The Snowflake Platform Administration & Performance Engineer role is focused on optimizing data warehouse performance and automating administrative tasks. This position aims to transform the data warehouse into a high-performance engine that supports real-time decision-making. The engineer will work with cloud technologies and advanced automation tools to enhance efficiency and cost management. The role requires a deep understanding of Snowflake architecture and performance tuning.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree or experience
• 2+ years in database administration or performance tuning with specific hands-on Snowflake experience
• Deep understanding of multi-cluster shared data architecture and micro-partitioning
• SnowPro Core Certification is highly preferred
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS, S3, and EKS

• Proactively monitor and tune workloads using Snowsight Performance Explorer and account usage schemas.
• Optimize query execution by analyzing query profiles for disk spillage and identifying Cartesian joins.
• Design and manage unified storage using Apache Iceberg for high-performance querying in Snowflake.
• Develop advanced scripts and pipelines using Snowpark Python and Snowpark pandas APIs for data transformations.
• Implement role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, and data masking policies.

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