Snowflake Administrator

TekFriday Processing Solutions Pvt Ltd; India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

TekFriday Processing Solutions Pvt Ltd in India is seeking a hands-on Snowflake Platform Administrator to manage and optimize our Snowflake data platform. You will collaborate with Data Operations, Data Engineering, and Infrastructure teams to ensure data moves securely across our ecosystem and meets business requirements.

This role goes beyond routine administration; you will own platform health, automate repetitive tasks, and drive cost/performance optimization while aligning with governance

Qualifications

• Hands-on Snowflake Platform Administrator with production experience.
• Strong SQL skills and query performance tuning.
• Experience designing RBAC, security controls, and data access policies.
• Experience with ETL/ELT workflows, data ingestion, and validation.
• Familiarity with data governance, compliance, and auditing on Snowflake.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain Snowflake environments across environments.
• Own platform health, availability, and operational stability.
• Configure databases, schemas, warehouses, roles, users, and monitors.
• Optimize cost, performance, and scaling, including Snowpipe and data ingestion.
• Ensure data movement between SQL Server and Snowflake is reliable.
• Implement automation scripts for monitoring, deployment, and maintenance.

Skills

Snowflake administration

SQL

RBAC

Cost optimization

Automation scripting

Data governance

Tools

Snowflake

SQL Server

Job description

TekFriday Processing Solutions | Full time

Snowflake Administrator

Seri Lingampally, India | Posted on 08/18/2026

We are looking for a hands-on Snowflake PlatformAdministrator to manage, optimize, and strengthen our Snowflake data platform. Ourtechnology environment supports business-critical financial servicesoperations, where data accuracy, security, availability, performance, andgovernance are essential. You will work closely with our Data Operations, DataEngineering, Database, Infrastructure, and Application teams to ensure thatdata moves reliably and securely across our ecosystem.

This is not a role focused only on routine Snowflakeadministration. We are looking for someone who can take ownership of theplatform, troubleshoot complex issues, automate repetitive processes, optimizecosts and performance, and progressively contribute to the overall architectureof our data environment.

A significant part of our data ecosystem also involvesMicrosoft SQL Server, making the ability to understand data movement anddependencies between SQL Server, Snowflake, and other enterprise systemsparticularly valuable.

What We Expect You to Do

Snowflake Platform Administration

• Administerand maintain Snowflake environments across Development, Testing/UAT, andProduction.
  
• Ownday-to-day platform health, availability, configuration, and operationalstability.
  
• Configureand manage databases, schemas, warehouses, roles, users, resourcemonitors, and other Snowflake objects.
  
• Establishstandards and best practices for managing Snowflake environments.
  
• Troubleshootplatform-level issues and work with Data Engineering and Database teams toresolve production problems.
  
• Supportplatform upgrades, new capabilities, and architectural improvements.
  

Performance & Cost Optimization

• Continuouslymonitor Snowflake warehouse utilization, query performance, storageconsumption, and credit usage.
  
• Optimizewarehouse sizing, auto-suspend, auto-resume, scaling, and workloadallocation.
  
• Identifyexpensive, inefficient, or poorly performing queries and work withrelevant teams to optimize them.
  
• Reviewquery profiles and execution patterns to identify performance bottlenecks.
  
• Optimizeclustering strategies, caching, materialized views, and other Snowflakeperformance features where appropriate.
  
• Establishresource monitors, alerts, and controls to prevent unnecessary Snowflakeconsumption.
  
• Providevisibility into platform usage and identify opportunities for costoptimization.
  

Our data environment involves significant interaction betweenSQL Server and Snowflake, and you will help ensure that data moves accuratelyand reliably between these platforms.

You Will:

• Supportconnectivity and data movement between Microsoft SQL Server, Snowflake,and other enterprise systems.
  
• Monitorand troubleshoot data ingestion and synchronization issues.
  
• Workwith Data Engineering teams to identify failures, latency, missingrecords, or data-quality issues within pipelines.
  
• SupportETL/ELT platforms and automated data integration workflows.
  
• Configureand maintain Snowpipe, stages, file formats, and ingestion processes.
  
• Validatedata movement between source systems and Snowflake.
  
• Assistin root-cause analysis where data discrepancies occur between source anddestination systems.
  

Security, RBAC & Access Management

Given the nature of the data we work with, security andcontrolled access are fundamental responsibilities of this role.

You Will:

• Designand administer Snowflake Role-Based Access Control (RBAC).
  
• Implementleast-privilege access principles across databases, schemas, tables,views, and warehouses.
  
• Manageuser provisioning, de-provisioning, service accounts, and roleassignments.
  
• Supportauthentication mechanisms including SSO, MFA, OAuth, and key-pairauthentication.
  
• Conductperiodic user and access reviews.
  
• Implementand maintain row-level access policies, column-level security, and dynamicdata masking.
  
• Monitorprivileged access and identify inappropriate or excessive permissions.
  
• Maintainauditability of platform access and administrative activities.
  

Data Security, Governance & Compliance

• Helpestablish appropriate governance controls for sensitive financial andcustomer-related data.
  
• Implementappropriate masking and access policies for sensitive information.
  
• MaintainSnowflake audit logs and platform activity records.
  
• Supportinternal and external audit requirements by providing access,configuration, and usage evidence.
  
• Ensureplatform configurations align with organizational information-securitypolicies and applicable regulatory requirements.
  
• Workwith relevant stakeholders to continuously improve data governance andsecurity standards.
  

Data Quality & Operational Reliability

We expect the Snowflake Administrator to look beyondinfrastructure and understand whether the data platform is operating correctlyfrom a business perspective.

You Will:

• Monitorcritical data pipelines and scheduled workloads.
  
• Identifyfailed, incomplete, delayed, or abnormal data loads.
  
• Supportvalidation between source and destination datasets.
  
• Investigatedata discrepancies and assist with root-cause analysis.
  
• DevelopSQL-based validation and reconciliation checks.
  
• Helpautomate recurring data-quality and platform-health checks.
  
• Workclosely with Data Operations teams to improve reliability and reducemanual intervention.
  

Automation & Operational Improvement

We want to progressively reduce manual platformadministration.

You Will:

• Identifyrepetitive administrative activities that can be automated.
  
• Developscripts and workflows for monitoring, access management, validation,deployment, and maintenance activities.
  
• SupportCI/CD implementation for Snowflake objects and database changes.
  
• Workwith Git-based deployment and version-control processes.
  
• Supportinfrastructure-as-code initiatives where applicable.
  
• Buildalerts and automated monitoring for failures, unusual consumption,security events, and platform-health issues.
  
• Continuouslyimprove operational processes and reduce dependency on manualintervention.
  

Backup, Recovery & Business Continuity

• Manageand validate Snowflake data-retention configurations.
  
• Understandand administer Time Travel and Fail-safe capabilities.
  
• Supportbackup, recovery, replication, and failover strategies.
  
• Participatein disaster-recovery and business-continuity planning.
  
• Conductperiodic recovery and failover validation where required.
  
• Maintainappropriate documentation for recovery procedures.
  
• Proactivelymonitor platform health, failed jobs, warehouse utilization, queryperformance, and unusual activity.
  
• Investigateproduction incidents and perform root-cause analysis.
  
• Coordinatewith Data Engineering, Database, Infrastructure, and Application teamsduring critical incidents.
  
• Documentincidents, findings, corrective actions, and preventive measures.
  
• Recommendlong-term fixes rather than relying solely on temporary resolutions.
  

What We're Looking For

Core Technical Skills

• Stronghands-on experience administering Snowflake in production environments.
  
• StrongSQL skills with the ability to troubleshoot and optimize complex queries.
  
• Goodunderstanding of Snowflake architecture, including:
  
• VirtualWarehouses
  
• Databases& Schemas
  
• Micro-partitions
  
• Caching
  
• ResourceMonitors
  
• SecureViews
  
• Streams& Tasks
  
• Snowpipe
  
• Stages
  
• DataSharing
  
• Strongunderstanding of Snowflake RBAC and security architecture.
  
• Experiencewith performance tuning and Snowflake cost optimization.
  
• Experiencesupporting ETL/ELT and enterprise data-integration workflows.
  
• Understandingof data-quality validation and reconciliation processes.
  

Since Microsoft SQL Server forms an important part of ourexisting data ecosystem, candidates with experience in the following will havean advantage:

• MicrosoftSQL Server administration or development.
  
• T-SQL.
  
• Queryperformance tuning.
  
• Storedprocedures and database objects.
  
• SQLServer-to-Snowflake data movement.
  
• Understandingrelational database architecture and performance concepts.