Snowflake/ETL Lead

Nexzentek; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexzentek is seeking a Senior Snowflake/ETL Lead for a remote role in the United States. You will design, build, and optimize Snowflake data platforms, collaborating with data engineering, analytics, and cloud teams to deliver scalable data solutions.

The role emphasizes administering Snowflake environments, data sharing, security governance, and cost optimization, with a hands-on focus on architecture and operations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in Data Engineering or Data Platforms
• 4+ years hands-on Snowflake and ETL administration
• Strong SQL, data modeling, and governance experience
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable Snowflake data warehouse and data lake solutions
• Develop ETL/ELT pipelines and analytics-ready datasets
• Implement Snowflake Data Sharing and Cortex AI features
• Create secure, governed data solutions with masking and encryption
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to translate requirements
• Evaluate Snowflake capabilities to improve performance and cost
• Manage Snowflake environments across dev, test, prod
• Monitor performance, costs, and data pipeline issues
• Maintain docs and runbooks
• Ensure data governance, privacy, and security compliance

Skills

Snowflake Architecture

Snowflake Administration

Data Warehousing

Dimensional Modeling

Advanced SQL

Performance Tuning

Security & Governance

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

GitHub & CI/CD

Troubleshooting & Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

Job Openings: 1

Experience: 10-12 Yrs

Published On: Oct 21, 2026, 09:53 pm

Job Description

Experience: 12+ Years

Location: Remote

The client is seeking a Senior Snowflake/ETL Lead with strong experience in Snowflake/ETL, administration, and cloud data platforms. This is a hands-on role responsible for designing, managing, securing, and optimizing the Snowflake environment while working closely with data engineering, analytics, and cloud teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable Snowflake data warehouse and data lake solutions.
• Develop data models, ETL/ELT pipelines, and analytics-ready datasets.
• Implement Snowflake Data Sharing and advanced features such as Cortex AI.
• Create secure and governed data solutions using masking, encryption, and access controls.
• Partner with business and technical teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Evaluate and adopt new Snowflake capabilities to improve performance, security, and cost efficiency.

Platform Administration

• Manage Snowflake environments across development, testing, and production.
• Administer databases, schemas, warehouses, users, roles, and permissions.
• Monitor platform performance, availability, and costs.
• Troubleshoot performance, data pipeline, and access issues.
• Implement disaster recovery, replication, backup, and failover strategies.
• Maintain documentation, architecture diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Ensure compliance with data governance, privacy, and security standards.
• Provide technical guidance to Snowflake administrators and support teams.

Required Skills:

• 8+ years of experience in Data Engineering, or Data Platforms.
• 4+ years of hands-on Snowflake and ETL administration experience.
• Strong expertise in:
• Snowflake Architecture & Administration
• Data Warehousing & Dimensional Modeling
• Advanced SQL
• Performance Tuning & Cost Optimization
• Snowflake Security & Governance
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms.
• Experience with GitHub and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and stakeholder management skills.