Snowflake STAFF CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER - SQL 

United States, California 

566174864

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.

This role will be required to work out of our

• 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

• 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

• Experience working with a distributed database i.e. big data and/or MPP (massively parallel processing) databases.
• Troubleshooting skills on a variety of operating systems (Windows, Mac, *Nix)
• Good understanding of the technical fundamentals of the internet. You should have a solid knowledge of internet protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP/S, SFTP, and DNS as well as the ability to use diagnostic tools to troubleshoot connectivity issues.
• Understanding of cloud computing security concepts

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

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $128,000 - $195,500.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.