We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Snowflake Engineer to join an Enterprise Data Platform team. This is a key role responsible for designing, building, securing, and optimising modern cloud-based data platforms using Snowflake and Microsoft Azure.

The successful candidate will have strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, Azure data services, data architecture, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), data classification, and fine-grained access controls.

You will work closely with Solution Architects, Data Engineers, Security teams, Data Analysts, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing data solutions that support advanced analytics and enterprise data consumption.

Key ResponsibilitiesSnowflake & Azure Integration

- Design and implement integrations between Snowflake and Azure cloud data platforms.
- Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines and ingestion frameworks.
- Work with Azure-native data services including Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, and Azure Blob Storage.
- Support secure and productive SQL-based data access across enterprise analytical platforms.

Data Platform Architecture
- Contribute to the detailed technical design of the enterprise data platform.
- Translate solution architecture into robust and scalable technical implementations.
- Ensure platform designs align with enterprise data strategy, security standards, governance requirements, and performance objectives.
- Participate in technical design reviews and provide recommendations on platform capabilities and improvements.





Security & Access Control
- Design and implement Snowflake RBAC and fine-grained access control models.
- Develop access policies based on data classification and sensitivity.
- Implement secure data-sharing and data-consumption patterns.
- Work closely with Security, Risk, and Compliance teams to ensure appropriate governance, auditability, and compliance.
- Support secure data access across different user groups, applications, and analytical workloads.

Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years' experience in Data Engineering, Cloud Data Platforms, or a similar technical role.
- Strong hands-on experience with Snowflake, including:
- Database and schema design
- SQL development and optimisation
- Virtual warehouses
- Data loading and ingestion
- Security and access control
- Performance tuning

- Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, particularly:

- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Synapse
- Azure Blob Storage / ADLS
- Azure-based data integration services

- Strong understanding of RBAC, data classification, data governance, and cloud security principles.
- Advanced SQL skills.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python is highly desirable.

Paxus values diversity and welcomes applications from Indigenous Australians, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people living with a disability. If you require an adjustment to the recruitment process, including the application form in an alternate format, please contact me on the above contact details.

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📌 Snowflake Platform Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Paxus
📍 Sydney