We are seeking a Snowflake Engineer to design, build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and Snowflake objects as part of a strategic Teradata-to-Snowflake migration programme for a leading Nordic bank. Working alongside senior architects and business analysts, you will translate business requirements into robust data solutions and ensure performance, quality and security standards are met throughout delivery.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
· Design and build ETL/ELT pipelines and Snowflake objects using Snowflake and IDMC.
· Create and maintain Snowflake tables, views, schemas, stages, stored procedures and data models.
· Translate business requirements into Snowflake/IDMC technical solutions.
· Tune performance and cost: warehouse sizing, clustering/partitioning and query optimisation.
· Implement Snowflake features: Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks, Time Travel/Cloning; manage integrations, stages and file formats.
· Perform data reconciliation and ensure data quality, RBAC compliance and access control.
· Support batch and incremental load strategies across the migration pipeline.
· Document technical solutions and support knowledge transfer within the team.
REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
· Hands-on Snowflake experience: architecture, SQL, object creation and performance tuning.
· Knowledge of Snowflake features: Snowpipe, Streams/Tasks, Time Travel/Cloning, micro-partitions, external stages, file formats and RBAC.
· ETL/ELT and data migration experience; IDMC preferred.
· Strong SQL skills; familiarity with Teradata utilities and conversion of Teradata functions to Snowflake equivalents.
· Scripting/automation experience with Python and/or Shell.
· Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps practices for data pipelines.
Nice to have:
· SnowPro certification.
· BFSI domain experience.
About us
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, building the bridge 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, realize tangible returns and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at www.cognizant.com or @cognizant.
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