Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer to lead the administration, security, reliability, performance, and cost optimization of a banking client's enterprise Snowflake platform. You will work with Data Engineering, Architecture, Security, and business teams to keep the platform secure, scalable, and efficient for critical enterprise workloads. The ideal candidate brings deep, practical Snowflake administration experience, strong SQL and performance-tuning skills, and the ability to independently troubleshoot complex production issues and drive platform improvements.

Engagement: Contract assignment with a reputed banking client Location: Cincinnati, OH (hybrid, 3 days per week on-site) Duration: 6 months with potential extension Employment Type: W2 only Key

Own day-to-day Snowflake administration, including user and role management, warehouse configuration, resource monitoring, and operational support. Analyze and optimize query performance, warehouse utilization, concurrency, and compute costs using Snowflake monitoring and account usage capabilities. Implement and maintain RBAC, least-privilege access, service accounts, authentication integrations, and data protection controls.

Establish platform standards for warehouse sizing, auto-suspend/resume, resource monitors, workload isolation, and cost management. Monitor platform health, investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures. Manage database o