Ventra Health Snowflake Data Engineer

Job description

Role-Snowflake Data Engineer

Exp-4+ yrs

Snowflake Data Engineer

Reports to: Sr Directory D&A

FLSA Status: Exempt or Non-Exempt

Job Summary: 

• We are seeking a Snowflake Data Engineer to join our Data & Analytics team.
  
  This role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing Snowflake-based data solutions.
  
  The ideal candidate will have proven, hands-on data engineering expertise in Snowflake, cloud data platforms, ETL/ELT processes, and Medallion data architecture best practices.
  
  The data engineer role has a day-to-day focus on implementation, performance optimization and scalability.
  
  This is a tactical role requiring independent data analysis and data discovery to understand our existing source systems, fact and dimension data models, and implement an enterprise data warehouse solution in Snowflake.
  
  This role will take direction from the Lead Snowflake Data Engineer and Director of Data Engineering for their work while bringing their own domain expertise and experience.

Essential Functions and Tasks:

• Participate in the design, development, and maintenance of a scalable Snowflake data solution serving our enterprise data & analytics team.
• Implement data pipelines, ETL/ELT workflows, and data warehouse solutions using Snowflake and related technologies.
• Optimize Snowflake database performance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of data analysts, business analysts, data scientists, and software engineers, to define and implement data solutions.
• Ensure data quality, integrity, and governance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve data-related issues, ensuring high availability and performance of the data platform.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in-depth data engineering, with at least 1+ minimum year(s) of dedicated experience engineering solutions in an enterprise scale Snowflake environment.
• Tactical expertise in ANSI SQL, performance tuning, and data modeling techniques.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (preference to Azure) and their data services.
• Experience in ETL/ELT development using tools such as Azure Data Factory, dbt, Matillion, Talend, or Fivetran.
• Hands-on experience with scripting languages like Python for data processing.
• Snowflake SnowPro certification; preference to the engineering course path.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Knowledge of streaming data processing frameworks such as Apache Kafka or Spark Streaming.
• Familiarity with BI and visualization tools such as PowerBI.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Familiarity working in an agile scum team, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Ability to self-manage medium complexity deliverables and document user stories and tasks through Azure Dev Ops.
• Personal accountability to committed sprint user stories and tasks
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to handle complex data challenges
• Ability to read, understand, and apply state/federal laws, regulations, and policies.
• Ability to communicate with diverse personalities in a tactful, mature, and professional manner.
• Ability to remain flexible and work within a collaborative and fast paced environment.
• Understand and comply with company policies and procedures.
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.

Physical Demands:

• 40 hours per week
• Occasional Standing   
• Occasional Walking  
• Sitting for prolonged periods of time       
• Frequent hand, finger movement 
• Communicate verbally and in writing
• Extensive use of computer keyboard and viewing of computer screen
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision

Ventra Health Values:

• Excellence: 

Encourage and promote excellence in partnering with and delivering results to our clients.

• Accountability: 

Accept responsibility for achievement of objectives and key results and be answerable for outcomes.

• Teamwork: 

Embrace the power of one team to create and deliver value to clients by delivering consistent outcomes.

• Growth: 

Provide consistent opportunities for colleagues to expand their capabilities & knowledge.

• Transparency: 

Openly share ideas and information to promote trust, increase engagement and gain new perspectives.

• Inclusiveness & Diversity: 

Embrace and celebrate diversity and promote an environment of inclusiveness.

• Recognition: 

Acknowledge, embrace and celebrate colleague contributions that align with the company vision.

• Compliance: 

Ensure enterprise-wide adherence to regulatory requirements, ethical standards, and best practices 

Authority: 

This position does not have the authority; neither express nor implied, to legally bind the Ventra Health to any contract or other legal obligation without written delegation by an officer of the Ventra Health.

Attendance: 

Colleague must have the ability to comply with Ventra Health's attendance policy documented in the Ventra Health Colleague Handbook.

“Regular and predictable attendance” as an essential function of the job.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

The colleague will work in smoke-free office surrounding; noise level is quiet to moderate.

The qualifications, physical demands and work environment described herein are general in nature and representative of those colleagues will encounter and must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than

an “at will” relationship.

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Required Skill Profession

Computer Occupations