Snowflake Engineer (Outside IR35)

Our Telecoms client is looking for an experienced Snowflake Engineer to join their team in Milton Keynes. This is a 3 months contract initially and it is outside IR35.

Hybrid model - 2 days per week on site in Milton Keynes and the rest of the week remote.

Overview:

The role is responsible for designing business processes as per customer needs, strategizing cloud architecture and migration, and upholding client's winning values and contributing to the company's vision.

Requirements:
• Collaborate with clients and stakeholders to gather and understand technical and business requirements.
• Assess various technologies and tools to recommend the most suitable solutions for different projects.
• Assess Data warehouse implementation procedures to ensure they comply with internal and external regulations.
• Prepare accurate Data warehouse design reports for management.
• Oversee the migration of data from legacy systems to new solutions.
• Monitor the system performance by performing regular tests, troubleshooting and integrating new features.
• Understand and document data flows in and between different systems/applications
• Act as Data domain expert for Snowflake in a collaborative environment to provide demonstrated understanding of data management best practices and patterns.
• Implement cloud-based Enterprise data warehouse solutions with multiple data platforms along with Snowflake environment to build data movement strategy.
• Collaborate with project managers and developers to guide development processes in line with solution requirements.
• Offer support by responding to system problems in a timely manner.

Experience
• Proven experience as a Data Engineer with expertise in designing and implementing data solutions on Snowflake.
• In-depth knowledge of Snowflake's features (ELT using Snowpipe, implementing stored procedures and setting up resource monitors, RBAC controls, virtual warehouse, query performance tuning, Zero copy clone, time travel), functionalities and understand how to use these features.
• Understanding of data security, encryption, access controls ( RBAC, authentication & authorization), and compliance standards (GDPR, HIPAA, etc.).
• Proficiency in SQL, scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and experience optimizing queries for performance.
• Experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and integration tools.
• Experience in Data Migration from various sources to Snowflake cloud data warehouse
• Experience working with code repositories, continuous integration & continuous deployment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Relevant certifications or qualifications in Snowflake or related fields are a plus.
• Experience in Telecom and Fibre domain will be advantage

Roles & Responsibilities:
• Business Process Design: Designing one or more business processes as per customer needs
• Requirement Management: Creating High-level and Low-level design documents in collaboration with senior architects for COTS solution
• Product Analysis: Performing functionality analysis, designing solutions around customizations, and identifying interfaces and integration considerations
• Cloud data platform setup - design data lake and data platforms on products like Snowflake