Snowflake Administration

Job Overview:

• The Snowflake Platform Administrator is tasked with the secure management and support of the Snowflake data platform across various business sectors.
• This position emphasizes platform administration, access governance, integration enablement, and operational support to guarantee reliable and compliant data ingestion and replication throughout enterprise systems.
• By collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders, the administrator ensures a smooth data flow between Snowflake and integrated platforms such as Kafka, Confluent Cloud, ADLS, and other downstream systems.
• At a senior level, the role also involves contributing to platform optimization, performance tuning, cost efficiency, and governance enforcement while facilitating scalable and secure data platform operations in multi-cloud settings.

Core Responsibilities:

• Serve as the Snowflake Platform Administrator within the client ecosystem.
• Oversee the administration, governance, and operational stability of the Snowflake platform.
• Facilitate data onboarding using standardized Snowflake integration patterns.
• Ensure compliance with RBAC, SSO security, and audit controls.
• Assist onboarding teams with connector creation, configuration, and validation.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure a secure and scalable Snowflake platform architecture.
• Possess knowledge of Terraform, as there are several Terraform scripts utilized.
• Demonstrate the ability to comprehend and write stored procedures.
• Have a foundational understanding of Python and Java scripts.
• Be familiar with GITHUB and Jira.
• Manage Snowflake roles at the account, database, schema, and object levels using the RBAC model, including roles, role hierarchy, and grants.
• Administer Azure AD SSO group mappings, SCIM, and OAuth integration for automated user provisioning and access control.
• Maintain environment segregation for domain-based roles and database structures (DEV, QA, PROD) along with domain schemas.
• Oversee access lifecycle management, granting and revoking roles and privileges via ServiceNow request workflows, and ensure compliance documentation updates.
• Support the lifecycle management of Snowflake objects including databases, schemas, tables, views, stages, tasks, and streams.
• Assist in data platform onboarding and integration enablement, including schema setup, access provisioning, and initial environment configuration.
• Manage configurations for data access and sharing, secure data sharing, external integrations, and role-based access segregation.
• Implement RBAC policies across account, database, schema, and object levels to ensure domain-based access segregation.
• Collaborate with security teams on firewall rules, VPN approvals, and access governance.
• Perform data validation and quality assurance.
• Provide monitoring and incident support.
• Prepare and maintain Snowflake SOLD Solution Design Documents, integration templates, and knowledge base articles for access and onboarding.

Technical Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in Snowflake platform administration.
• Manage the daily administration of Snowflake environments, databases, and schemas.
• Oversee compute warehouse scalability, performance, and cost optimization.
• Ensure platform stability, availability, and operational efficiency.
• Handle incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Experience with Snowflake schemas, RBAC permissions, and Azure ADLS PrivateLink networking.
• Understanding of data mesh and domain-driven architecture.
• Experience with VPN, Proxy, SSH tunnels, and Static IP configurations.
• Coordinate activities with infrastructure and networking teams.
• Monitor and troubleshoot data pipelines.
• Manage incidents and changes effectively.
• Experience with Snowflake and Confluent Kafka is a significant advantage.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance standards.
• Experience in Agile environments and CI/CD practices.
• Familiarity with ServiceNow workflows.
• Exposure to data-related domains and Manta.

Additional Information:

• Infosys is a premier global provider of next-generation digital services and consulting.
• We assist clients in over 50 countries in navigating their digital transformation journeys.
• With more than 40 years of experience in managing global enterprises' systems and operations, we expertly guide our clients through their digital evolution.
• We empower enterprises with an AI-driven core that prioritizes change execution.
• We enable businesses to achieve agile digital scalability, delivering exceptional performance and customer satisfaction.
• Our continuous learning agenda fosters improvement by building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and innovative ideas from our ecosystem.
• All employment aspects at Infosys are based on merit, competence, and performance.
• We are dedicated to promoting diversity and fostering an inclusive workplace for all employees.
• Infosys proudly stands as an equal opportunity employer.

Preferred Skills:

Technology->Data on Cloud-DataStore->Snowflake