Snowflake Engineer

Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 32 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Snowflake Engineer to be a key resource on a technical services team.

Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.

Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law.  Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background check

Allied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.

• Design overall data structure, ensuring that Snowflake's features (e.g., data sharing, scalability, secure data exchange, etc.) are fully utilized to meet the business requirements.
• Create a blueprint for how data will be stored, processed, and accessed within the Snowflake platform.
• Perform optimization of data pipelines and workflows for performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Design ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) or ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) processes, and optimize queries and data storage strategies.
• Integrate with other cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), third-party tools, and on-premises data systems.
• Designs and implements strategies to control access to sensitive data, applying encryption, role-based access control, and data masking as necessary.
• Work closely with data engineers, data scientists, business analysts, and other stakeholders to understand their requirements and ensure the Snowflake environment meets those needs.
• Monitor the performance of the Snowflake environment, identifying bottlenecks, and ensuring optimal query performance.
• Automate administrative tasks using Snowflake SQL and scripting languages like Python or Shell scripting.
• Preform data loading methods (bulk loading using COPY INTO, Snow pipe for real-time ingestion, and External tables).
• Perform Snowflake cloning capabilities for databases and schemas.
• Perform configuration and management of Snowflake Virtual Warehouses including scaling, resizing and auto-suspend/resume settings.
• Implement roles and privileges for managing secure access utilizing Snowflake RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
• Integrate Snowflake SSO (Single Sign-On) and SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) for secure access and identity management.
• Configure alerts and monitor data pipeline failures, resource spikes, and cost thresholds.