Principal Snowflake Administrator

Ally Financial

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Charlotte, NC
Salary
$110,000–$180,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
5 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Salary context

Below market

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This role pays less than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $150,538–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $145k versus about $183k for comparable roles.

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About Ally Financial

Ally Financial is a US-based digital financial services company offering online banking, auto financing, mortgage, and investment products. It is one of the largest all-digital banks in the United States.

Ally Financial currently has 28 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$180,000 across 27 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Snowflake Administrator

The Principal Snowflake Administrator will join a team responsible for administering and supporting enterprise Snowflake environments across cloud platforms. This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining Snowflake platform architecture, security, and governance policies. Key responsibilities include managing access controls, RBAC, SSO, and masking policies while monitoring performance, workloads, and cost efficiency. The successful candidate will implement Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and Data Sharing capabilities. Technical requirements include expertise in SQL, AWS cloud platforms, Terraform, and Python for automation. The role also involves supporting AI/ML use cases, specifically Snowflake Cortex AI features. You will provide technical leadership on database architecture, integration, and disaster recovery, ensuring platform reliability and data security while troubleshooting production issues and partnering with Data Engineering and Security teams to support broader data platform strategies.

What you'll do

  • Design, implement, and maintain Snowflake platform architecture, security, and governance policies.
  • Manage access controls, RBAC, SSO, masking policies, and data governance frameworks across enterprise environments.
  • Monitor and optimize Snowflake performance, workloads, and cost efficiency.
  • Implement and support Snowpipe, Streams, Tasks, Dynamic Tables, and Data Sharing capabilities.
  • Automate platform deployments using CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.
  • Manage backup, disaster recovery, replication, and overall platform reliability.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and provide operational support across Snowflake environments.
  • Evaluate and support AI/ML and generative AI use cases within Snowflake.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
  • 7+ years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 8+ years of experience preferred.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake Administration and Architecture required.
  • Expertise in SQL, performance tuning, and query optimization required.
  • Experience with AWS cloud platforms, Terraform, DevOps, and automation practices required.
  • Programming experience in Python for automation, scripting, and data platform support required.
  • 1–2 years of experience working with Snowflake Cortex AI or related AI capabilities required.
  • SnowPro Certification (preferred).
  • Experience with Power BI or other reporting platforms (preferred).
  • Knowledge of networking concepts, connectivity, and cloud network configurations (preferred).

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