Job Description
Job title: Cloud Engineer - Data Ops Snowflake
Location: Denver, Colorado
Duration: 12 Months
Job Description:
Security Clearance: OIT, FTI (IRS Pub 1075), and CJIS (Fingerprint-based)
1. Position Objective
The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is seeking a highly specialized Senior Operations and Data Engineer to serve as the primary administrator and technical lead for our Snowflake ecosystem. This role is a hybrid of platform operations and high-level data engineering, ensuring that sensitive state and federal data (FTI/CJIS) is managed within a secure, high-uptime, and cost-effective environment.
2. Preferred Qualifications
To be considered for this role, candidates should provide proof of the following:
- Active Snowflake Certification
- Background Clearance Readiness: Absolute eligibility to pass OIT, FTI (Federal Tax Information), and CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) background checks.
3. Key Responsibilities
Platform Operations & Administration
- Snowflake Mastery: Act as the lead administrator for Snowflake environments; manage platform uptime, vendor escalations, and patch/versioning communications.
- Environment Provisioning: Configure Snowflake, including complex RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) and security permissions.
- Governance & CI/CD: Implement and manage DataOps and CI/CD pipelines to automate deployments for the broader implementation team.
- Financial Stewardship: Configure cost-management features such as Snowflake resource monitors, budgets, and consumption tracking; consult on chargeback models.
Data Engineering & Transformation
- Pipeline Architecture: Develop robust ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest data from transactional systems (Line of Business) into the analytical Snowflake environment.
- Analytical Modeling: Translate Data Architect visions into technical reality by building complex transformations and target schemas.
- Quality Management: Design and deploy automated data cleansing and quality-check pipelines.
- Performance Engineering: Optimize data flows for specific latency and frequency requirements while maintaining credit efficiency.
4. Primary Deliverables
- Architectural Contributions: Design reviews, Architectural Plans, and Scope Documents.
- Deployment Assets: New account/environment deployments, security schemas, and permission assignments.
- Engineering Assets: Comprehensive ETL Pipeline Design Documents, Mapping Documents, and production-ready Pipelines.
- Product Backlog & Support Ticket Management; performance reports
- Weekly Status Reports