Robert Walters

Snowflake (Cortex) Platform Engineer - Insurance

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This role is for a Snowflake (Cortex) Platform Engineer in the insurance sector, offering a contract of unspecified length at a competitive pay rate. Key skills include Snowflake administration, security expertise, and Terraform experience. SnowPro certification is highly desirable.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
June 26, 2026
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Unknown
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
London
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#SQL (Structured Query Language) #"ETL (Extract #Transform #Load)" #Snowflake #Cloud #Data Engineering #Alation #Azure #Deployment #Matillion #Python #Logging #dbt (data build tool) #Automation #Scala #Collibra #Fivetran #Snowpark #Security #AI (Artificial Intelligence) #Terraform
Role description
Join a leading global investment management firm undergoing a major data transformation. You'll take ownership of a business-critical Snowflake platform (Cortex), ensuring it remains secure, scalable, high-performing, and well-governed across the organisation. Join a leading global investment management firm undergoing a major data transformation. You'll take ownership of a business-critical Snowflake platform, ensuring it remains secure, scalable, high-performing, and well-governed across the organisation. Key Responsibilities • Own Snowflake platform administration, performance, and cost optimisation. • Manage RBAC, access controls, SSO integrations, and security policies. • Implement data masking, row-level security, audit logging, and network controls. • Deliver platform upgrades, new feature adoption, and Terraform-based deployments. • Partner with Data Engineering, Security, and Cloud teams to drive best practices and continuous improvement. • Act as the Snowflake SME for platform operations, governance, and architecture. Essential Skills • Strong enterprise Snowflake administration experience. • Cortex AI • Expertise in Snowflake security, RBAC, governance, and access management. • Experience with warehouse management, performance tuning, and cost optimisation. • Strong SQL skills and knowledge of Account Usage and Information Schema. • Terraform (or similar Infrastructure-as-Code tooling). • Cloud platform, networking, and identity management experience (e.g. Okta, Azure AD). • Available to start within 1 month (maximum notice period). Highly Desirable • SnowPro certification. • Snowpark, Dynamic Tables, Data Sharing, or Clean Rooms. • Python automation. • dbt, Fivetran, Matillion, Alation, or Collibra. • Experience within regulated environments. Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates