Snowflake FinOps & Platform Administrator

This is a remote position.

Role Overview

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