Senior Snowflake Engineer (Snowflake Cortex & Data Engineering)

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What You Will Do:

• Design develop and optimize Snowflake data solutions supporting enterprise analytics reporting and data-driven decision making.

• Build scalable batch and near real-time data ingestion and processing pipelines using Snowpipe Streams Tasks Dynamic Tables and Snowpark.

• Develop and maintain advanced SQL-based solutions including complex stored procedures UDFs views and reusable data transformation frameworks.

• Design and implement enterprise-grade ELT/ETL pipelines and metadata-driven automation frameworks.

• Optimize Snowflake performance scalability reliability and cost through query tuning workload optimization and platform best practices.

• Implement secure governed data solutions leveraging Snowflake native capabilities including RBAC data sharing and governance controls.

• Design and support enterprise data warehouse data mart and lakehouse architectures.

• Integrate data from cloud on-premises API and SaaS data sources.

• Collaborate with architects analysts product owners and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality data products and solutions.

• Provide production support monitoring troubleshooting incident resolution and continuous platform improvement.

• Support AI and advanced analytics initiatives leveraging Snowflake Cortex Snowpark and related Snowflake capabilities.

What You Will Need:

• Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD PUBLIC TRUST; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

• Bachelors

• TEN (10) or more years of data engineering experience including 2 years of hands-on Snowflake experience.

• Experience in SQL development with extensive experience building and optimizing complex queries against large datasets.

• Experience developing and maintaining stored procedures UDFs views and data transformation logic.

• Deep understanding of Snowflake architecture including Virtual Warehouses micro-partitions clustering caching and performance optimization.

• Experience designing implementing and supporting Snowflake-native capabilities including Snowpipe Streams Tasks Dynamic Tables and Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns

• Experience administering secure scalable Snowflake environments and implementing RBAC data access controls and governance frameworks.

• Experience building scalable ELT/ETL frameworks and enterprise data pipelines.

• Experience with data quality reconciliation monitoring and operational support processes.

• Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines Git-based source control Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automated deployment practices.

• Familiarity with production support observability incident management and operational readiness best practices.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Hands-on experience implementing Snowflake Cortex capabilities and AI-powered data solutions.

• Experience with Cortex AI functions semantic search intelligent data applications and AI-driven analytics.

• Experience leveraging Snowpark (Python) for advanced data engineering analytics and AI/ML workloads.

• Understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) vector search LLM-powered applications and generative AI use cases within Snowflake.

• Experience with dbt and modern analytics engineering practices.

• Strong Python development experience.

• SnowPro Core SnowPro Advanced or other Snowflake certifications.

• Experience supporting regulated industries or large enterprise environments.

• Experience designing cloud-native data products that support machine learning advanced analytics and AI initiatives.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical Rx Dental & Vision Insurance

• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

• Parental Leave

• 401(k) Retirement Plan

• Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

• Health Savings Account Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

• Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

• Tuition Reimbursement Personal Development Certifications & Learning Opportunities

• Employee Referral Program

• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

• annual membership

• Employee Assistance Program

• Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care Hospital Indemnity Accident Insurance Legal Assistance and ID theft protection etc.)

• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity EmployerProtected Veterans Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law ordinance or regulation.

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