Location: Hyderabad, Bangalore
This role requires a skilled Snowflake Administrator to manage and enhance Snowflake data platform, with a heavy focus on using Python to automate and streamline administrative tasks, professional capability of independently handling moderately complex Snowflake operations, ensuring scalability and performance while collaborating with data teams.
Primary Roles & Responsibilities:
· Configure and optimize Snowflake environments, including virtual warehouses, storage, and compute resources.
· Develop and maintain Python scripts to automate Snowflake administration tasks, such as resource scaling, user provisioning, and usage monitoring.
· Implement data integration workflows in Snowflake using Python, leveraging libraries like snowflake-connector-python or pandas for ETL processes.
· Monitor and tune Snowflake performance, using Python to analyze usage patterns and optimize costs.
· Manage Snowflake security, including role-based access control (RBAC) and encryption, with Python-driven automation.
· Troubleshoot and resolve Snowflake issues, ensuring high availability and data integrity.
· Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to support data pipelines and reporting needs in Snowflake.
· Document Snowflake setups, Python automation scripts, and operational procedures.
Preferred Skills:
· Experience with Snowflake features like data sharing or zero-copy cloning.
· Familiarity with CI/CD tools or version control (e.g., Git) for managing Python scripts.
Qualifications & Skills:
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
· 3-5 years of experience in data platform administration or a related role, with at least 1-2 years using Snowflake.
· Strong proficiency in Snowflake administration, including SQL, Snowpipe, and resource management.
· Advanced Python skills, with experience in automation, data manipulation (e.g., pandas, numpy), and Snowflake integration.
· Solid understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and their integration with Snowflake.
· Good problem-solving skills and ability to work independently.
· Effective communication skills for collaborating with technical and business teams.