Staff Cloud Support Engineer - Database Security & Authentication Management

Snowflake Support is committed to providing high-quality resolutions to help deliver data-driven business insights and results. We are a team of subject matter experts collectively working toward our customers’ success. We form partnerships with customers by listening, learning, and building connections.  

Snowflake’s values are key to our approach and success in delivering world-class Support.  Putting customers first, acting with integrity, owning initiative and accountability, and getting it done are Snowflake core values and are reflected in everything we do.

Snowflake’s Support team is expanding! We are looking for a Staff Cloud Support Engineer who likes working with data and solving a wide variety of issues utilizing their technical experience having worked on a variety of operating systems, database technologies, big data, data integration, connectors, and networking.

As a Staff Cloud Support Engineer, your role is to delight our customers with your passion and knowledge of Snowflake Data Warehouse.  Customers will look to you for technical guidance and expert advice with regard to their effective and optimal use of Snowflake.  You will be the voice of the customer in Snowflake’s product and engineering teams for product feedback and improvements.  You will play an integral role in building knowledge within the team and be part of strategic initiatives for organizational and process improvements.

Based on business needs, you may be assigned to work with one or more Snowflake Priority Support customers. You will develop a strong understanding of the customer’s use case and how they leverage the Snowflake platform. You will deliver exceptional service, enabling them to achieve the highest levels of continuity and performance from their Snowflake implementation.

Ideally, you have worked in a 24x7 environment, handled technical case escalations and incident management, worked in technical support for an RDBMS, been on-call during weekends, and are familiar with database release management.

YOU WILL:

• Drive technical solutions to complex problems providing in-depth analysis and guidance to Snowflake customers and partners using the following methods of communication: email, web, and phone
• Adhere to response and resolution SLAs and escalation processes in order to ensure fast resolution of customer issues that exceed expectations
• Utilize the Snowflake environment, connectors, 3rd party partner software, and tools to investigate issues 
• Document known solutions to the internal and external knowledge base
• Submit well-documented bugs and feature requests arising from customer-submitted requests and partner with Engineering towards a resolution. 
• Proactively identify recommendations and lead global initiatives to improve product quality, customer experience, and team efficiencies. 
• ​​Provide support coverage during holidays and weekends based on business needs

OUR IDEAL STAFF CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER WILL HAVE: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s  degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline
• 8+ years experience in a Technical Support environment or a similar technical function in a customer-facing role
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English with attention to detail
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment across global teams
• Ability to train team members on  data warehousing fundamentals and concepts
• Experience with   security concepts such as RBAC, OAuth, SAML, SSO, MFA, Identity and Access Management (IAM), encryption, and data governance
• Experience working with networking technologies, and protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, load balancers, proxies, and firewalls
• Experience writing, troubleshooting, and debugging basic SQL queries
• Experience with the major public cloud providers like AWS,  Azure, and GCP
• Ability to troubleshoot a variety of operating systems like (Windows, Mac, *Nix)
• Experience in troubleshooting connectivity issues using a variety of diagnostic tools and methods
• Experience in troubleshooting front-end UI applications
• Experience in a number of the following

• • Cloud authentication/access policies
  • Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), X.509 certificates, SSL/TLS
  • AWS Key Management Service, MSFT Key Vault, GCP KMS
  • SCIM provisioning and Rest API Calls (e.g. Post, Get, Patch, etc.)
  • Identity provider experience (Okta, PingFederate, OneLogin, ADFS, Azure AD, etc.)
  • AWS PrivateLink, Azure Private Link, GCP private access

NICE TO HAVES:

• Scripting/coding experience In any of the following: Python, Java, .Net, NodeJS, R
• Understanding of cloud computing concepts deploying IAM systems and modules in production environments
• Experience in troubleshooting platforms that support marketplace functions
• Experience with IT security, cyber security, critical infrastructure
• Public cloud certification on AWS,  Azure, Google Cloud (GCP)
• Security-related certifications such as AWS Certified Security - Speciality, CISM, CISSP, CSSP, CCSK, Security+
  

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE:

• The position may require access to U.S. export-controlled technologies, technical data, or sensitive government data.
• Employment with Snowflake is contingent on Snowflake verifying that you: (i) may legally access U.S. export-controlled technologies, technical data, or sensitive government data; or (ii) are eligible to obtain, in a timely manner, any necessary license or other authorization(s) from the U.S. Government to allow access to U.S. export-controlled technology, technical data, or sensitive government data.
  
  

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.