Sr Analyst, Data Platform Engineering

University of Richmond; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Discount Program

Career Development Opportunities

Paid Sick Leave

Job summary

Join United Rentals as a Senior Analyst, Data Platform Engineering, where you will be the primary Snowflake administrator. This role involves the design and development of data pipelines from various sources to develop data layers for business intelligence and AI applications.

With 5+ years of relevant experience required, you will enable tools such as Claude and ChatGPT, ensuring the data platform's performance and security.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or database administration.
• At least 1 year of hands-on Snowflake administration in production.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Administer Snowflake platform and ensure performance and security.
• Design and build data pipelines for data ingestion.
• Enable AI applications and manage data shares.

Skills

Snowflake administration

Data engineering

SQL programming

ETL/ELT tools

AI enablement

BI visualization

Agile development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science

Master’s Degree (preferred)

Tools

Snowflake

Tableau

Fivetran

Matillion

Postman

Job description

Great company. Great people. Great opportunities.

If you’d like the chance to make your mark with the world’s largest equipment rental provider, come build your future with United Rentals!

The Senior Analyst, Data Platform Engineering serves as the team’s primary Snowflake administrator and data pipeline engineer, responsible for the day-to-day security, performance, and reliability of United Rentals’ Snowflake platform. This role designs and builds data pipelines that ingest data from a wide variety of sources, and develops the curated, agent-ready data layers that power the enterprise’s BI and AI ecosystem. The Senior Analyst plays a lead role in enabling AI applications such as Claude and ChatGPT across the organization, including configuring and monitoring AI agents, building semantic views, and managing data shares between Snowflake accounts. This person is also responsible for activating and testing Snowflake Private Preview capabilities, helping the team stay ahead of platform innovation and bringing new capabilities into production.

What you’ll do:

• Snowflake Platform Administration

• Data Pipeline & Ingestion Engineering

• AI & Agent Enablement

• Curate Data & Semantic Views

• Organizational Support & Enablement

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field, with a Master’s Degree preferred

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, database/platform administration, or business intelligence, including at least 1 year with hands‑on experience administering Snowflake or a similar cloud data platform in a production environment

• Hands‑on experience with a multi‑account Snowflake architecture

• Strong SQL programming skills

• Experience with data ingestion and ETL/ELT tools, e.g. Fivetran/HVR, Matillion, dbt, Coalesce, Postman

• Familiarity with AI/LLM enablement and tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Github Copilot, Snowflake Cortex Code

• Experience with BI and visualization tools like Tableau or Sigma is a plus

• Understanding of agentic architectures, including MCP servers and agent-to-agent communication, is a plus

• Snowflake certification (SnowPro Core or Advanced) a strong plus

• Familiarity with agile development practices

• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a focus on practical problem‑solving within constraints

• Strong technical documentation skills

• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills to work collaboratively and cross‑functionally with IT and business leads daily

_ Why join us? _

We don’t just “talk the talk!” We’re an award-winning company (recently named a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2026) that truly cares about our people - That’s why we offer best-in-class benefits and perks that will support you and your family. In addition to our health and financial plans, we also offer:

• Paid Parental Leave

• United Compassion Fund

• Employee Discount Program

• Career Development & Promotional Opportunities

• Additional Vacation Buy Up Program (US Only)

• Early Wage Access through Payactiv (US Hourly Only)

• Paid Sick Leave

• An inclusive and welcoming culture

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United Rentals, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other status protected by law. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point of the application process, please email [e-mail] for assistance.

At United Rentals, we proudly hire active duty members, veterans, reservists, and their families. The values that define your service—leadership, discipline, integrity, and teamwork—are the same values that drive our success. With many veterans already part of our team, we’re ready to help you transition into a rewardingcareer.

_ United Rentals consists of a wide variety of roles with different duties and responsibilities. The actual pay rate offered to candidates varies depending upon a wide range of factors including specific position, location, education, training, experience, skills, and ability. _