Job Type: Full Time

Job Category: IT

Job Description

Snowflake Tech Lead

Full Time.

Bangalore, INDIA

Experience: 8+ Years

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance Snowflake architectures.
  
  
• Drive the implementation of medallion architecture (Bronze, Silver, Gold layers) and enterprise data modeling standards.
  
  
• Design and implement transformation frameworks using dbt (data build tool) for modular, testable, and version-controlled data models.
  
  
• Design and standardize automated onboarding and environment provisioning frameworks for rapid, repeatable deployments.
  
  
• Provide technical leadership to data engineering teams building ELT/ETL pipelines and data transformation workflows.
  
  
• Design, implement, and govern CI/CD pipelines for Snowflake objects, data pipelines, and IaC deployments.
  
  
• Establish best practices for performance tuning, cost optimization, clustering strategies, workload management, and resource governance.
  
  
• Conduct code reviews, and enforce development standards across teams.
  
  
• Mentor engineers and act as the primary technical escalation point for Snowflake-related initiatives.
  
  
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders including Data Architects, DevOps, Cloud, and Security teams.
  
  
• Define and drive enterprise data strategy and operating model, including data domain ownership, data product thinking, SLA/SLO definitions, platform roadmap planning, and alignment with business KPIs.
  
  
•  Establish enterprise data quality, governance, and metadata management frameworks, including automated data validation, lineage tracking, catalog integration, schema evolution controls, and regulatory compliance (e.g., PII governance).
  
  
•  Lead modernization and transformation initiatives, including legacy EDW decommissioning, large-scale data migrations, streaming-first architectures, and adoption of event-driven and lakehouse patterns across the organization.
  
  
•  Lead Snowflake platform performance, scalability, and cost optimization initiatives, including advanced query tuning (Query Profile analysis, micro-partition pruning, clustering key strategy), multi-cluster warehouse optimization, and enterprise cost governance using Resource Monitors and chargeback frameworks.
  
  
•  Design and govern secure, enterprise-grade Snowflake environments, including cross-account and cross-region data sharing (Secure Shares, Reader Accounts), robust RBAC models with least-privilege principles, dynamic data masking, row access policies, and disaster recovery/failover strategies.
  
  
•  Drive implementation of scalable ingestion, orchestration, and observability frameworks leveraging Streams & Tasks for CDC, Snowpipe/Snowpipe Streaming for near real-time data pipelines, and comprehensive monitoring using ACCOUNT_USAGE, INFORMATION_SCHEMA, and custom telemetry dashboards.
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• Snowflake extensive hands-on implementation experience.
  
  
• 8+ years of experience in data engineering and enterprise data warehousing.
  
  
• Proven experience leading automated, scalable onboarding and provisioning frameworks.
  
  
• Deep experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
  
  
• Advanced SQL expertise and strong programming skills in Python or similar scripting languages.
  
  
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  
  
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and driving architectural decisions.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Snowflake certification
  
  
• Familiarity with DevOps and DataOps best practices.
  
  
• Experience with enterprise-scale migrations to Snowflake.
  
  
• Exposure to multi-account Snowflake strategy and cross-region data sharing.
  
  
• Strong stakeholder communication and solution design documentation skills.

Required Skills