Snowflake Developer

Company:
Commonwealth of MA

Location:
Boston MA

1-2 Days on Office

Hybrid

Pay:

$70/HR

Position:
Snowflake Developer

Job Description:
The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) Information Technology Division is seeking an experienced Senior Snowflake Developer to design develop and support the agencys cloud-based data warehouse environment. This role is responsible for building scalable data solutions that support reporting analytics and data-driven decision-making for EOHLCs Public Housing and Rental Assistance Divisions enabling program teams to effectively manage analyze and leverage critical housing and assistance data. The Developer will report to EOHLC Director of Information Technology Development.

Description of Duties

Responsibilities:

Design develop and maintain complex snowflake data warehouses including data modeling ETL processes and data quality control.

Ensure data integrity quality and security across all data warehousing activities.

Develop and maintain data pipelines to integrate data from various internal and external sources.

Develop and maintain data pipelines using tools for data transformation testing and deployment. Ensure data pipelines are scalable reliable and efficient.

Write Python code to automate data processing transformation and loading tasks including data ingestion data quality control and data visualization.

Collaborate with data analysts and business stakeholders to understand data requirements and develop data solutions that meet business needs.

Develop and maintain data visualizations and reports using Snowflakes built-in visualization tools or third-party tools like Tableau.

Ensure data quality integrity and security by developing data validation rules data cleansing processes and data access controls.

Optimize snowflake data warehouse performance scalability and reliability including monitoring and troubleshooting data issues.

Develop and maintain technical documentation including data dictionary data flow diagrams and code comments.

Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to ensure high-quality code and adherence to coding standards.

Work closely with the agencys data team and the overall state technology team to ensure alignment on data strategy and technology standards.

Communicate complex data findings to non-technical stakeholders in a clear and concise manner

Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior analysts and other team members

Qualifications:

8 years of experience in Snowflake data warehouse development and management data engineering field.

Strong understanding of Snowflake architecture data modeling and data warehousing concepts.

Proficiency with SQL including snowflakes SQL dialect and complex query writing for performance optimization.

Experience with Snowflake features including cloning time travel data sharing and micro-partitioning.

Strong understanding of Snowflakes architecture including virtual warehouses storage and compute separation.

Expertise in Snowflake Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) data masking and encryption.

Proficiency with data integration tools and ETL/ELT processes.

Experience in Python or similar scripting languages for automation and data processing.

Knowledge of data security and compliance standards as they relate to Snowflake.

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS Azure and services such as AWS Glue DMS S3 Appflow etc.

Knowledge of data governance frameworks and tools.

Strong experience integrating Snowflake with Tableau Salesforce third party APIs etc.

Strong analytical problem-solving and communication skills

Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with project teams and business teams

Team-oriented attitude and the proven ability to collaborate at all levels of an organization

Desired Skills/Experience:

SnowPro Advanced Architect or SnowPro Data Engineering certification is preferred.

Experience in building complex data pipelines in an multi cloud environment.

Experience implementing data masking and aggregation to reduce privacy risks

Experience integrating data from Salesforce solutions

Knowledge of CI/CD practices and tools.

Familiarity JIRA or other project management tools

Experience using GitHub

Experience working on projects in the affordable housing sector or other public benefit programs