Principal Data Platform Engineer

JobgetherData platforms

Fully remote opportunity open to candidates anywhere in the United StatesFull-TimePrincipal

Salary133,000 - 170,000 USD per year

Apply NowOpens the employer's application page

Job Details

Experience: At least 10 years of experience in data engineering, database administration, or data platform roles; at least 3 years of hands-on experience administering Snowflake in a production enterprise environment.
Required Skills: AWSPythonSQLSnowflakeTerraformdbtHIPAA

Have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Have at least 10 years of experience in data engineering, database administration, or data platform roles.
Have at least 3 years of hands-on experience administering Snowflake in a production enterprise environment.
Bring strong experience building and supporting data integrations using Snowpipe, connectors, APIs, ETL/ELT tooling, and related technologies.
Have strong experience with AWS and services commonly integrated with Snowflake.
Demonstrate advanced SQL skills and practical scripting experience with Python or a similar language.
Have experience implementing security controls for sensitive or regulated data, including PII, PHI, and HIPAA-related requirements.
Be able to collaborate with, advise, and influence technical leaders across engineering and security teams.
Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code experience for managing Snowflake environments is preferred.
SnowPro Core and SnowPro Advanced Administrator or Architect certifications are preferred.
Familiarity with data-platform monitoring, alerting, and observability tools is an advantage.
Experience with dbt, Airflow, or similar data orchestration and transformation tools is preferred.

Administer Snowflake accounts, virtual warehouses, databases, environments, configurations, upgrades, and other core platform components.
Maintain Snowflake connectors, drivers, data-loading services such as Snowpipe, and associated partner tools.
Design, implement, and support integrations between Snowflake, source systems, AWS services, APIs, ETL/ELT tools, and downstream data consumers.
Implement and maintain network policies, encryption, data masking, audit logging, and other security controls with the Security team.
Develop monitoring, alerting, usage tracking, and performance visibility standards with technical leads.
Track platform reliability and performance, investigate technical issues, troubleshoot incidents, and coordinate resolutions.
Automate administrative tasks and implement infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices using Terraform or similar tools.
Monitor Snowflake usage and identify opportunities to improve warehouse sizing, resource utilization, and credit consumption.
Create and maintain platform standards, technical documentation, runbooks, and support procedures.
Coordinate Snowflake support cases, evaluate new features, and monitor platform developments as the technical point of contact.

View Full Description & ApplyYou'll be redirected to the employer's site