V.L.S. Systems, Inc
Senior Snowflake Data Engineer Modern Data Platforms & AI Exposure
Portland, Oregon, USA · Senior · Contract
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About the role
- As we specifically mentioned today:
- An individual contributor who can look at requirements, understand what needs to be done, ask intelligent questions, and work independently.
Responsibilities
- Some months may focus on Matillion pipelines Some work may focus on dbt Some projects may involve Streamlit apps, Snowflake Cortex, chatbot integrations, or AI enablement Some production support work will also be involved
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with ETL/ELT tools: Matillion Informatica
- Key things they are looking for:
- Openflow exposure Azure cloud understanding AWS concepts understanding Snowflake Cortex / Snowflake Intelligence exposure
- AI / LLM / chatbot / RAG / MCP / Agent concepts exposure Very Important:
Skills
- Able to coordinate with offshore/global teams if needed Location Preference:
- Portland/Oregon local Most preferred West Coast candidates preferred
- Avoid East Coast candidates No sponsorship Most Important:
- Do NOT send random Snowflake ETL resumes.
- Please validate candidates properly before submission:
- Work with ETL/ELT tools such as Matillion, Informatica, and Openflow (nice to have).
- Ensure data quality, governance, scalability, observability, operational reliability, and cost optimization across the data platform.
- Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve data pipeline and platform issues in production environments.
- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to modern data engineering best practices and standards.
- Strong understanding of enterprise data warehousing concepts, dimensional modeling, and scalable data architecture.
- Strong expertise in SQL and Python programming.
- Matillion Informatica
Visa & Work Authorization
- ocation Preference: Portland/Oregon local Most preferred West Coast candidates preferred Avoid East Coast candidates No sponsorship Most Important: Do NOT send random Snowflake ETL resumes
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