Snowflake Platform Engineer (Intermediate-Senior) (Toronto)

Snowflake Platform Engineer (Intermediate–Senior) for Next Pathway - The Automated Cloud Migration Company

Location: Downtown Toronto, ON (Onsite, Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

Duration: 4‑Month Contract (Strong Potential for Extension)

Company: Next Pathway

Next Pathway is seeking an experienced Snowflake Platform Engineer to support a major enterprise client that is building a new Snowflake environment from the ground up. This is not a migration project; the successful candidate will be responsible for the ongoing administration, optimization, governance, and operational management of a newly established Snowflake platform. This role is ideal for a hands‑on Snowflake professional who enjoys platform engineering, performance tuning, security management, and ensuring a highly available and well‑governed data environment.

Responsibilities

Snowflake Platform Administration

• Manage and maintain the client’s Snowflake environment on a day‑to‑day bas • is.Configure and administer Snowflake accounts, virtual warehouses, databases, schemas, and objects
• Monitor platform health, usage, performance, and resource consumption
• Implement and maintain Snowflake best practices and operational standards

Performance Tuning & Optimization

• Analyze workloads and query performance to identify optimization opportunities
• Tune virtual warehouses for performance and cost efficiency
• Monitor storage utilization and compute consumption
• Recommend and implement performance improvements across the platform

Security & Access Management

• Manage user accounts, roles, permissions, and access controls
• Implement and maintain role‑based access control (RBAC) frameworks
• Support governance, compliance, and security requirements
• Conduct periodic reviews of user access and platform security settings

Platform Operations & Support

• Troubleshoot platform issues and resolve operational incidents
• Provide support to data engineers, analysts, and businessusers
• Develop and maintain operational documentation, standards, and procedures
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to support ongoing platform growth and adoption

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in data platform administration, cloud data warehousing, or data engineering
• 2+ years of hands‑on Snowflake administration experience
• Solid understanding of Snowflake architecture, security model, and platform operations
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
• Strong SQL skills and understanding of data warehouse concepts
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem‑solving abilities
• Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with client stakeholders
• Experience managing: Users, roles, and permissions, Virtual warehouses, Resource monitoring and governance, Performance tuning and optimization

Preferred Qualifications

• SnowPro Certification (Core or Advanced)
• Experience implementing Snowflake governance and security frameworks
• Familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code and automation tools
• Experience supporting enterprise‑scale Snowflake environments
• Knowledge of data engineering and modern data platform best practices

What Success Looks Like

• Stable, secure, and well‑governed Snowflake environment
• Optimized platform performance and cost management
• Effective user access management and security controls
• Strong operational support and stakeholder satisfaction
• Documentation and processes that support long‑term platform growth

Location: Downtown Toronto

Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM