Staff Cloud Support Engineer, Snowflake

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Ability to debug, rewrite, and troubleshoot complex SQL queries for achieving workarounds or better solutions
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS, SQL data types, aggregations, and functions including analytical/window functions
• Good understanding of RDBMS query profiles and execution plans to analyze query performance and make recommendations for improvement
• Good understanding of database query lifecycle and internal join processing
• Database migration and ETL experience
• Scripting/coding experience in any programming language
• Familiarity with semi-structured data
• Experience in RDBMS workload management and database performance
• Experience with any of the major cloud service provider’s ecosystem
• Ability to interpret systems performance metrics (CPU, I/O, RAM, Network stats)
• Experience troubleshooting database connectivity issues using a variety of methods (client software, drivers/connectors)
• Understanding of database patch and release management

Desirable

• 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 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
• 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 the 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 and work with Engineering toward a resolution
• Proactively identify recommendations and lead global initiatives to improve product quality and customer experience
• ​​Provide support coverage during holidays and weekends based on business needs