Senior Data Platform Engineer, Snowflake

• Own the hands-on engineering of JD Power's Snowflake data platform
• Translate platform architecture and governance direction into a production-grade, automated, and observable Snowflake environment
• Own Snowflake account, warehouse, and object architecture
• Manage Infrastructure-as-Code repository and CI/CD for Snowflake changes
• Implement RBAC, security controls, and identity integration
• Operate ingestion and integration patterns using Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks, managed connectors, Kafka, and Fivetran/Airbyte
• Monitor platform observability, costs, and performance; tune clustering, search optimization, materialized views, and queries
• Implement Snowflake objects, roles, and policies in Terraform
• Operate database CI/CD using Schemachange, Liquibase, dbt, or equivalent tooling
• Integrate Snowflake with IdP for SSO/SCIM and manage service accounts and key rotation
• Partner with InfoSec, Privacy, and Compliance on audit readiness and control attestation
• Define and meet SLOs for platform reliability, freshness, and cost
• Build dashboards and alerting and lead incident response for platform issues
• Document architecture decisions, patterns, and runbooks
• Enable Analytics Engineering, Product Engineering, and Data Science consumers

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional data platform, data engineering, or data infrastructure experience
• 3+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience at production scale
• Expertise in Snowflake RBAC design, warehouse sizing and cost governance, performance tuning, and security features
• Strong SQL and query profile optimization skills
• Python for tooling, automation, and pipelines
• Production Infrastructure-as-Code experience; Terraform required
• Database CI/CD using Schemachange, Liquibase, dbt, or equivalent
• Cloud fluency in AWS, including networking, IAM, storage, and Snowflake integration
• Ingestion experience with Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks, Kafka, and/or Fivetran/Airbyte
• Ability to author decision records and runbooks and influence without authority
• SnowPro Advanced certification preferred
• Hands-on dbt and modern Analytics Engineering experience preferred
• Experience with Snowflake Horizon Catalog, Polaris, Collibra, or Alation preferred
• Streaming and CDC experience preferred
• Iceberg/lakehouse architecture experience preferred
• Data observability tooling experience preferred
• Automotive, financial services, insurance, or regulated consumer-data experience preferred
• AI/ML workloads on Snowflake preferred
• Legally authorized to work in the country where employment is offered
• JD Power does not provide employment sponsorship for this position

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing and optimizing Snowflake data platforms, including hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and CI/CD practices. Proficient in data ingestion, performance tuning, and implementing security controls while ensuring compliance and operational excellence.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Snowflake Data Platform Management
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• SQL Query Optimization
• Data Ingestion (Snowpipe, Kafka)
• Cloud Fluency in AWS

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Snowflake
• SQL
• Python
• Terraform
• Schemachange
• Liquibase
• Dbt
• Snowpipe
• Kafka
• Data Observability

Soft Skills

• Influencing Without Authority
• Documentation Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

• SnowPro Advanced Certification

Industry Keywords

• Automotive
• Financial Services
• Insurance
• Regulated Consumer Data
• AI/ML Workloads

Tools & Technologies

• Fivetran
• Airbyte
• Collibra
• Alation
• Snowflake Horizon Catalog
• Polaris