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
- Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
- Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
SnowflakeETLELTSQLPythondata governancedata modelingperformance tuningcost optimizationincident response
Soft Skills
collaborationtroubleshootingroot cause analysison-call supportcross-platform issue resolution