Lead Snowflake Platform Engineer

FIS Management Services LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

FIS is seeking a data platform engineer to design and operate enterprise Snowflake-based capabilities across data sharing, governance, and cloud integration. You will work hands-on while providing technical leadership to improve performance, security, and cost efficiency in a production environment.

The role requires strong SQL/Python skills, automation experience, and collaboration with product, security, and cloud teams. Prior Snowflake and cloud platform expertise is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Advanced hands-on knowledge of Snowflake administration and engineering.
• Proficiency with SQL and Python, plus automation workflows through Git and CI/CD.
• Experience implementing secure data-sharing, IAM, encryption and least-privilege access.
• Knowledge of AWS and/or Microsoft Azure and their integration with modern data platforms.
• Ability to translate business, security and operational requirements into scalable designs.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, problem-solving and communication across teams.
• Bonus if Snowflake certification or comparable platform experience.
• Experience with Databricks, Terraform, Streamlit, Snowflake Cortex or governed AI platform capabilities.
• Knowledge of PCI DSS, SOX or other controls for regulated financial data.
• Experience supporting data-product migrations or client onboarding.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise data-platform capabilities centered on Snowflake.
• Combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership to improve secure data sharing, platform automation, governance, performance and resilience.
• Partner with product, security, cloud and data teams to move complex solutions from design through production.
• Lead the design, engineering and support of Snowflake platform capabilities, including account onboarding, data products, secure data exchange and client-facing data services.
• Define reusable patterns for Snowflake Secure Data Sharing, listings and reader accounts, with access controls, masking, validation and operational documentation.
• Build and improve platform automation using SQL, Python, Streamlit, Git-based workflows and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Establish and maintain platform controls for role-based access, data classification, encryption, audit evidence and compliance with security requirements.
• Optimize platform performance and cost through workload analysis, warehouse sizing, resource monitoring, budget controls and usage attribution.
• Provide technical direction, review solution designs, resolve complex production issues and mentor engineers across data and cloud platform work.

Skills

Snowflake admin

SQL

Python

Automation

Git & CI/CD

Data governance

Cloud platforms

Leadership & comms

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Terraform

Streamlit

Snowflake Cortex

Job description

FIS is seeking a data platform engineer to design and operate enterprise Snowflake-based capabilities across data sharing, governance, and cloud integration. You will work hands-on while providing technical leadership to improve performance, security, and cost efficiency in a production environment.

The role requires strong SQL/Python skills, automation experience, and collaboration with product, security, and cloud teams. Prior Snowflake and cloud platform expertise is essential for success.