Sr. Snowflake Engineer & Developer, Security Data Platform

MUFG•Jersey City, NJ

21h•$140,000 - $203,000•Hybrid

About The Position

MUFG is seeking a highly motivated Sr. Snowflake Engineer and Developer as part of the Security Engineering team to design and implement cutting-edge technology to improve security posture. This is a senior role that drives engineering standards and implementation across global deployment. The selected colleague will work at an MUFG office or client sites four days per week and work remotely one day. A member of our recruitment team will provide more details.

Requirements

At least 10+ years of experience in data engineering with significant focus on security, analytics, detection and platform engineering.
8+ years of hands-on experience with various databases, relational (SQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), no-SQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB, etc.)
At least 2+ years of experience with data warehouses and data lakes Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift, Azure Synapse
At least 1+ years of experience with reporting tools such PowerBI, Tableau, etc.
Familiarity with SIEM products such as Splunk, Cribl, Elastic, Datadog, AWS CloudTrail, cloud watch, Azure event hub, AWS S3, etc.
Familiarity with streaming platforms like Cribl, Kafka, Kinesis, etc.
Solid knowledge of ETL/ELT pipelines and data ingestion processes
Strong programming skills in Python, SQL and/or Java and JavaScript
Experience with data modeling, data normalization and schema design
Ability to understand, clean, and transform raw data into structure, usable formats
Experience working with large-scale datasets (batch and streaming)
Experience in analyzing raw data and performing data normalization.
Implementing data validation, quality checks and error handling
Understanding of data governance and metadata management
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Must have working knowledge of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies. Anthropic, ChatGPT, Gemini, Co-Pilot, etc.
Experience with real-time analytics
Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau)
Knowledge of data privacy, compliance and security best practices
Familiar with data standards such as OCSF, OTEL, etc.
Familiar with industry security regulations and frameworks (MITRE Attack Framework, CRI, etc.)
Experience with at least one major cloud provider AWS, Azure or Google
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely-related discipline, or an equivalent combination of formal education and experience

Nice To Haves

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Information Systems Manager (CISM)
Certified Information System Auditor (CISA)
Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)

Responsibilities

Architect, build and maintain high-volume, high-fidelity security data management in Snowflake system supporting Pipeline (ETL, etc.) SIEM, SOAR, UEBA and detection engineering use cases
Lead the ingestion, normalization, enrichment, and correlation of raw security telemetry, including logs, events, metrics, alerts, config, scanning and other data types using snowflake technology such as cortex and grid.
Define and enforce data standards, schemas, and normalization frameworks across security data sources.
Leverage SQL, Python, PowerBI and other interfaces in Snowflake to design the right solution for data analytics, including reporting and other metrics using Snowflake cortex and grid solution.
Partner with Security Operations, Threat detection, GRC and other engineering teams to translate security requirements into scalable data solutions.
Serve as a technical authority and mentor, influencing data engineering, security analytics and platform strategy.
Drive continuous improvement in data reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
Manage Data Governance with various reporting and quality checks.
Research and look for opportunities to adopt the best practices and industry standards
Identify opportunities to enhance the current baseline processes and configuration
Produce engineering, integration and process related documentation.
Manage vendor relationships to drive roadmap, solution design, implementation and troubleshooting
Able to conduct the POC of new features to develop new solutions