Technology

Snowflake Administrator

Midasis Technologies LLCDallas, TX🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 21, 2026

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Work mode

On Site

Location

Dallas, TX, United States

Posted

2 days ago

SQLShellGitAWSEncryptionSSOSnowflakeTableauAirflowBashGoogle CloudPythonTerraformdbtAzurePower BICI/CDAzure Data FactoryOkta

Job Description

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Snowflake Administrator located in the Dallas, TX area for a long-term contract engagement supporting enterprise cloud data infrastructure. The ideal candidate will be responsible for platform governance, RBAC security, compute warehouse optimization, automated deployments, and supporting scalable data pipelines in a multi-cloud environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Platform Administration & Management

Administer, manage, and scale enterprise Snowflake environments, databases, schemas, and virtual warehouses across production and non-production instances.
Monitor and optimize Snowflake compute and storage costs, warehouse utilization, auto-scaling policies, and resource monitors.
Configure and maintain core Snowflake capabilities including Time Travel, Zero-Copy Cloning, Data Sharing, Reader Accounts, and Failover/Replication.

2. Security, Governance & Compliance

Design and implement granular Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), network policies, and object-level permissions.
Administer data protection standards including dynamic data masking, row-access policies, column-level security, and encryption key management.
Integrate Snowflake with enterprise Identity Providers (IdP) such as Okta or Azure AD for single sign-on (SSO) and automated provisioning (SCIM).

3. Automation, CI/CD & Integration

Build and maintain administrative scripts using Python or Shell to automate user provisioning, database task monitoring, and maintenance workflows.
Implement infrastructure-as-code and schema migration automated pipelines using Terraform, Git, and CI/CD tools.
Support integrations between Snowflake and modern data ecosystem tools (dbt, Airflow, Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Tableau).

4. Monitoring, Performance & Support

Diagnose and resolve query performance issues, micro-partition clustering problems, and execution bottlenecks using Snowflake Account Usage and Information Schema.
Establish disaster recovery (DR) frameworks, high availability, and multi-region replication.
Provide ongoing tier-3 technical support and operational monitoring for critical business pipelines.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 5+ years of overall IT experience in Data Engineering / Database Administration, with 3+ years of dedicated Snowflake Administration experience.
Location Constraint: Must reside within 50 miles of Dallas, TX (Local candidates only).
Technical Proficiency:

In-depth expertise in Snowflake Architecture, virtual warehouse sizing, data sharing, and resource governance.
Strong mastery of SQL, stored procedures, and performance tuning.
Solid understanding of underlying cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).

DevOps & Scripting:

Hands-on scripting experience with Python or Bash.
Experience with Git, Terraform, or modern CI/CD deployment workflows.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

SnowPro Core Administrator or SnowPro Advanced Certification.
AWS or Azure Cloud Administration certification.
Prior experience in commercial real estate, corporate services, or financial data ecosystems.