Senior Snowflake Database Administrator

Position Title: Senior Snowflake Database Administrator Location: Jersey City, NJ/Houston, TX / Woodland Hills CA. Note:- I Need Snowflake Database Administrator Not Data Engineer Who are we looking for? We are looking for 8+ years of administrator experience in Snowflake/PostgreSQL/Cassandra Databases. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, and security of our Snowflake data warehouse environment. You will provide 24/7 production support, troubleshoot issues, monitor system health, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to maintain a reliable and efficient Snowflake platform. Technical Skills: • Proven experience as a Snowflake/PostgreSQL/Cassandra Databases Administrator or similar role in production support environments. • Strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, features, and best practices. • Expertise in SQL and performance tuning of complex queries. • Experience with Snowflake data sharing, cloning, time travel, and zero-copy cloning. • Familiarity with data security concepts and role-based access control in Snowflake. • Understanding of ETL/ELT tools and data integration patterns. • Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Snowflake native monitoring, third-party tools). • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. • Excellent communication and collaboration abilities. • Ability to work in a 24/7 support rotation and handle urgent production issues. • In-depth understanding of data management (e.g. permissions, recovery, security and monitoring) • Strong understanding of relational database concepts. • Experience with database design, modeling, and optimization is good to have • Proficiency in writing complex SQL queries and developing stored procedures. • Familiarity with data security is the best practice and backup procedures. Responsibilities • Production Support & Incident Management: • Provide timely support for Snowflake-related incidents and service requests. Monitor alerts, investigate root causes, and resolve issues to minimize downtime. • Performance Monitoring & Tuning: • Monitor Snowflake workloads, query performance, and resource utilization. Implement optimization techniques such as query tuning, warehouse resizing, and clustering to enhance efficiency. • Data Security & Compliance: • Manage access controls, roles, and permissions in Snowflake. Ensure data security policies and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA) are adhered to. • Backup & Recovery: • Develop and maintain data backup, restore, and recovery procedures to ensure data integrity and availability. • Collaboration & Documentation: • Work closely with data engineers, developers, and business users to understand requirements and support data workflows. Maintain up-to-date technical documentation and runbooks for operational procedures. • Automation & Process Improvement: • Develop automation scripts and tools to improve deployment, monitoring, and maintenance processes. • Capacity Planning: • Analyze trends in data growth and resource usage to forecast and plan capacity needs. Qualification: • Somebody who has at least 8+ years of experience in Snowflake/PostgreSQL/Cassandra Databases Administrator. • Education qualification: Any degree from a reputed college