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.
AS A SENIOR CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
- 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
- Demonstrate good problem-solving skills and be process-oriented
- 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
- Partner with engineering teams in prioritizing and resolving customer requests
- Participate in a variety of Support initiatives
- Provide support coverage during holidays and weekends based on business needs
OUR IDEAL SENIOR CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER WILL HAVE:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline.
- 5+ 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.
- In-depth knowledge of any one of the major cloud service providers' ecosystems.
- Experience with AWS Lambda and related AWS services (e.g., S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway, SNS).
- Understanding of software development principles, including object-oriented programming and version control systems (e.g., Git, GitHub, GitLab).
- Experience with software development tools and environments (e.g., Visual Studio Code, Eclipse, or IntelliJ IDEA).
- Understanding of RESTful APIs and web services.
- Exposure to automation and scripting.
- Familiarity with database-related concepts and writing SQL queries.
- Intermediate level of understanding of LLMs and their applications in an enterprise.
- Investigate, evaluate, and compare multiple Large Language Models (LLM) to deliver maximum value to Snowflake’s customers.
- Familiarity with MLOps practices and tools.
- Work with customers to address any programmability-related issues (e.g. dev-ops, Kubernetes etc).
- Knowledge of existing language runtimes—Python in particular and relevant ML libraries—to understand and troubleshoot customers' use cases built on Snowflake’s Cortex and ML stack.
NICE TO HAVE:
- Good understanding of Machine Learning foundations, neural networks, statistics, and optimization.
- Being able to optimize model performance, scalability, and efficiency.
- Production experience with several of the following frameworks: Pandas, NumPy, SKLearn, XGBoost, LightGBM, PyTorch, Tensorflow, and Keras.Working experience with Jupyter Notebooks.
- Experience with API frameworks and tools like Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, and API Gateway.
- Working experience in Data Visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, matplotlib, seaborn, and Plotly.
- Familiarity with Data Manipulation and Analysis such as pandas, NumPy, scipy.
- Understanding of big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark) is a plus.
- Understanding of event-driven architectures and microservices.
- Knowledge of authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth, JWT, etc.).
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Participate in pager duty rotations during nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Ability to work the 4th/night shift which typically starts from 10 pm IST.
- Applicants should be flexible with schedule changes to meet business needs.