Snowflake Admin

Infosys; Hyderabad City Taluka; On-site; PKR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Infosys is seeking a Snowflake Administrator to manage, monitor, and optimize Snowflake environments for enterprise workloads. You will handle access control, security policies, and performance tuning while collaborating with ETL teams to ensure reliable data delivery.

The role includes cost-aware optimization, backup considerations with Time Travel, and production support for data pipelines. Ideal for professionals experienced in Snowflake administration and data governance.

Qualifications

• Experience as Snowflake administrator.
• Knowledge of RBAC and data security policies.
• Experience with Snowpipe, COPY INTO, and external stages.

Responsibilities

• Manage Snowflake accounts, warehouses, databases, schemas, and roles.
• Configure and maintain virtual warehouses (compute layers).
• Handle user access controls and security policies.
• Monitor system usage and ensure platform stability.
• Support data loading using Snowpipe and COPY INTO; collaborate with ETL teams.

Skills

Snowflake admin

RBAC

Snowflake security

Tools

Informatica

Airflow

dbt

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

We are seeking a skilled Snowflake Administrator responsible for managing, monitoring, securing, and optimizing Snowflake data platform environments. The role includes performance tuning, cost optimization, access control, and production support for enterprise data workloads.

Key Responsibilities

Snowflake Administration

• Manage Snowflake accounts, warehouses, databases, schemas, and roles
• Configure and maintain virtual warehouses (compute layers)
• Handle user access, RBAC, and security policies
• Monitor system usage and ensure platform stability

Performance Tuning & Optimization

• Optimize Snowflake queries, warehouse sizing, and auto-scaling
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks
• Implement clustering, partitioning, and caching strategies
• Monitor query performance using Query Profile and History

Cost Management

• Track and optimize Snowflake credit usage
• Implement cost-saving strategies:
• Auto suspend/resume
• Right-sizing warehouses
• Query optimization
• Generate usage reports and cost dashboards

Data Security & Governance

• Implement data security best practices
• Role-based access control (RBAC)
• Row-level and column-level security
• Manage data encryption and masking policies
• Ensure compliance with organizational security standards

Data Integration & Pipeline Support

• Support data loading using:
• Snowpipe
• Bulk loads (COPY INTO)
• External stages (S3, Azure Blob)
• Collaborate with ETL teams (Informatica, Airflow, dbt, etc.)
• Troubleshoot data ingestion and transformation issues

Backup & Recovery

• Utilize Time Travel and Fail-safe features
• Perform data recovery and disaster recovery planning
• Ensure data availability and integrity

Monitoring & Troubleshooting

• Monitor system health, workloads, and query activity
• Troubleshoot:
• Query failures
• Data load issues
• Performance degradation
• Handle incident management, RCA, and SLA adherence

Technical Requirements

• * Primary skills: Snowflake admin

Skills

Technology->Data on Cloud-DataStore->Snowflake,Domain->Healthcare->Administrative tools