Snowflake Admin
- Markham, ON, Canada
Compensation Range: CAD100k CAD 120K · Full-time
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Original job description
Avanciers Incorporated is hiring a Snowflake Admin for one of our clients.
Job Title: Snowflake Admin
Job Location: Markham, ON (5 Days Onsite)
Employment Type: Fulltime
Compensation Range: CAD100k CAD 120K
This is an active job and application deadline is Nov 15, 2026
(This posting may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found)
Job Description
Avanciers Incorporated is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
Important Information for Applicants
Avanciers Incorporated
www.avanciers.com
Job Title: Snowflake Admin
Job Location: Markham, ON (5 Days Onsite)
Employment Type: Fulltime
Compensation Range: CAD100k CAD 120K
This is an active job and application deadline is Nov 15, 2026
(This posting may close earlier if a suitable candidate is found)
Job Description
- 7 or more years of hands-on experience with Snowflake administration, platform engineering, or cloud data platform operations.
- Strong understanding of Snowflake architecture, including accounts, organizations, databases, schemas, warehouses, stages, tasks, streams, shares, integrations, and account usage views.
- Strong experience with Snowflake RBAC, role hierarchy design, access management, security administration, and least-privilege access patterns.
- Experience administering production Snowflake environments in an enterprise or regulated environment.
- Experience with Snowflake warehouse management, workload monitoring, query troubleshooting, performance tuning, and cost optimization.
- Experience with Snowflake security features such as network policies, authentication policies, masking policies, row access policies, object tagging, auditing, and service account controls.
- Working knowledge of identity integration patterns such as SSO, SCIM, Entra ID groups, MFA, service accounts, and key-pair authentication.
- Experience with Terraform or infrastructure-as-code practices for platform configuration and automated deployments.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitHub, or similar platforms.
- Working knowledge of AWS data services such as S3, IAM, Glue, Lambda, KMS, Secrets Manager, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, RDS, and PrivateLink.
- Strong understanding of change management, incident management, production support, operational readiness, and audit evidence requirements.
- We use AI-enabled tools to assist in screening applications based on job-related criteria.
Avanciers Incorporated is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing accessible employment practices that comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
Important Information for Applicants
- Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted
- Proof of qualifications may be requested
- Background checks may be conducted as part of the hiring process
- Avanciers Incorporated does not use Canadian Social Insurance Numbers (SIN) during the application process
Avanciers Incorporated
www.avanciers.com
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Responsibilities
Administer and engineer enterprise Snowflake environments, including access controls, security policies, warehouses, integrations, and platform configuration. Monitor workloads, troubleshoot and tune queries, optimize costs, automate deployments, and support production operations, change management, and audit requirements.
Requirements
Requires at least seven years of hands-on experience in Snowflake administration, platform engineering, or cloud data platform operations, with strong knowledge of Snowflake architecture, security, RBAC, SQL, and production support. Candidates should also have experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code practices, CI/CD tools, identity integrations, and AWS data services.
Skills
- Snowflake Administration
- Snowflake Architecture
- Role-Based Access Control
- Access Management
- Security Administration
- Warehouse Management
- Query Troubleshooting
- Performance Tuning
- Cost Optimization
- Identity Integration
- Terraform
- Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD
- SQL
- AWS Data Services
- Production Support
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Categories
- Technology
- Data & Analytics
- Software
- Security & Safety
Keywords
- Snowflake
- Snowflake Administration
- Platform Engineering
- Snowflake Architecture
- Role-Based Access Control
- Role Hierarchy
- Least-Privilege Access
- Warehouse Management
- Workload Monitoring
- Query History
- Performance Tuning
- Cost Optimization
- Network Policies
- Masking Policies
- Row Access Policies
- Single Sign-On
- SCIM
- Entra ID
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Key-Pair Authentication
- Terraform
- Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- Jenkins
- Bitbucket
- GitHub
- SQL
- AWS