Inovalon
Staff Cloud Data Platform Engineer
Remote- United States · Staff+
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About the role
- This is a platform engineering role, not a traditional DBA position
- the primary focus is Snowflake platform ownership, with cloud experience a valuable complement.
- The ideal candidate brings deep Snowflake expertise and a strong engineering mindset with a bias toward automation and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Drive Snowflake cost optimization, utilization tracking, capacity planning, and FinOps practices across the organization;
- Build automation for platform provisioning, configuration, monitoring, and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines;
- Manage Snowflake security, RBAC, networking, and governance to ensure data integrity, access control, and compliance;
- Establish and maintain platform monitoring, observability, and production support practices;
- Partner with engineering teams to address complex performance, scalability, and platform challenges;
- Maintain compliance with Inovalon's policies, procedures and mission statement, and fulfill those responsibilities and/or duties that may be reasonably provided by Inovalon for the purpose of achieving operational and financial success.
- Own and optimize the Snowflake platform, including compute, performance, scalability, and workload management
- Inovalon invests in associates to help them stay healthy, save for long-term financial goals, and manage the demands of work and personal commitments.
- By embracing inclusion, we enhance our work environment and drive business success.
- And the momentum is building.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake platform engineering and administration
- deep understanding of Snowflake architecture, compute, storage, performance tuning, and workload management required;
- Experience with Snowflake security, RBAC, networking, and governance;
- Experience with Snowflake cost optimization, FinOps practices, workload utilization, and capacity management;
- Experience with Terraform or comparable Infrastructure as Code tooling and CI/CD pipeline management;
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field required.
Nice to have
- AWS or other cloud platform experience is a plus;
- Experience supporting AI and ML data workloads and modern Snowflake AI and ML capabilities is a plus;
- Snowflake certification is a plus.
Skills
- Strong SQL, troubleshooting, automation and scripting, and production engineering skills;
Compensation
- Inovalon Offers a Competitive Salary and Benefits Package
Benefits
- Inovalon was founded in 1998 on the belief that technology, and data specifically, would empower the transformation of the entire healthcare ecosystem for the better, improving both outcomes and economics.
- At Inovalon, we believe that when our customers are successful in their missions, healthcare improves.
- Together, as ONE Inovalon, we are a united force delivering solutions that address healthcare's greatest needs.
- Own and optimize the Snowflake platform, including compute, performance, scalability, and workload management; serve as the primary subject matter expert for Snowflake architecture and platform health;
- The actual base pay offered may vary depending on multiple factors including, but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.
Company info
- Through our mission-based culture of inclusion and innovation, our organization brings value not just to our customers, but to the millions of patients and members they serve.
Visa & Work Authorization
- This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship (e.g. H-1B, TN, or E-3).
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