Data Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Design and manage Terraform modules for the administration of Snowflake accounts, encompassing roles, warehouses, databases, grants, and integrations.

• Establish and oversee role-based access controls (RBAC), data governance tags, and dynamic masking policies in Snowflake utilizing Infrastructure as Code.

• Create and sustain CI/CD pipelines for modifications to Snowflake infrastructure using GitHub Actions.

• Oversee Snowflake security configurations, including network policies, service accounts, and identity provider integrations.

• Enhance Snowflake resource utilization, improve warehouse performance, and increase cost efficiency.

• Collaborate with engineering and analytics teams to define and uphold data governance policies and data classification standards.

• Develop monitoring and alerting systems for infrastructure drift detection and compliance.

• Contribute to enhancements in data lake architecture, including the adoption of open table formats (e.g., Apache Iceberg).

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in data engineering or data platform roles.

• Extensive experience in Snowflake administration, including RBAC, warehouses, masking policies, governance tags, network policies, storage integrations, and Snowpipe.

• Proven production experience with Terraform, focusing on module development, state management, and import workflows.

• Proficient in using Terragrunt for multi-environment infrastructure management.

• Strong skills in Python programming.

• Comprehensive understanding of data governance, security, and compliance best practices.

• Regular use of AI tools (e.g., Claude, Copilot, Cursor) in engineering workflows, as we expect this individual to utilize AI as a productivity enhancer.

• Familiarity with the Snowflake Terraform provider (snowflakedb/snowflake).

• Experience with AWS infrastructure components (S3, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager).

• Development of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.

• Knowledge of Apache Iceberg or open table formats.

• Experience in data governance and compliance within regulated sectors (fintech, banking, payments).

• Familiarity with dbt, Dagster, or similar transformation and orchestration tools.

• Experience with Okta/SCIM integration for identity and access management.

🏝️ Benefits

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