Snowflake Platform Operations Engineer

Dexian; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Dexian is seeking a Data Platform Operations Engineer to join our cloud data team. You will ensure smooth day-to-day Snowflake operations, provide first-level support, and participate in DR exercises to maintain platform readiness.

You will collaborate with engineering to implement updates, manage Snowflake objects, and support IAM integrations (Entra/Azure AD, Vault) with strong emphasis on observability and incident response.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Snowflake platform operations or support.
• Proficiency in SQL and basic scripting (Python or Bash) for automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins and infrastructure automation tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with Linux system administration and batch scheduling tools like Autosys.
• Basic knowledge of AWS IaaS; Azure or GCP acceptable.
• Understanding of ITSM processes and tools, such as ServiceNow.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-level support for Snowflake platform applications, incident triage and resolution.
• Monitor Snowflake health and performance using observability tools (e.g., Splunk, Grafana, Snowsight).
• Participate in disaster recovery and rotation exercises for platform readiness.
• Develop and maintain runbooks for Snowflake support and recovery scenarios.
• Collaborate with engineering to implement platform updates and gather diagnostic information.
• Manage lifecycle of Snowflake objects (databases, schemas, roles).
• Operate IAM services, manage users/roles, and integrate with Entra or Vault; rotate secrets; troubleshoot SCIM.

Skills

SQL

Python or Bash

Linux

English

ITSM processes

Tools

GitLab

Bitbucket

Jenkins

Terraform

Ansible

Autosys

ServiceNow

Entra/Azure AD

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Dexian is seeking a Data Platform Operations Engineer to join our cloud data team. You will ensure smooth day-to-day Snowflake operations, provide first-level support, and participate in DR exercises to maintain platform readiness.

You will collaborate with engineering to implement updates, manage Snowflake objects, and support IAM integrations (Entra/Azure AD, Vault) with strong emphasis on observability and incident response.