Cloud Computing Systems Administrator

Key Roles and ResponsibilitiesSnowflake Administrator Role OverviewJob Description:The successful Snowflake Administrator will be responsible for managing and optimizing the entire Snowflake environment, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations.Responsibilities Include:Managing and administering the full Snowflake environment including warehouses, databases, schemas, stages, file formats, and pipes.Resource monitoring, virtual warehouse management, and performance configuration.Overseeing Snowflake account-level settings, parameter configurations, and global policies.User, Role & Access Management:Creating, modifying, and managing users, roles, and permissions following RBAC best practices.Implementing and maintaining secure access controls aligned with data governance policies.Periodically auditing access privileges to ensure compliance with internal and external standards.Security & Governance:Implementing Snowflake security features: masking policies, row-access policies, encryption, OAuth, SSO & MFA.Ensuring compliance with company and industry security standards.Monitoring platform usage to detect suspicious or unauthorized activities.Performance Optimization:Monitoring query performance and troubleshooting slow-running queries.Optimizing virtual warehouse sizes, auto-suspend, and auto-resume settings.Recommending improvements to schemas, clustering keys, data organization, and partitioning.Data Pipeline Support:Working closely with data engineers to support snowpipe configurations, streams & tasks, internal and external stages (S3, Azure Blob, GCS), ETL/ELT integrations, ingestion frameworks, resolving load failures, and monitoring data flow health.Cost Management:Tracking and optimizing compute and storage costs.Implementing usage monitoring dashboards and alerts.Providing periodic cost reports and recommendations to leadership.Maintenance & Monitoring:Daily monitoring of Snowflake logs, warehouse consumption, and system health.Troubleshooting operational issues and coordinating with the engineering team for resolutions.Managing updates, patches, and Snowflake release assessments.Documentation & Process Management:Maintaining documentation of platform configurations, standards, and processes.Developing SOPs for user management, cost controls, access requests, and query optimization.Training internal teams and supporting data enablement initiatives.Collaboration:Working closely with BI/Analytics, Data Engineering, DevOps, and IT security teams.Participating in architecture discussions and supporting the scaling of data platforms.Providing technical guidance on Snowflake best practices for ongoing and new projects.Requirements:A minimum of 3-7+ years of experience working with Snowflake as an administrator or platform engineer.Strong knowledge of Snowflake RBAC, security policies, and platform configuration.Solid experience in SQL, performance tuning, and query optimization.Hands-on experience with:Snowflake Tasks, Streams, Stages, SnowpipeClustering and micro-partitioningWarehousing strategies and performance featuresExperience with AWS / Azure / GCP cloud storage integrations (S3, Blob, GCS).Understanding of ETL/ELT pipelines, data ingestion frameworks, and orchestration tools.Familiarity with monitoring tools (Snowflake dashboards, Snowsight, or 3rd-party tools).Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.Experience in data governance, compliance, and security practices.