Cloud DevOps Engineer at Snowflake

Dublin, California, United States

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$142,000 – $207,000Compensation
Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Technology, Cloud ComputingIndustries

Requirements

  • Good understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and good analytical skills
  • Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently
  • Deep curiosity, willingness to question status quo, and passion for making systems better
  • Experience with at least one programming language such as C++, Java, Go, Python
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Chef, Puppet)
  • Hands-on experience with one or more public cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Experience automating software deployments and configuration changes using orchestration tools like Kubernetes
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Experience using Snowflake (bonus)
  • Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Mathematics, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience (preferred)
  • 1+ years experience in writing solutions using Python, SQL or any programming language (preferred)
  • Experience in managing Linux systems (nice to have)

Responsibilities

  • Be an integral part of highly cross-functional Enterprise Technology Cloud Engineering team
  • Manage custom application deployments in public cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP)
  • Contribute to building and operating a highly reliable, secure, scalable, and performant Cloud infrastructure using Site Reliability Engineering principles
  • Develop software to automate deployment and maintenance tasks to ensure that a lean team can sustainably operate the team’s growing fleet of services and deployments
  • Participate in on-call rotation and ensure uptime of services
  • Use problem-solving skills to help investigate and fix production issues, and drive blameless incident post-mortems to document learnings and prevent recurrences
  • Locate and define new process improvement opportunities

Skills

AWS
Azure
GCP
DevOps
Site Reliability Engineering
Cloud Infrastructure
Application Deployments
Infrastructure as Code

Snowflake

Data management and analytics platform

About Snowflake

Snowflake provides a platform called the AI Data Cloud that helps organizations manage and analyze their data. This platform allows users to store and process large amounts of data efficiently, offering services like data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, data science, and data sharing. Snowflake's system works by uniting data from different sources, enabling secure sharing and performing various types of analytics. What sets Snowflake apart from its competitors is its ability to operate seamlessly across multiple public clouds, allowing users to access their data from anywhere. The company's goal is to help businesses leverage their data for better decision-making by providing a flexible subscription-based service that scales according to their needs.

Bellevue, WashingtonHeadquarters
2012Year Founded
$1,341.3MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Data & Analytics, Enterprise Software, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
5,001-10,000Employees

Benefits

We've got your back - We offer comprehensive health insurance plans, health savings accounts, robust retirement plans, and generous life and disability insurance.
A Balanced Lifestyle - All Snowflakes have access to our weekly online lunch and learns, virtual workout classes, and ergonomic work-from-home equipment. We offer on-demand mental health and wellness programs to support our employees and their families.
Your People Matter - Help offset the cost of growing your family with our fertility benefits and family planning resources. Count on our generous time-off and various leave plans for you to rest, refuel, and sustain a great work-life balance.
Global Snowflake Team - No matter where you are in the world, we will get you connected and supported with a work-from-home setup.
Treat Yourself - Personalize your Snowflake benefits by tapping into our employee discounts and pre-tax selections.
Invest In Your Future - Eligible employees enjoy new hire equity, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and a quarterly bonus or commission program.

Risks

Integration challenges from Datavolo acquisition may disrupt operations and customer service.
Increased competition from Mistral AI could challenge Snowflake's market position.
Convertible senior notes pricing may increase financial pressure if market conditions worsen.

Differentiation

Snowflake offers a unified platform for diverse data workloads, unlike traditional solutions.
The AI Data Cloud enables near-unlimited scale and performance for data mobilization.
Snowflake's seamless multi-cloud experience ensures efficient data operations across locations.

Upsides

Acquisition of Datavolo enhances Snowflake's open data integration capabilities.
Investment in Metaplane boosts AI-driven data quality solutions for Snowflake users.
Snowflake Ventures' investment in Hex expands accessibility of data tools to non-technical users.

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