Snowflake Engineer (Snowflake Cortex & Data Engineering)

Dovel Technologies, Inc; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays and Parental Leave

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced Snowflake Engineer to design, build, and optimize enterprise data solutions. You will develop scalable ingestion pipelines, complex SQL, and Snowflake-native features to support analytics and AI initiatives.

Collaboration with architects, analysts, and product owners is essential, with strong focus on security, governance, and cost optimization. The role offers remote flexibility and requires holding a public trust with DoD eligibility, with salary ranging

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years data engineering with 2+ years Snowflake experience.
• Strong SQL development and performance tuning.
• Experience with Snowflake-native features (Snowpipe/Streams/Tasks).
• Knowledge of RBAC and data governance in cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize Snowflake data solutions for analytics.
• Develop batch and near real‑time ingestion pipelines with Snowpipe/Streams/Tasks.
• Create and optimize SQL queries, stored procedures, UDFs, and data transformations.
• Design and support ELT/ETL pipelines and metadata automation frameworks.
• Assist with RBAC, governance, data sharing, and security in Snowflake environments.
• Collaborate with architects, analysts, and stakeholders; provide production support.

Skills

Snowflake

SQL development

ELT/ETL

RBAC & governance

Snowflake Cortex

Snowpipe/Streams/Tasks

Snowflake architecture

Python

CI/CD

dbt

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Snowpark

Git

Terraform / IaC

UDFs/Stored Procedures

Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns

Job description

## Snowflake Engineer (Snowflake Cortex & Data Engineering)Applylocations: US - VA, McLean: US - Remote (Any location)time type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: 42768**Job Family:**Data Science & Analysis**Travel Required:**Up to 10%**Clearance Required:**Ability to Obtain Public Trust**What You Will Do:*** Design, develop, and optimize Snowflake data solutions supporting enterprise analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision making.* Build scalable batch and near real-time data ingestion and processing pipelines using Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and Snowpark.* Develop and maintain advanced SQL-based solutions, including complex stored procedures, UDFs, views, and reusable data transformation frameworks.* Design and implement enterprise-grade ELT/ETL pipelines and metadata-driven automation frameworks.* Optimize Snowflake performance, scalability, reliability, and cost through query tuning, workload optimization, and platform best practices.* Implement secure, governed data solutions leveraging Snowflake native capabilities, including RBAC, data sharing, and governance controls.* Design and support enterprise data warehouse, data mart, and lakehouse architectures.* Integrate data from cloud, on-premises, API, and SaaS data sources.* Collaborate with architects, analysts, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality data products and solutions.* Provide production support, monitoring, troubleshooting, incident resolution, and continuous platform improvement.* Support AI and advanced analytics initiatives leveraging Snowflake Cortex, Snowpark, and related Snowflake capabilities.**What You Will Need:*** Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.* Bachelors Degree* FIVE (5) or more years of data engineering experience, including TWO (2) years of hands-on Snowflake experience.* Experience in SQL development with extensive experience building and optimizing complex queries against large datasets.* Experience developing and maintaining stored procedures, UDFs, views, and data transformation logic.* Deep understanding of Snowflake architecture, including Virtual Warehouses, micro-partitions, clustering, caching, and performance optimization.* Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting Snowflake-native capabilities, including Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns* Experience administering secure, scalable Snowflake environments and implementing RBAC, data access controls, and governance frameworks.* Experience building scalable ELT/ETL frameworks and enterprise data pipelines.* Experience with data quality, reconciliation, monitoring, and operational support processes.* Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.* Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based source control, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated deployment practices.* Familiarity with production support, observability, incident management, and operational readiness best practices.**What Would Be Nice To Have:*** Hands-on experience implementing Snowflake Cortex capabilities and AI-powered data solutions.* Familiarity with production support, observability, incident management, and operational readiness best practices.* Experience with Cortex AI functions, semantic search, intelligent data applications, and AI-driven analytics.* Experience leveraging Snowpark (Python) for advanced data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.* Understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector search, LLM-powered applications, and generative AI use cases within Snowflake.* Experience with dbt and modern analytics engineering practices.* Strong Python development experience.* SnowPro Core, SnowPro Advanced, or other Snowflake certifications.* Experience supporting regulated industries or large enterprise environments.* Experience designing cloud-native data products that support machine learning, advanced analytics, and AI initiatives.The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.**What We Offer:**Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.Benefits include:* Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance* Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays* Parental Leave* 401(k) Retirement Plan* Group Term Life and Travel Assistance* Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance* Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts* Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits* Short-Term & Long-Term Disability* Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities* Employee Referral Program* Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach* Care.com annual membership* Employee Assistance Program* Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)* Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus