Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer - Cloud Data Platform

U.S. Bank; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 127,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Equity stock purchase plan

Job summary

U.S. Bank in Atlanta, GA seeks a Software Engineer to contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives in our data‑driven digital transformation.

You will design and operate an enterprise Snowflake data platform across multiple domains, managing the platform lifecycle, RBAC, and secure, multi‑account environments. The role emphasizes Terraform automation, CI/CD pipelines, and self‑service infrastructure, with a strong focus on security, compliance, and enterprise standards within a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Six to eight years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering with a focus on infrastructure, platform, or cloud-native systems.
• 2+ years of Snowflake administration at the account/platform level.
• Advanced Terraform expertise, including reusable module design and CI/CD integration.
• Deep experience with Azure networking, including Private Link, VNet peering, Private DNS Zones, and NSGs.
• Strong background in identity and access management (Entra ID, SAML, SCIM, OAuth 2.0).
• Secrets management with Vault and/or Azure Key Vault.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, preferably GitLab CI, with policy-as-code enforcement.
• Strong security mindset with RBAC and audit logging.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate the enterprise Snowflake data platform across multiple domains (Finance, HR, Supply Chain).
• Own the Snowflake platform lifecycle including account topology, RBAC, network architecture, governance, CI/CD automation, and disaster recovery.
• Build and maintain multi-account Snowflake environments (PROD/NONPROD/DEV) on Snowflake Business Critical edition.
• Implement secure Azure Private Link connectivity, private endpoints, Private DNS Zones, and network policy enforcement.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules to automate provisioning of Snowflake resources.
• Enable self-service platform consumption through validated YAML manifests deployed via Shield CI/CD pipelines.
• Integrate Snowflake with Entra ID (Azure AD) using SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, and enterprise RBAC patterns.
• Manage service account authentication, secrets, and key rotation using Vault and Azure Key Vault.
• Enforce security and compliance controls including data masking, row-level security, tagging, audit logging, and policy-as-code.
• Embed infrastructure and supply-chain security scanning into CI/CD pipelines (Checkov, tfsec, Semgrep, Snyk).
• Design for resiliency and cost efficiency with warehouse sizing, resource monitors, tags, and cost reporting.
• Own cross-region disaster recovery, replication strategies, and RPO/RTO adherence.
• Govern secure data sharing patterns and monitor usage and approvals.
• Partner with Cloud, IAM, Security, and FinOps to align with enterprise standards.

Skills

Snowflake administration

Terraform

Azure networking

IAM / Entra ID

CI/CD pipelines

Secrets management

Kubernetes/AKS

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI

HashiCorp Vault

Azure Key Vault

Checkov

tfsec

Semgrep

Snyk

Job description

U.S. Bank in Atlanta, GA seeks a Software Engineer to contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives in our data‑driven digital transformation.

You will design and operate an enterprise Snowflake data platform across multiple domains, managing the platform lifecycle, RBAC, and secure, multi‑account environments. The role emphasizes Terraform automation, CI/CD pipelines, and self‑service infrastructure, with a strong focus on security, compliance, and enterprise standards within a