Senior Engineer, Data Platform and Governance – Snowflake, AWS

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

📋 Description

• Develop and implement security frameworks for Snowflake, encompassing RBAC, network policies, authentication protocols, and dynamic data masking.

• Create architectural strategies for cost optimization in Snowflake, focusing on warehouse sizing, compute virtualization, resource monitoring, query tagging, and planning for reserved capacity.

• Enforce row-level access policies, column-level masking, tagging of PII objects, and audit trails for Access History.

• Integrate Okta with Snowflake using SCIM and manage scalable role hierarchies.

• Construct and uphold Terraform/IaC configurations across various environments.

• Design automated workflows for access requests, approvals, and certifications through CI/CD pipelines.

• Develop governance monitoring pipelines to detect real-time access anomalies and policy breaches.

• Implement SOX controls, create audit-ready access reports, and maintain comprehensive evidence packages.

• Streamline the collection of compliance evidence and ensure continuous validation of compliance.

• Design secure data sharing mechanisms across Snowflake, Iceberg, and AWS services.

• Provide support for data orchestration using Airflow (MWAA), Lambda, and EventBridge, ensuring governance controls are in place.

• Guarantee consistent governance for Iceberg tables within multi-engine data architectures.

• Lay down governance foundations for Snowflake's AI and ML capabilities.

• Promote cost observability through resource monitoring, alerts, and query tagging.

• Uphold platform reliability and facilitate self-service access as the technical governance expert.

⛳️ Requirements

• Expertise in Snowflake, including RBAC design, row-level security, dynamic data masking, network/authentication policies, resource monitoring, and Access History.

• Practical experience with Terraform/IaC.

• Familiarity with the AWS cloud platform, including S3 storage integrations, IAM trust policies, and multi-engine data architectures.

• Experience in identity and access management with scalable RBAC hierarchies, federated authentication, and Okta/SCIM integration.

• Background in supporting SOX or SOC 2 compliance programs, along with expertise in audit evidence and control documentation.

• Proficiency in SQL for access auditing and governance reporting.

• Knowledge of Iceberg table formats and schema evolution.

• Experience in Python or a similar scripting language.

• Familiarity with Airflow, Lambda, or EventBridge.

• Exposure to Snowflake AI/ML technologies, including Cortex, Agents, or Snowpark ML.

• Experience with metadata automation tools like Alation or Collibra.

• Proficiency in using GitHub workflows for infrastructure modifications and governance testing.

• Proven ability to cultivate enterprise data governance cultures and manage change at scale.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Opportunities for mentorship, learning programs, leadership development, and educational support.

• Paid time off for volunteering.

• Free Fridays in August.

• Resources for well-being.

• Programs tailored to the needs of employees and their families in specific regions.