Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer - Infrastructure, Security & Cost Optimizatio

At Zelis, we Get Stuff Done. So, let's get to it! A Little About Us Zelis is modernizing the healthcare financial experience for all by providing a connected platform that bridges the gaps and aligns interests across payers, providers, and healthcare consumers. This platform serves more than 750 payers, including the top 5 national health plans, BCBS insurers, regional health plans, TPAs, and self-insured employers, along with millions of healthcare providers and consumers. Zelis identifies, optimizes, and solves problems holistically with technology built by healthcare experts, driving real, measurable results for clients. A Little About You You bring a unique blend of personality and professional expertise to your work, inspiring others with your passion and dedication. Your career reflects diverse experiences, community involvement, and valuable lessons learned along the way. You are more than just your resume; you are a reflection of your achievements, knowledge, and personal interests. Position Overview We are seeking a Senior Snowflake Platform Engineer to take ownership of the administration, security, cost efficiency, and optimization of our Snowflake environment as part of our enterprise data platform. This role focuses on building and scaling a governed, secure, and cost-optimized Snowflake environment supporting our analytics and AI initiatives. What You'll Do Governance & Security Manage Snowflake user/role provisioning, RBAC, object-level access, and network policies. Implement SSO (Okta or AzureAD), MFA, and key-pair authentication mechanisms. Enforce data masking, row-level security, and tagging policies for compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, etc). Cost Optimization Set up and maintain resource monitors, auto-suspend/resume policies, and usage tracking. Partner with finance to build cost attribution and chargeback models across business units. Tune warehouse sizing and query usage to minimize consumption while maintaining performance. Automation & DevOps Automate Snowflake object deployment and permission management using Terraform, Liquibase, or other IaC tools. Integrate Snowflake into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins). Own platform configuration standards across environments (dev, test, prod). Monitoring & Performance Monitor platform health using Snowflake's Account Usage schema and integrate with observability platforms like Datadog, Splunk, or CloudWatch. Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks at the query, warehouse, and workload levels. Lead tuning and optimization efforts to ensure scalable, reliable Snowflake operations. Collaboration & Platform Evolution Serve as subject matter expert for Snowflake, partnering with engineering, InfoSec, DevOps, and data teams. Define and enforce naming conventions, tagging policies, and data sharing protocols. Evaluate and implement new Snowflake features (e.g., Native Apps, Snowpark, Streams/Tasks). What You'll Bring 7+ years of experience in data platforms, with 3+ years administering Snowflake in production. Proven expertise in Snowflake account management, warehouse optimization, and cost governance. Strong understanding of RBAC, network security, SSO, and data protection standards. Hands-on experience with Terraform, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code. Familiarity with data ingestion pipelines (e.g., Snowpipe, ADF, Fivetran) and their interaction with Snowflake. Ability to monitor, tune, enforce policies, and scale with demand. Knowledge of observability tools and alerting practices. Preferred Skills SnowPro Core or SnowPro Advanced (Admin or Architect) Certification. Experience integrating Snowflake with tools like Alation, Collibra, Power BI, Tableau, or Databricks. Familiarity with Erwin or other data modeling tools. Experience in regulated industries (healthcare, finance) is a plus. What This Role Is Not Not a BI Developer or Analyst. Not a Data Engineer focused on building ELT pipelines. This is a platform engineer role owning infrastructure, security, performance, and cost management of Snowflake. Location and Workplace Flexibility Offices in Atlanta, Boston, Morristown, Plano, St. Louis, St. Petersburg, and Hyderabad. We support hybrid and remote work, based on position needs and leadership decisions. Equal Employment Opportunity Zelis is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other protected characteristics. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Accessibility Support For accommodations during the application process, contact Disclaimer We are an equal opportunity employer. All statements are to describe the general nature of work and are not exhaustive. Duties may be outside normal responsibilities from time to time. #J-18808-Ljbffr