Platform Engineer (Snowflake)

TEKsystems; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 103,000 - 163,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems in Cincinnati, OH is seeking a Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer to lead hands-on administration, reliability, security, and optimization of a large Snowflake environment supporting critical workloads.

You will own day-to-day platform tasks, monitor performance and costs, implement RBAC and security controls, and partner with Data Engineering, Security, and Architecture teams to deliver scalable data capabilities.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on Snowflake administration in a production enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, virtual warehouses, micro-partitions, caching, query execution, and resource consumption.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience diagnosing and resolving query performance issues.
• Experience implementing Snowflake RBAC, role hierarchies, grants, access policies, and secure access patterns.
• Experience with warehouse sizing, workload management, cost monitoring, and compute optimization.
• Experience troubleshooting production incidents and improving platform reliability.
• Strong understanding of database administration, data governance, and enterprise security practices.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day Snowflake platform administration, including user and role management, access controls, warehouse configuration, resource monitoring, and operational support.
• Analyze and optimize query performance, warehouse utilization, concurrency, and compute costs using Snowflake monitoring and account usage capabilities.
• Implement and maintain RBAC, least-privilege access, service accounts, authentication integrations, and data protection controls.
• Establish platform standards for warehouse sizing, auto-suspend/auto-resume, resource monitors, workload isolation, and cost management.
• Monitor platform health, investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures to improve reliability.
• Manage database objects and platform hygiene, including schemas, tables, views, retention settings, and obsolete resource cleanup.
• Support data integration and connectivity with AWS services, including S3, IAM, and relevant data ingestion and processing tools.
• Automate administrative tasks and operational processes using SQL, Python, scripting, and APIs.
• Develop operational dashboards, documentation, and procedures for platform monitoring, incident response, access reviews, and cost reporting.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on platform architecture, upgrades, new capabilities, and enterprise data initiatives.

Skills

Snowflake

Python

Automation

Performance tuning

Security

Devops

Aws

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Description

The Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer will provide hands‑on technical leadership for the administration, reliability, security, performance, and cost optimization of the enterprise Snowflake platform. This role will partner with Data Engineering, Architecture, Security, and business teams to ensure a secure, scalable, and efficient data platform that supports critical enterprise workloads. The ideal candidate has deep, practical Snowflake administration experience, strong SQL and performance‑tuning skills, and the ability to independently troubleshoot complex production issues and implement platform improvements.

Own day‑to‑day Snowflake platform administration, including user and role management, access controls, warehouse configuration, resource monitoring, and operational support.

Analyze and optimize query performance, warehouse utilization, concurrency, and compute costs using Snowflake monitoring and account usage capabilities.

Implement and maintain role‑based access control (RBAC), least‑privilege access, service accounts, authentication integrations, and data protection controls.

Establish platform standards for warehouse sizing, auto‑suspend and auto‑resume, resource monitors, workload isolation, and cost management.

Monitor platform health, investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures to improve reliability.

Manage database objects and platform hygiene, including schemas, tables, views, retention settings, and obsolete resource cleanup.

Support data integration and connectivity with AWS services, including S3, IAM, and relevant data ingestion and processing tools.

Automate administrative tasks and operational processes using SQL, Python, scripting, and APIs.

Develop operational dashboards, documentation, and procedures for platform monitoring, incident response, access reviews, and cost reporting.

Collaborate with engineering teams on platform architecture, upgrades, new capabilities, and enterprise data initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Extensive hands‑on experience administering and supporting Snowflake in a production enterprise environment.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, virtual warehouses, micro‑partitions, caching, query execution, and resource consumption.
• Advanced SQL skills and demonstrated experience diagnosing and resolving query performance issues.
• Practical experience implementing Snowflake RBAC, role hierarchies, grants, access policies, and secure access patterns.
• Experience with warehouse sizing, workload management, cost monitoring, and compute optimization.
• Experience troubleshooting production incidents and improving platform reliability.
• Strong understanding of database administration, data governance, and enterprise security practices.
• Ability to work independently, communicate effectively, and provide clear technical documentation.

Skills

Automation, Performance tuning, Security, Python, Snowflake, Devops, Aws

Top Skills Details

Automation,Performance tuning,Security,Python,Snowflake

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience integrating Snowflake with AWS S3, IAM, Glue, and enterprise data pipelines.
• Python or shell scripting for automation and administrative tasks.
• Experience With Terraform Or Other Infrastructure As Code Tools.
• Familiarity with Snowflake resource monitors, ACCOUNT_USAGE views, ORGANIZATION_USAGE views, and query history analysis.
• Experience with Snowflake security features such as masking policies, row access policies, network policies, and authentication integrations.
• Experience with Snowflake workload management, multi‑cluster warehouses, replication, failover, and business continuity.
• SnowPro Core or Advanced certification.

Experience Level

Experience in financial services or another regulated enterprise environment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Cincinnati, OH.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $118.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long‑term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 5, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Cincinnati,OH.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full‑Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real‑world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems And TEKsystems Global Services

We're a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We're a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full‑stack capabilities and speed. We're strategic thinkers, hand‑on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We're building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.