Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer

Cincinnati, OH


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Type: Contract

Category: Engineer

Industry: Financial Services

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -102026-109153

Date Posted: 10/20/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/fADoJ0


Description:

On-site in Cincinnati, OH

 

Our client seeks a Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer to provide hands-on technical leadership for administration, reliability, security, performance, and cost optimization of the enterprise Snowflake platform. The role partners with Data Engineering, Architecture, Security, and business teams to ensure a secure, scalable, and efficient data platform supporting critical workloads. The ideal candidate brings deep Snowflake administration experience, strong SQL and performance tuning skills, and the ability to troubleshoot complex production issues and implement platform improvements.

 

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

 

Rate: $100.00 to $115.00/hr. w2


Responsibilities:
  • Own day-to-day Snowflake platform administration, including user and role management, access controls, warehouse configuration, resource monitoring, and operational support.
  • Analyze and optimize query performance, warehouse utilization, concurrency, and compute costs using Snowflake monitoring and account usage capabilities.
  • Implement and maintain RBAC, least-privilege access, service accounts, authentication integrations, and data protection controls.
  • Establish platform standards for warehouse sizing, auto-suspend and auto-resume, resource monitors, workload isolation, and cost management.
  • Monitor platform health, investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative measures to improve reliability.
  • Manage database objects and platform hygiene, including schemas, tables, views, retention settings, and obsolete resource cleanup.
  • Support data integration and connectivity with AWS services, including S3, IAM, and relevant data ingestion and processing tools.
  • Automate administrative tasks and operational processes using SQL, Python, scripting, and APIs.
  • Develop operational dashboards, documentation, and procedures for platform monitoring, incident response, access reviews, and cost reporting.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on platform architecture, upgrades, new capabilities, and enterprise data initiatives.

Experience Requirements:
  • Extensive hands-on experience administering and supporting Snowflake in a production enterprise environment.
  • Strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, virtual warehouses, micro-partitions, caching, query execution, and resource consumption.
  • Advanced SQL skills with experience diagnosing and resolving query performance issues.
  • Practical experience implementing Snowflake RBAC, role hierarchies, grants, access policies, and secure access patterns.
  • Experience with warehouse sizing, workload management, cost monitoring, and compute optimization.
  • Experience troubleshooting production incidents and improving platform reliability.
  • Understanding of database administration, data governance, and enterprise security practices.
  • Ability to work independently, communicate effectively, and produce clear technical documentation.
  • Preferred: Integration with AWS S3, IAM, Glue, and enterprise data pipelines.
  • Preferred: Python or shell scripting for automation and administrative tasks.
  • Preferred: Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tools.
  • Preferred: Familiarity with resource monitors, ACCOUNT_USAGE, ORGANIZATION_USAGE, and query history analysis.
  • Preferred: Experience with masking policies, row access policies, network policies, and authentication integrations.
  • Preferred: Workload management, multi-cluster warehouses, replication, failover, and business continuity.
  • Preferred: SnowPro Core or Advanced certification.
  • Preferred: Experience in financial services or another regulated enterprise environment.

Recruitment Transparency Notice
 
Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (noreply@eliassen.com, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.
 

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please ensure that you are working directly with us by confirming the following:

· When you work with Eliassen Group, all email communication will come from an Eliassen.com address, never Gmail, Yahoo, etc.

· Eliassen Group will never ask you for personal information (home address, bank account, or check routing number) until you have worked with someone clearly associated with Eliassen Group.

If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact fraud@eliassen.com.

 
About Eliassen Group:
 
Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.
 
Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.
 
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