Lead Snowflake Platform Administrator

CDW; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

CDW is seeking a Lead Snowflake Platform Administrator to own and evolve our enterprise Snowflake environment. This hands-on technical leadership role emphasizes platform administration, security, automation, connectivity, and governance.

As a lead, you will mentor a small team, design RBAC security models, manage governance and access controls, evaluate new Snowflake features, and collaborate with data engineers and business stakeholders to ensure reliability, security, and scale.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on Snowflake Platform Administration in a production enterprise environment.
• Strong experience administering Snowflake environments, including security administration and RBAC design.
• User provisioning and access controls expertise.
• Platform governance, feature evaluation and implementation experience.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.
• Proficiency with Snowflake SQL and Stored Procedures.
• Python (basic to intermediate).
• Experience with GitHub workflows and CI/CD concepts.
• Knowledge of private endpoints and virtual networking.
• Connectivity troubleshooting across cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the administration and management of enterprise Snowflake environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain complex Snowflake security models using RBAC.
• Manage platform governance, access controls, and security best practices.
• Research, evaluate, and implement new Snowflake features related to security, connectivity, and platform capabilities.
• Troubleshoot connectivity and performance issues across cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using scripting and code.
• Support CI/CD processes and automation workflows for platform management.
• Collaborate with data engineers, architects, and business stakeholders to ensure platform reliability and scalability.
• Maintain documentation, standards, and operational procedures.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members.

Skills

Snowflake Platform Administration

Security administration

RBAC design

User provisioning

Platform governance

Feature evaluation

Scripting & Automation

Snowflake SQL

Stored Procedures

Python

GitHub workflows

CI/CD concepts

Private endpoints

Virtual networking

Connectivity troubleshooting

Job description

CDW is seeking a Lead Snowflake Platform Administrator to own and evolve our enterprise Snowflake environment. This hands-on technical leadership role emphasizes platform administration, security, automation, connectivity, and governance.

As a lead, you will mentor a small team, design RBAC security models, manage governance and access controls, evaluate new Snowflake features, and collaborate with data engineers and business stakeholders to ensure reliability, security, and scale.