Sr. Data Platform Engineer (Snowflake)

Sr. Data Platform Engineer (Snowflake)

for

Next Pathway -

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.
• Strong 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