Lead Data Platform Engineer, Snowflake

Toyota North America•Plano, TX

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Data Platform Engineer, Snowflake to design, maintain, secure, and optimize our Snowflake data platform and analytical ecosystem that supports it. This role will be responsible for platform administration, user onboarding, governance, observability, audit readiness, and the establishment of Snowflake best practices across warehouses, databases, schemas, and access controls. The ideal candidate will also help build a Center of Excellence and evaluate new Snowflake capabilities such as Cortex and emerging agentic AI use cases. In this role, your day may start with supporting platform health and access needs, then shift into improving performance, strengthening governance, or partnering with teams to enable new data capabilities. Success means being the person others trust to keep Snowflake stable, secure, and ready for growth while helping the organization adopt better practices and innovative features.

Requirements

8 or more years of experience designing, administering, and supporting Snowflake in an enterprise environment
Strong understanding of Snowflake architecture including virtual warehouses, databases, schemas, storage, cloning, time travel, and secure data sharing
Hands-on experience with Snowflake security models including masking policies, row-level security, and governance controls
Experience with observability, audit logging, usage monitoring, and cost optimization for cloud data platforms
Ability to document standards, operational procedures, governance controls, and best practices clearly and effectively
Experience onboarding users and supporting cross-functional teams in a shared data platform environment
Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and solutions
Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

Experience establishing or contributing to a Data Platform or Snowflake Center of Excellence
Experience with automation for administrative tasks, access provisioning, monitoring, lineage capture, metadata management, or policy enforcement
Understanding of enterprise governance frameworks, compliance expectations, and secure platform operations
Experience partnering with data governance, analytics engineering, or business intelligence teams to improve trusted data usage at scale
Familiarity with Snowflake Cortex and modern AI or agentic use cases within enterprise data environments
Experience with automation and scripting for platform administration and operational efficiency
Understanding of compliance-focused access governance and enterprise security practices

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain a secure, scalable, and reliable Snowflake platform across multiple environments
Manage Snowflake warehouses, databases, schemas, roles, and access controls following enterprise best practices
Develop and enforce standards for performance optimization, cost management, workload management, and platform usage
Administer platform security including role-based access control, least-privilege access, masking policies, row access policies, and audit controls
Lead user onboarding activities including provisioning, access setup, role assignments, documentation, and enablement support
Build and document best practices for Snowflake platform design, operations, governance, security, and support
Monitor platform performance, cost, access activity, and usage trends through observability and audit capabilities
Establish logging, auditing, and monitoring standards to improve operational visibility and compliance readiness
Partner with data engineering, analytics, security, and infrastructure teams to support adoption and platform maturity
Contribute as a core team member in setting up a Snowflake Center of Excellence to drive standards, reusable patterns, governance, and training
Evaluate and recommend adoption of new Snowflake features including Cortex and other agentic or AI-enabled capabilities
Troubleshoot platform issues related to performance, configuration, security, access, and operational stability

Benefits

A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
Flextime and virtual work options (if applicable)
Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
Paid holidays and paid time off
Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more
Tax Advantage Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)
Relocation assistance (if applicable)