Senior Snowflake Platform Administrator

Zelis; Morristown (NJ); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Health benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience with a Snowflake-powered Data & AI Cloud. The Senior Snowflake Platform Administrator owns and secures the Snowflake foundation that underpins our D&A workloads, ensuring governance, performance, and cost-efficiency across development, testing, and production environments.

As we move to an AI-native model, you will manage security, data protection, and platform automation, partnering with Data Operations and offshore resources to deliver

Qualifications

• 8+ years in data platform / data engineering roles, including 5+ years hands-on Snowflake administration in production.
• Deep RBAC / security design and data-governance experience (masking, access policies).
• Strong warehouse tuning, performance, and cost-optimization skills.
• Infrastructure-as-code, scripting, and CI/CD for Snowflake (Terraform, Bash/Python, schemachange, dbt, GitHub, or equivalent).
• Advanced SQL (Python preferred) and strong data-warehousing / dimensional-modeling fundamentals.
• Experience running Snowflake on AWS (S3 external stages, storage integrations) and familiarity with core AWS services.

Responsibilities

• Account & security administration — manage Snowflake accounts, databases, schemas, warehouses, users, roles, and resource monitors; design and maintain a clean RBAC model and least-privilege access; integrate identity via SSO / SCIM (Okta / Entra ID).
• Governance & data protection — implement and maintain network policies, tag-based masking, row-/column-level access policies, tokenization, and encryption; leverage Snowflake Horizon for governance and monitoring; own PHI/DLP guardrails and support audit and compliance (HIPAA).
• Warehouse, compute & FinOps — size, tune, and optimize virtual warehouses (auto-suspend/resume, query tagging); manage resource monitors; drive cost management with chargeback/showback and unit-economics KPIs.
• Environment management & resilience — own dev/test/prod environments and cloning; design and operate Snowflake Data Sharing, external stages on AWS S3, Apache Iceberg tables, replication, Time Travel / Fail-safe, disaster-recovery / failover, and backup strategies.
• Performance, reliability & troubleshooting — query performance tuning, workload isolation, and capacity planning; diagnose and resolve Snowflake performance, pipeline, and access issues; partner with Data Operations on run-state issues.
• Platform automation & CI/CD — manage Snowflake objects as code (schemachange / dbt / Terraform); build automation with Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, and Dynamic Tables; support deployment pipelines and release discipline.
• Documentation & runbooks — maintain platform documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Standards, enablement & architecture partnership — document platform standards and guardrails; enable engineering and business-unit teams to build safely on the platform; partner with Data Platforms & Tooling on Snowflake architecture and solution design.
• Technical oversight — provide guidance and technical oversight to distributed / offshore Snowflake administration resources.

Skills

Snowflake administration

RBAC security design

Warehousetuning

Infrastructure as code

Scripting (Bash/Python)

Terraform

dbt

GitHub

SQL proficiency

Tools

Snowflake

Terraform

dbt

GitHub

Job description

At Zelis, we Get Stuff Done. So, let’s get to it!

A Little About Us

Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. We serve more than 750 payers, including the top five national health plans, regional health plans, TPAs and millions of healthcare providers and consumers across our platform of solutions. Zelis sees across the system to identify, optimize, and solve problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts – driving real, measurable results for clients. At Zelis, AI is woven into the fabric of how we work. Every associate is expected - and empowered - to partner with AI to challenge the status quo, accelerate innovation, and amplify their impact. This is a place for builders with a growth mindset who act with agility, embrace change, and use modern technology to shape smarter solutions, exceptional experiences, and the future of our industry for our clients, customers, and our culture.

A Little About You

You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work, inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career is a testament to your diverse experiences, community involvement, and the valuable lessons you've learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements, the knowledge you've gained, and the personal interests that shape who you are.

Position Overview

The Senior Snowflake Platform Administrator is the senior hands-on owner of the Snowflake platform that underpins the Zelis Data & AI Cloud (ZDC). As Zelis moves to an AI-Native model, our data fabrics, dashboards, and AI workloads all run on this Snowflake foundation — this role keeps it secure, governed, performant, and cost-efficient.

What You’ll Do:

• Account & security administration — manage Snowflake accounts, databases, schemas, warehouses, users, roles, and resource monitors; design and maintain a clean RBAC model and least-privilege access; integrate identity via SSO / SCIM (Okta / Entra ID).
• Governance & data protection — implement and maintain network policies, tag-based masking, row-/column-level access policies, tokenization, and encryption; leverage Snowflake Horizon for governance and monitoring; own PHI/DLP guardrails and support audit and compliance (HIPAA).
• Warehouse, compute & FinOps — size, tune, and optimize virtual warehouses (auto-suspend/resume, query tagging); manage resource monitors; drive cost management with chargeback/showback and unit-economics KPIs.
• Environment management & resilience — own dev/test/prod environments and cloning; design and operate Snowflake Data Sharing, external stages on AWS S3, Apache Iceberg tables, replication, Time Travel / Fail-safe, disaster-recovery / failover, and backup strategies.
• Performance, reliability & troubleshooting — query performance tuning, workload isolation, and capacity planning; diagnose and resolve Snowflake performance, pipeline, and access issues; partner with Data Operations on run-state issues.
• Platform automation & CI/CD — manage Snowflake objects as code (schemachange / dbt / Terraform); build automation with Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, and Dynamic Tables; support deployment pipelines and release discipline.
• Documentation & runbooks — maintain platform documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks.
• Standards, enablement & architecture partnership — document platform standards and guardrails; enable engineering and business-unit teams to build safely on the platform; partner with Data Platforms & Tooling on Snowflake architecture and solution design.
• Technical oversight — provide guidance and technical oversight to distributed / offshore Snowflake administration resources.

What You’ll Bring to Zelis:

• 8+ years in data platform / data engineering roles, including 5+ years hands-on Snowflake administration in production.
• Deep RBAC / security design and data-governance experience (masking, access policies).
• Strong warehouse tuning, performance, and cost-optimization skills.
• Infrastructure-as-code, scripting, and CI/CD for Snowflake (Terraform, Bash/Python, schemachange, dbt, GitHub, or equivalent).
• Advanced SQL (Python preferred) and strong data-warehousing / dimensional-modeling fundamentals.
• Experience running Snowflake on AWS (S3 external stages, storage integrations) and familiarity with core AWS services.

Preferred qualifications

• SnowPro Core certification (SnowPro Advanced: Administrator a plus).
• Healthcare data experience; working knowledge of HIPAA / PHI controls and DLP.
• Experience protecting sensitive data at scale (tokenization, dynamic data masking).
• Familiarity with Sigma, dbt, OpenFlow ingestion, and the medallion architecture.
• Exposure to Snowflake Cortex / AI workloads and their governance implications.

Location and Workplace Flexibility

Zelis is headquartered in the U.S., with multiple locations across the country and in Hyderabad, India. Check out our locations to learn more about our offices. All employee work locations are based on the needs of the position and are determined by the Leadership team. In-office work and activities vary based on work and team objectives in accordance with Company policies. While location expectations vary by role, candidates within approximately 50 miles of a U.S. office are generally preferred to support collaboration when needed. Our hybrid approach is flexible, and in-office presence is guided by team and business needs rather than a fixed weekly schedule.

Base Salary Range

Base Salary Range $139,000.00 - $176,700.00 At Zelis we are committed to providing fair and equitable compensation packages. The base salary range allows us to make an offer that considers multiple individualized factors, including experience, education, qualifications, as well as job-related and industry-related knowledge and skills, etc. Base pay is just one part of our Total Rewards package, which may also include discretionary bonus plans, commissions, or other incentives depending on the role. Zelis’ full-time associates are eligible for a highly competitive benefits package as well, which demonstrates our commitment to our employees’ health, well-being, and financial protection. The US-based benefits include a 401k plan with employer match, flexible paid time off, holidays, parental leaves, life and disability insurance, and health benefits including medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Zelis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications for the role. We believe in the value of diverse perspectives and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all.

Accessibility Support

We are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require a reasonable accommodation with any part of the application and/or interview process, please email [e-mail].