Senior Snowflake Architect (Platform & Administration)

Position Overview

What Youll Do

Architecture & Engineering

• Design and implement scalable Snowflake architectures supporting data warehouse data lake and data sharing use cases.

• Lead Snowflake solution design including:

• • Dimensional and analytical data models

  • Batch and near real-time ELT/ETL pipelines

  • Data integration and Snowflake Data Sharing

  • End-to-end data layers (Bronze / Silver / Gold) semantic views and analytics-ready datasets

  • Advanced Snowflake capabilities including Cortex AI and data agents

• Define and implement governance features such as Snowflake Horizon masking and encryption.

• Collaborate with data engineers analytics teams and product partners to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.

• Evaluate new Snowflake features and recommend adoption to improve performance scalability security and cost efficiency.

• Enable advanced analytics use cases in Snowflake including predictive modeling and anomaly detection using Cortex AI.

Platform Administration & Operations

• Own day-to-day administration of Snowflake environments across development test and production.

• Manage Snowflake configuration including warehouses databases schemas users roles and resource monitors.

• Monitor and optimize platform performance availability and cost usage.

• Implement and maintain Snowflake security controls including:

• • Role-based access control (RBAC)

  • Masking and row access policies

  • Governance and monitoring features

• Troubleshoot and resolve Snowflake performance pipeline and access issues.

• Design and implement data sharing replication disaster recovery/failover and backup strategies.

• Maintain platform documentation architecture diagrams and operational runbooks.

• Ensure adherence to enterprise privacy security and data governance standards.

• Provide guidance and technical oversight to distributed or offshore Snowflake administration resources.

What Youll Bring

• 810 years of experience in data engineering data architecture or data platform roles

• 45 years of hands-on Snowflake experience spanning architecture and administration

• Strong expertise in:

• • Snowflake architecture performance tuning and cost optimization

  • Data warehousing concepts and dimensional modeling

  • Advanced SQL; Python experience preferred

• Experience designing and operating ELT/ETL pipelines

• Working knowledge of Snowflake security and governance features

• Scripting and automation experience (e.g. Bash Terraform or similar tools)

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub

• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure

• Strong troubleshooting communication and collaboration skills

• Snowflake SnowPro Core certification preferred

Why Join Us

Youll play a critical role in shaping a modern enterprise-scale data platform working hands-on with Snowflakes latest capabilities while partnering with talented engineering and analytics teams to deliver meaningful business impact.

Base Salary Range

At Zelis we are committed to providing fair and equitable compensation packages. The base salary range allows us to make an offer that considers multiple individualized factors including experience education qualifications as well as job-related and industry-related knowledge and skills etc. Base pay is just one part of our Total Rewards package which may also include discretionary bonus plans commissions or other incentives depending on the role.

Zelis full-time associates are eligible for a highly competitive benefits package as well which demonstrates our commitment to our employees health well-being and financial protection. The US-based benefits include a 401k plan with employer match flexible paid time off holidays parental leaves life and disability insurance and health benefits including medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Zelis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage you to apply even if you dont meet 100% of the qualifications for the role. We believe in the value of diverse perspectives and experiences and are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all.

Accessibility Support
We are dedicated to ensuring our application process is accessible to all candidates. If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require a reasonable accommodation with any part of the application and/or interview process please email .

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities duties and skills from time to time.