[Remote] Senior Data Platform Engineer, Snowflake

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. JD Power is a company that aims to power every auto-related decision through proprietary data and advanced analytics. They are seeking a Senior Data Platform Engineer to own the engineering of their Snowflake data platform, ensuring it supports analytics, product, and AI/ML workloads across the enterprise.ResponsibilitiesOwns Snowflake account, warehouse, and object architectureInfrastructure-as-Code repository and CI/CD for all Snowflake changesRBAC implementation, security controls, and identity integrationIngestion and integration patterns (Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks, managed connectors)Platform observability, cost monitoring, and performance tuningDocumentation, runbooks, and onboarding patterns for platform consumersDesign and evolve Snowflake account, warehouse, and object architectureImplement and maintain all Snowflake objects, roles, and policies in TerraformOperate database CI/CD using Schemachange, Liquibase, or equivalentTune performance: clustering, search optimization, materialized views, query profilingBuild and maintain the functional/access role hierarchy enforcing least privilegeImplement masking policies, row access policies, object tagging, and network policiesIntegrate Snowflake with IdP for SSO/SCIM; manage service accounts and key rotationPartner with InfoSec, Privacy, and Compliance on audit readiness and control attestationOperate Snowpipe, Snowpipe Streaming, Streams/Tasks, and Kafka Connector pipelinesManage Fivetran/Airbyte (or equivalent) connector deployments and reliabilityImplement Iceberg / external tables where lakehouse interoperability is requiredIntegrate with orchestration (Airflow / dbt Cloud) and observability toolingDefine and meet SLOs for platform reliability, freshness, and costBuild dashboards and alerting; lead incident response for platform issuesDocument architecture decisions, patterns, and runbooksEnable Analytics Engineering, Product Engineering, and Data Science consumersSkills5+ years of professional data platform, data engineering, or data infrastructure experience3+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience at production scale (not pilot/POC)Demonstrated expertise in Snowflake RBAC design, warehouse sizing and cost governance, performance tuning, and security featuresStrong SQL — able to read and optimize a query profilePython for tooling, automation, and pipelinesProduction IaC experience — Terraform required; Snowflake provider strongly preferredDatabase CI/CD using Schemachange, Liquibase, dbt, or equivalent change-management toolingCloud fluency in AWS — networking, IAM, storage, and Snowflake integration pointsIngestion experience with Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks, Kafka, and/or Fivetran/AirbyteCommunication — able to author decision records and runbooks; able to influence without authoritySnowPro Advanced certification (Architect, Data Engineer, or Administrator)Hands-on dbt and modern Analytics Engineering experienceExperience with Snowflake Horizon Catalog, Polaris, Collibra, or AlationStreaming and CDC: Kafka, Debezium, Snowpipe Streaming, Dynamic TablesIceberg / lakehouse architectureData observability tooling (Monte Carlo, Bigeye, Datadog)Automotive, financial services, insurance, or regulated consumer-data experienceAI/ML workloads on Snowflake (Cortex, Snowpark, feature stores)Company OverviewJD Power is a proven leader in business-critical data and intelligence to drive auto-related decisions with confidence and clarity. It was founded in 1968, and is headquartered in Troy, MI, US, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://JDPower.com.Company H1B SponsorshipJD Power has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 5 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 5 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.