Lead Snowflake Administrator (Principal Level)

Lead Snowflake Administrator (Principal Level) 📍 Location: Bangalore / Pune About the Role We are looking for an experienced

Lead Snowflake Administrator to manage and optimize our Snowflake data platform. You will ensure the platform is

secure, scalable, high-performing, and cost-efficient , while also mentoring teams and working closely with engineering and security stakeholders. Key Responsibilities

• End-to-end Snowflake administration (setup, configuration, management)
• Optimize performance through tuning, clustering, and warehouse optimization
• Implement security policies (RBAC, masking, row-level security)
• Manage authentication & access (SSO, OAuth, MFA, network policies)
• Handle data sharing, replication, and disaster recovery
• Automate administration using Snowflake features (Tasks, Streams, Snowpark)
• Work with DevOps teams for CI/CD integrations (Terraform, dbt, etc.)
• Monitor performance, usage, and cost optimization opportunities
• Ensure compliance with security and governance standards
• Act as escalation point for critical production issues
• Mentor junior team members Primary Skills
• Snowflake Administration (Production-grade experience)
• SQL (Advanced level)
• Snowflake Architecture (Warehouses, Micro-partitions, Caching, Time Travel)
• RBAC, Data Masking, Row-level Security
• Snowflake Performance Tuning & Cost Optimization
• Snowpark (Python / Java / Scala)
• Cloud Platforms (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• ETL/ELT Tools (dbt, Fivetran, Informatica, Matillion)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Data Security, Governance & Compliance Nice to Have
• Tools: Alation, Collibra, Monte Carlo
• SnowPro Certification
• Strong leadership & stakeholder management skills 📩 Why Join Us Join a team building a modern data platform where your expertise directly drives scalability, performance, and business impact.