Senior Snowflake Data Engineer - Remote Contract

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Augusta (ME); Remote; USD 110,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain Snowflake databases, schemas, and data models for analytics and BI initiatives. This remote, 6+ month contract role offers $80-100/hour.

We expect 5+ years in data engineering or DW roles, Snowflake Certification, advanced SQL, and experience with dimensional modeling and performance tuning to optimize cost and performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Data Engineer, Data Warehouse Engineer, Snowflake Developer, or similar role.
• Snowflake Certification required.
• Strong hands-on experience developing directly within Snowflake.
• Expertise creating and managing databases, schemas, tables, views, and other Snowflake objects.
• Advanced SQL development and query optimization skills.
• Experience with data modeling methodologies, including dimensional modeling, star schemas, and fact/dimension design.
• Proven experience with Snowflake performance tuning and optimization.
• Experience working with large-scale data warehousing and analytics environments.
• Strong understanding of database design principles and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Snowflake databases, schemas, tables, views, and other database objects.
• Create and optimize logical and physical data models to support analytics, reporting, and business intelligence initiatives.
• Develop and maintain fact and dimension tables using dimensional modeling best practices.
• Write, optimize, and troubleshoot complex Snowflake SQL queries, stored procedures, and data transformations.
• Implement performance tuning strategies, including query optimization, clustering keys, and warehouse sizing.
• Monitor and improve Snowflake performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Build and maintain materialized views, streams, tasks, and other Snowflake-native features.
• Partner with data architects, analysts, and business stakeholders to design scalable data solutions.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, security, and governance across Snowflake environments.
• Support ongoing enhancements to the enterprise data warehouse and analytics ecosystem.

Skills

Snowflake

SQL

Data modeling

Performance tuning

Data warehousing

Education

Snowflake Certification

Job description

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC is seeking an experienced Data Engineer to design, develop, and maintain Snowflake databases, schemas, and data models for analytics and BI initiatives. This remote, 6+ month contract role offers $80-100/hour.

We expect 5+ years in data engineering or DW roles, Snowflake Certification, advanced SQL, and experience with dimensional modeling and performance tuning to optimize cost and performance.