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 Cloud Support Engineer to join our team 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 aCloud 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 for expert advice with regards to their effective and optimal use of Snowflake. You will be the voice of the customer into 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. 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.

Ability to work on-site at our Dublin, CA office.

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.

• 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 Snowflake environment, connectors, 3rd party partner software, and tools to investigate issues
• Document known solutions to the internal and external knowledge base
• Report well-documented bugs and feature requests arising from customer-submitted requests
• Partner with engineering teams in prioritizing and resolving customer requests
• Participate in incident management and on-call rotation
• Participate in a variety of Support initiatives
• Provide support coverage during holidays and weekends based on business needs

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline
• 2+ 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
• Good understanding of Amazon AWS and/or Microsoft Azure ecosystems
• Understanding of ETL, ELT tools like AWS Glue, EMR, Azure Data Factory, Informatica, Data Pipelines
• Understanding of SPARK, KAFKA systems
• Foundational SQL experience/usage
• Experience troubleshooting database connectivity issues using a variety of methods (client software, drivers/connectors)
• Experience in configuring and troubleshooting drivers such as ODBC, JDBC, GO, .Net .
• Excellent ability to troubleshoot on a variety of operating systems (Windows, Mac, *Nix)
• Good understanding of the technical fundamentals of the Internet. You should have knowledge of internet protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/S, SFTP, DNS as well as the ability to use diagnostic tools to troubleshoot connectivity issues
• Scripting/coding experience in any of the following: Python, Java, .Net, NodeJS, R

• Experience working with big data and/or MPP (massively parallel processing) databases.
• Debugging/development experience in Python, Java or Scala
• Understanding of data warehousing fundamentals and concepts
• Database migration and ETL experience
• Experience supporting applications running on either Amazon AWS or MS Azure
• Experience with virtualization solutions (VMware, Docker, VirtualBox, etc)
• Understanding of cloud computing security concepts

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.

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $94,000 - $138,000.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake's bonus and equity plan.

The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location. This role is also eligible for a competitive package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending & health savings account; at least 12 paid holidays; paid time off; parental leave; employee assistance program; and other company benefits.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we're scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

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