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Snowflake Lead at Cognizant

Posted in Information Technology 30+ days ago.

Type: Full-Time
Location: Chicago, Illinois





Job Description:

We are Cognizant Artificial Intelligence

Digital technologies, including analytics and AI, give companies a once-in-a-generation opportunity to perform orders of magnitude better than ever before. But clients need new business models built from analyzing customers and business operations at every angle to really understand them.

With the power to apply artificial intelligence and data science to business decisions via enterprise data management solutions, we help leading companies prototype, refine, validate and scale the most desirable products and delivery models to enterprise scale within weeks

*You must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future *

Job Summary


  • This includes designing implementing testing  debugging  and deploying.

  • Build metadata driven solutions that is repeatable and highly configurable.

  • Automate testing and deployment in AWS and Azure.

  • Partner with business analysts to craft stories and develop work items to satisfy those stories.

  • Work on an agile team to quickly iterate and release solutions.

  • Provide technical advice and assist end-users in solving problems.

  • Serve as a key subject matter expert and drive evolution of the cloud-based Data Warehouse Solutions.

KEY skillsets:

-  Snowflake

-  AWS / Azure

-  Rest API

-  Kafka

-  Docker / Kubernetes

-  Python

-  Data Integration

-  RDBMS

-  Large volume of data from files such as CSV , JSON

Qualifications, Experience and Skills


  • Minimum of a B.S. in Computer Science  MIS or related degree and 10+ years of related experience.

  • In depth knowledge of the following software languages and technologies:

  • Python  SQL  JavaScript

  • Snowflake cloud services

  • Proficiency with relational database  ETL/ELT and data modeling concepts.

Experience in the below is expected:


  • AWS or Azure cloud services

  • Large volume of data from files (CSV  JSON etc.)  REST API and Kafka

  • Docker and Kubernetes

  • Power BI or Tableau

  • GIT or BitBucket Source Control

  • Agile methodologies  Scrum and Kanban

  • Automated CI/CD pipeline.

Experience with one or more of the below is desirable:


  • DBT

  • Terraform

  • CircleCI

  • Alteryx

  • Jira and Confluence

  • Buy-Side financial technologies

  • Competencies


  • Analysis: Identify and understand issues  problems and opportunities compare data from different sources to draw conclusions.

  • Communication: Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

  • Exercising Judgment and Decision Making: Use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions recommend or take action that is consistent with available facts  constraints and probable consequences.

  • Technical and Professional Knowledge: Demonstrate a high level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise.

  • Building Effective Relationships: Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.

  • Client Focus: Make internal and external clients and their needs a primary focus of actions develop and sustain productive client relationships

Roles & Responsibilities


  • Technical Lead Bachelors in science  engineering or equivalent.Interact with clients and internal stakeholders

  • Provide guidance to team members and execute projects through the course of coding

  • Quality control  deployment  maintenance and support in order to deliver the project on time by ensuring maximum application uptime WITHIN the limits of SLAs Cognizant and clients standards  processes and policies

  • Project Planning and Set-up-Understand project scope Based on the analysis of the type of the project provide inputs on project methodology to senior stakeholders (Project Manager / Architects etc.)





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