Senior Snowflake Engineer (Snowflake Cortex & Data Engineering)

Guidehouse•McLean, VA

1d•$113,000 - $188,000•Remote

About The Position

This role focuses on designing, developing, and optimizing Snowflake data solutions for enterprise analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision-making. The engineer will build scalable data pipelines, develop advanced SQL solutions, and optimize Snowflake performance and security. The position also involves supporting AI and advanced analytics initiatives using Snowflake Cortex and Snowpark, and collaborating with various stakeholders to deliver high-quality data products.

Requirements

Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.
Bachelors
TEN (10) or more years of data engineering experience, including 2+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience.
Experience in SQL development with extensive experience building and optimizing complex queries against large datasets.
Experience developing and maintaining stored procedures, UDFs, views, and data transformation logic.
Deep understanding of Snowflake architecture, including Virtual Warehouses, micro-partitions, clustering, caching, and performance optimization.
Experience designing, implementing, and supporting Snowflake-native capabilities, including Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables and Change Data Capture (CDC) patterns
Experience administering secure, scalable Snowflake environments and implementing RBAC, data access controls, and governance frameworks.
Experience building scalable ELT/ETL frameworks and enterprise data pipelines.
Experience with data quality, reconciliation, monitoring, and operational support processes.
Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git-based source control, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automated deployment practices.
Familiarity with production support, observability, incident management, and operational readiness best practices.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience implementing Snowflake Cortex capabilities and AI-powered data solutions.
Experience with Cortex AI functions, semantic search, intelligent data applications, and AI-driven analytics.
Experience leveraging Snowpark (Python) for advanced data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML workloads.
Understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector search, LLM-powered applications, and generative AI use cases within Snowflake.
Experience with dbt and modern analytics engineering practices.
Strong Python development experience.
SnowPro Core, SnowPro Advanced, or other Snowflake certifications.
Experience supporting regulated industries or large enterprise environments.
Experience designing cloud-native data products that support machine learning, advanced analytics, and AI initiatives.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and optimize Snowflake data solutions supporting enterprise analytics, reporting, and data-driven decision making.
Build scalable batch and near real-time data ingestion and processing pipelines using Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and Snowpark.
Develop and maintain advanced SQL-based solutions, including complex stored procedures, UDFs, views, and reusable data transformation frameworks.
Design and implement enterprise-grade ELT/ETL pipelines and metadata-driven automation frameworks.
Optimize Snowflake performance, scalability, reliability, and cost through query tuning, workload optimization, and platform best practices.
Implement secure, governed data solutions leveraging Snowflake native capabilities, including RBAC, data sharing, and governance controls.
Design and support enterprise data warehouse, data mart, and lakehouse architectures.
Integrate data from cloud, on-premises, API, and SaaS data sources.
Collaborate with architects, analysts, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality data products and solutions.
Provide production support, monitoring, troubleshooting, incident resolution, and continuous platform improvement.
Support AI and advanced analytics initiatives leveraging Snowflake Cortex, Snowpark, and related Snowflake capabilities.

Benefits

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Parental Leave
401(k) Retirement Plan
Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Care.com annual membership
Employee Assistance Program
Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus