Senior Technical Engineer; Lead Snowflake Admin

Description

Acara Solutions seeks highly Senior Technical Engineer candidates to work with our client in Buffalo, NY
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Here s what you ll get:

• Hybrid
• Contract to Direct
• $115-$123.95/hr
• Start ASAP

Here s what you d do:

• Provides technical solutions, designs, documentation, and guidance, specifies solutions, and provides technical advice at the highest level of technical direction in the development and deployment of new or existing technical solutions.
• Work closely with Technology management, customers, and support teams regularly to lead the design, development, and execution of technical solutions that meet or exceed the current and future needs of the organisation.
• Primary responsibilities include infrastructure architecture and design, research, and development of new or expanded systems, creation of technology standards and policies, thorough analysis of user requirements and operational constraints, unit testing and system integration, and user acceptance testing.
• Regularly and independently interact with business partners of varying levels to ensure clarity of the problem/opportunity and elicit business requirements.
• Estimate the size of the effort needed to complete complex, moderate to large-scale projects where applicable.
• Coordinate vendor interactions and manage contract and vendor resources as needed.
• Mentor and coach less experienced engineers, technicians, and integrators.
• Review documentation, proposals, and changes proposed by less experienced staff.
• Seek to expand knowledge and understanding of Financial Services trends, practices, and technologies continuously.
• Follow and promote the use of industry best practices, standards, and procedures.
• Maintain an expert level of technical aptitude and expert working knowledge of supporting application(s), development environments, and the supported client environment.
• Maintain an expert-level understanding of vendor products, services, and future updates.
• Assist in developing expense and capital budgets.
• Understand and adhere to the Company s risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls in accordance with the Company s Risk Appetite.
• Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.
• Promote an environment that fosters diversity and aligns with the client s brand.
• Maintain client internal control standards, including the timely implementation of internal and external audit points, as well as addressing any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
• Provide technical administrative support to Snowflake systems and applications.
• Work with internal and external teams to help design solutions based on the needs of Snowflake applications.
• Design resilient, scalable, and maintainable systems for the enterprise data platform team and interfacing applications.
• Create and configure new Snowflake accounts as needed
• Design, implement, and support replication processes to ensure business continuity
• Design, implement, and support data sharing solutions for both inbound and outbound data shares
• Design, implement, and support role-based access controls (RBAC) to properly secure our data
• Monitor the cost and performance of activities on the Snowflake accounts
• Assist applications with troubleshooting needs
• Implement production application database changes when needed, Linux
• Provide 1st-level Linux administration support for Snowflake application servers in the Cloud
• Foundational cloud concepts
• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider—we help companies attract and retain top talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customise visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver comprehensive staffing solutions, including contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services, worldwide.

Required Skills /

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in systems design, management, and architecture.
• Minimum 12 years of experience building in Azure
• Minimum 12 years of experience with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform and Ansible

Preferred Skills /

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in a technical engineering position involving infrastructure design technologies, data management and interchange, system design and development for complex applications.
• Good understanding of Private DNS zones, Blob Storage (tiers), Private endpoints & Private Link in relation to Snowflake Dev Ops
• Comfort with code versioning tools (git)
• Thorough understanding of the system development and infrastructure lifecycle and architecture, vendor best practices, IT Service Management, and systems design.
• Ability to translate complex business and functional requirements into structured, high-quality implementations using any variety of…