Snowflake Platform Administrator

What the role needs

• Administer and optimize the Snowflake platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability across enterprise environments.
• Manage user access, role-based security, SSO integrations, and governance controls while maintaining compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor platform health, warehouse utilization, query performance, storage consumption, and cost optimization initiatives.
• Partner with Snowflake and internal stakeholders to coordinate upgrades, feature releases, vulnerability remediation, and platform improvements.
• Lead incident resolution, root cause analysis, disaster recovery readiness, and environment consistency across development, testing, and production environments.
• Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
• What you need to have to be considered
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Hands-on experience administering and supporting Snowflake in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of Snowflake security architecture, including RBAC, data governance, masking policies, and access management.
• Experience implementing and supporting SSO, SAML, MFA, and identity federation solutions such as Okta or Microsoft Azure AD.
• Proficiency in performance monitoring, workload management, query optimization, and Snowflake cost management.

From the employer

About the role As a Snowflake Platform Administrator , you will make an impact by ensuring the security, reliability, performance, and governance of our enterprise Snowflake data platform. You will be a valued member of the data platform team and work collaboratively with Snowflake, security, infrastructure, data engineering, and business intelligence teams to support critical analytics and reporting capabilities. In this role, you will: • Administer and optimize the Snowflake platform, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability across enterprise environments. • Manage user access, role-based security, SSO integrations, and governance controls while maintaining compliance with security and regulatory requirements. • Monitor platform health, warehouse utilization, query performance, storage consumption, and cost optimization initiatives. • Partner with Snowflake and internal stakeholders to coordinate upgrades, feature releases, vulnerability remediation, and platform improvements. • Lead incident resolution, root cause analysis, disaster recovery readiness, and environment consistency across development, testing, and production environments. Work model We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring attendance at a client or Cognizant office in Hartford, Connecticut . Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs. The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations. What you need to have to be considered • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. • Hands-on experience administering and supporting Snowflake in enterprise environments. • Strong knowledge of Snowflake security architecture, including RBAC, data governance, masking policies, and access management. • Experience implementing and supporting SSO, SAML, MFA, and identity federation solutions such as Okta or Microsoft Azure AD. • Proficiency in performance monitoring, workload management, query optimization, and Snowflake cost management. • Experience supporting disaster recovery, business continuity, and data protection strategies utilizing Snowflake capabilities such as Time Travel and replication. • Knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies and experience collaborating with cross-functional technical teams. These will help you stand out • Snowflake certifications or advanced Snowflake platform administration expertise. • Experience supporting highly regulated environments with compliance requirements such as SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR. • Familiarity with cloud platforms including AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform. • Experience with infrastructure automation, monitoring, and DevOps practices. • Knowledge of data engineering, analytics, and business intelligence ecosystems. We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role. Salary and Other Compensation: Applications will be accepted until October 25, 2026 The annual salary for this position is between $ 130,000 - $ 160,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans. Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off • 401(k) plan and contributions • Long-term/Short-term Disability • Paid Parental Leave • Employee Stock Purchase Plan Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. Additional employment information Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview. Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Applicants for US based positions must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the United States. The company is unable to provide employment-based immigration sponsorship for US based positions. If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email CareersNA2@cognizant.com for roles based in the Americas or CareersIndia2@cognizant.com for roles based in India. About Cognizant: Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.