Snowflake FinOps & Platform Administrator

KData Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

KData Inc. is seeking a seasoned Snowflake FinOps & Platform Administrator to own and optimize enterprise Snowflake environments and AWS-backed infrastructure.

The role demands 15+ years in IT, deep Snowflake DBA experience, and a strong FinOps background with cost governance across compute, storage, and networking. The candidate will implement RBAC, data masking, secure data sharing, and GitOps-driven automation using Terraform and GitHub Actions, driving performance and cost improvements while

Qualifications

• Extensive Snowflake platform expertise in large multi-account setups.
• 15+ years in IT systems administration or cloud platform ops.
• Proven FinOps success with cost reductions across warehouses and storage.
• Strong AWS security, governance, and IAM concepts.
• Experience with IaC tools and GitOps delivery.

Responsibilities

• Manage, configure, and maintain multi-account Snowflake enterprise environments.
• Lead database administration, upgrades, user access patterns, and workload profiling.
• Implement RBAC, data masking, secure data sharing, and governance.
• Troubleshoot platform issues, query inefficiencies, contention, and connectivity incidents.
• Design and track FinOps across Snowflake compute, warehouses, storage, and AWS services.
• Assess warehouse sizing, auto-suspend/resume, multi-cluster concurrency, and query tuning.
• Establish cost baselines, chargeback/showback, budgets, and telemetry for savings.
• Monitor AWS consumption tied to Snowflake workflows and optimize storage/network costs.
• Codify provisioning and policy enforcement with Terraform.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines via GitHub and adhere to GitOps practices.
• Automate health checks, alerts, and reporting.

Skills

Snowflake Administration

FinOps

Platform Engineering

Terraform

GitHub Actions

GitOps

AWS

RBAC design

Data masking

Automation

CI/CD

IaC

Cost optimization

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Snowflake

AWS

Job description

Snowflake FinOps & Platform Administrator

We are seeking a seasoned, hands-on Snowflake FinOps & Platform Administrator with 15+ years of core IT experience to manage, secure, and optimize our enterprise Snowflake platform and supporting AWS infrastructure .

This is strictly a SysAdmin / DBA / Platform Engineer profile—not a data engineer or ETL developer . The ideal candidate brings extensive background in enterprise infrastructure, database administration, platform performance tuning, multi-account governance, infrastructure as code, and cloud financial management (FinOps) . You will take direct ownership of configuring environments, diagnosing bottlenecks, implementing cost-saving measures, and automating administration via modern GitOps pipelines .

Key Responsibilities

Snowflake Administration & DBA Operations

Manage, configure, and maintain multi-account Snowflake enterprise environments .

Lead database administration, system upgrades, user access patterns, and query workload profiling .

Implement robust platform governance, role-based access controls (RBAC), data masking policies, and secure data sharing .

Troubleshoot and resolve platform issues, complex query inefficiencies, resource contention, and connectivity incidents .

Snowflake & AWS FinOps (Cost & Performance Optimization)

Design, implement, and track end-to-end FinOps frameworks across Snowflake compute, warehouses, storage, and AWS services .

Analyze warehouse sizing, auto-suspend/resume mechanics, multi-cluster concurrency scaling, and query tuning to drive sustained cost reductions without impacting SLA .

Establish cost baselines, chargeback/showback allocation models, budget thresholds, and telemetry to quantify realized savings .

Monitor AWS infrastructure consumption tied to Snowflake data workflows and optimize cloud storage tiers and networking egress/ingress costs .

Automation, GitOps & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Codify and automate Snowflake provisioning, configurations, and policy enforcement using Terraform .

Build, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines via GitHub adhering to strict GitOps best practices .

Automate operational health checks, alerting, and reporting workflows.

Requirements

Required Experience & Qualifications

Overall IT Experience:15+ years of progressive experience in IT systems administration, enterprise database administration (DBA), or cloud platform operations.

Extensive Snowflake Platform Expertise: Deep hands-on experience acting as a primary Snowflake Administrator / DBA in large, multi-account enterprise setups .

Demonstrated FinOps Success: Proven track record analyzing credit consumption, identifying waste, and actively driving quantifiable cost optimizations across warehouses, storage, and queries .

Cloud Infrastructure (AWS): Strong background managing AWS services, cost allocation, security configurations, and infrastructure integration with Snowflake .

Security & Governance: Deep understanding of Snowflake security models, including granular RBAC design, row/column-level masking, network policies, and data sharing protocols .

IaC & Tooling: Proficient in provisioning and deploying resources via Terraform, GitHub Actions, and GitOps delivery pipelines .

Hands-on Mindset: Able to independently diagnose, benchmark, configure, and execute technical solutions end-to-end .

Required Certifications

Snowflake SnowPro Advanced: Architect

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional