Senior Snowflake Database Administrator

Position Title: Senior Snowflake Database Administrator

Location: Houston, TX

Contract

ETL

Snowflake

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for 8+ years of administrator experience in Snowflake Databases. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, and security of our Snowflake data warehouse environment. You will provide 24/7 production support, troubleshoot issues, monitor system health, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain a reliable and efficient Snowflake platform.

Technical Skills:

• Proven experience as a Snowflake Databases Administrator or similar role in production support environments.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, features, and best practices.
• Expertise in SQL and performance tuning of complex queries.
• Experience with Snowflake data sharing, cloning, time travel, and zero-copy cloning.
• Familiarity with data security concepts and role-based access control in Snowflake.
• Understanding of ETL/ELT tools and data integration patterns.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Snowflake native monitoring, third-party tools).
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Ability to work in a 24/7 support rotation and handle urgent production issues.
• In-depth understanding of data management (e.g. permissions, recovery, security and monitoring)
• Strong understanding of relational database concepts.
• Experience with database design, modeling, and optimization is good to have
• Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries and developing stored procedures.
• Familiarity with data security is the best practice and backup procedures.

Responsibilities

• Production Support & Incident Management:
• Provide timely support for Snowflake-related incidents and service requests. Monitor alerts, investigate root causes, and resolve issues to minimize downtime.
• Performance Monitoring & Tuning:
• Monitor Snowflake workloads, query performance, and resource utilization. Implement optimization techniques such as query tuning, warehouse resizing, and clustering to enhance efficiency.
• Data Security & Compliance:
• Manage access controls, roles, and permissions in Snowflake. Ensure data security policies and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) are adhered to.
• Backup & Recovery:
• Develop and maintain data backup, restore, and recovery procedures to ensure data integrity and availability.
• Collaboration & Documentation:
• Work closely with data engineers, developers, and business users to understand requirements and support data workflows. Maintain up-to-date technical documentation and runbooks for operational procedures.
• Automation & Process Improvement:
• Develop automation scripts and tools to improve deployment, monitoring, and maintenance processes.
• Capacity Planning:
• Analyze trends in data growth and resource usage to forecast and plan capacity needs.

Qualification:

• Somebody who has at least 8+ years of experience in Snowflake Databases Administrator.
• Education qualification: Any degree from a reputed college