Snowflake Administrator - Remote

September 18, 2026

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Job Title: Snowflake Administrator

Duration: 6-12 Months (Contract)
Location: USA Remote & Travel

About the Role:

Client is seeking a highly skilled Snowflake Administrator to support the administration, optimization, governance, and operational management of our Snowflake data platform. This role will be responsible for ensuring platform stability, security, cost efficiency, and performance while collaborating with engineering and data teams to support business-critical data operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Administer and support Snowflake environments across development, testing, and production
Manage user access, service accounts, roles, and permissions using Snowflake RBAC best practices
Configure, maintain, and optimize Snowflake warehouses for performance and cost efficiency
Monitor platform health, query performance, and resource utilization
Troubleshoot and resolve Snowflake performance, access, and operational issues
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform
Support CI/CD processes utilizing GitHub and GitHub Actions
Implement cost-monitoring strategies and provide recommendations to optimize Snowflake consumption
Partner with engineering and analytics teams to support data pipeline integration and operational needs
Assist with data platform migrations, including Snowflake on Google Cloud Platform and BigQuery migration initiatives
Maintain platform documentation, governance standards, and operational procedures

Required Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in database administration, data platform engineering, or cloud data warehouse administration
Strong hands-on experience administering Snowflake in production environments
Deep understanding of:

Snowflake RBAC
User and service account provisioning
Role and permission management
Security and governance best practices

Experience managing Snowflake warehouses, auto-suspend/resume configurations, multi-cluster warehouses, and resource monitors
Advanced SQL skills with experience troubleshooting performance issues and optimizing workloads
Experience utilizing Snowflake ACCOUNT_USAGE and INFORMATION_SCHEMA views
Strong Terraform experience managing Snowflake resources as code
Experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions
Working knowledge of Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting
Strong communication skills and ability to work independently in a remote environment

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)
Experience with BigQuery administration or migration projects
Familiarity with Python and data engineering workflows
Experience supporting dbt, Kafka, or similar data pipelines
Knowledge of data lakehouse architectures

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