Lead Snowflake Platform Engineer

Job Description

Be a part of transformational change where integrity matters, success inspires and great teams collaborate and innovate. As the fifth-largest bank in the United States, we’re one of the country's most respected, innovative, ethical and successful financial institutions. We’re looking for people who want more than just a job – they want to make a difference! U.S. Bank is seeking a Software Engineer who will contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives in our digital transformation journey.

About the Team

The Enterprise Data Platform team builds and operates secure, compliant, and scalable data platforms that power analytics, reporting, and operational insights across the organization. We function as a platform engineering organization, enabling domain teams to move fast through self‑service infrastructure, strong governance, and automation‑first design.

We partner closely with Cloud Engineering, IAM, Information Security, Networking, and FinOps to ensure our Snowflake platform meets regulatory expectations while delivering a high‑quality developer experience. Our mission is to remove friction for data teams while enforcing enterprise standards through code, pipelines, and policy—not manual processes.

Job Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate the enterprise Snowflake data platform supporting multiple business domains (Finance, HR, Supply Chain)

• Own the Snowflake platform lifecycle, including account topology, RBAC, network architecture, governance, CI/CD automation, and disaster recovery

• Build and maintain multi‑account Snowflake environments (PROD / NONPROD / DEV) on Snowflake Business Critical edition

• Implement secure Azure Private Link connectivity, including private endpoints, Private DNS Zones, and network policy enforcement

• Develop and maintain Terraform modules to automate provisioning of Snowflake resources (databases, schemas, warehouses, roles, tags, monitors, integrations)

• Enable self‑service platform consumption through validated YAML manifests deployed via Shield CI/CD pipelines

• Integrate Snowflake with Entra ID (Azure AD) using SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, and enterprise RBAC patterns

• Manage service account authentication, secrets, and key rotation using HashiCorp Vault and Azure Key Vault

• Enforce security and compliance controls, including data masking, row‑level security, object tagging, audit logging, and policy‑as‑code

• Embed infrastructure and supply‑chain security scanning into CI/CD pipelines (Checkov, tfsec, Semgrep, Snyk)

• Design for resiliency and cost efficiency, including warehouse sizing, resource monitors, cost allocation tags, and chargeback reporting

• Own cross‑region disaster recovery, replication strategies, and RPO/RTO adherence

• Govern secure data sharing patterns and monitor data sharing usage and approvals

• Partner with Cloud, IAM, Security, and FinOps teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Six to eight years of relevant experience

Preferred Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on infrastructure, platform, or cloud‑native systems

• 2+ years of Snowflake administration at the account/platform level (beyond SQL development)

• Advanced Terraform expertise, including reusable module design, remote state management, provider versioning, and CI/CD integration

• Deep experience with Azure networking, including Private Link, VNet peering, Private DNS Zones, and Network Security Groups (NSGs)

• Strong background in identity and access management, including Entra ID (Azure AD), SAML, SCIM, and OAuth 2.0

• Hands‑on experience with secrets management using HashiCorp Vault and/or Azure Key Vault