Lead Snowflake Platform

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed.  We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Job Description Be a part of transformational change where integrity matters, success inspires and great teams collaborate and innovate. As the fifth-largest bank in the United States, we’re one of the country's most respected, innovative, ethical and successful financial institutions. We’re looking for people who want more than just a job – they want to make a difference! U.S. Bank is seeking a Software Engineer who will contribute toward the success of our technology initiatives in our digital transformation journey.

The Enterprise Data Platform team builds and operates secure, compliant, and scalable data platforms that power analytics, reporting, and operational insights across the organization. We function as a  platform engineering organization , enabling domain teams to move fast through  self‑service infrastructure , strong governance, and automation‑first design. We partner closely with  Cloud Engineering, IAM, Information Security, Networking, and FinOps  to ensure our Snowflake platform meets regulatory expectations while delivering a high‑quality developer experience. Our mission is to remove friction for data teams while enforcing enterprise standards through code, pipelines, and policy—not manual processes.

Design, build, and operate the  enterprise Snowflake data platform  supporting multiple business domains (Finance, HR, Supply Chain) Own the Snowflake  platform lifecycle , including account topology, RBAC, network architecture, governance, CI/CD automation, and disaster recovery Build and maintain  multi‑account Snowflake environments  (PROD / NONPROD / DEV) on Snowflake Business Critical edition Implement  secure Azure Private Link connectivity , including private endpoints, Private DNS Zones, and network policy enforcement Develop and maintain  Terraform modules  to automate provisioning of Snowflake resources (databases, schemas, warehouses, roles, tags, monitors, integrations) Enable  self‑service platform consumption  through validated YAML manifests deployed via Shield CI/CD pipelines Integrate Snowflake with  Entra ID (Azure AD)  using SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, and enterprise RBAC patterns Manage service account authentication, secrets, and key rotation using  HashiCorp Vault  and Azure Key Vault Enforce  security and compliance controls , including data masking, row‑level security, object tagging, audit logging, and policy‑as‑code Embed  infrastructure and supply‑chain security scanning  into CI/CD pipelines (Checkov, tfsec, Semgrep, Snyk) Design for  resiliency and cost efficiency , including warehouse sizing, resource monitors, cost allocation tags, and chargeback reporting Own  cross‑region disaster recovery , replication strategies, and RPO/RTO adherence Govern  secure data sharing  patterns and monitor data sharing usage and approvals Partner with Cloud, IAM, Security, and FinOps teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience Six to eight years of relevant experience Preferred Skills & Experience 5+ years  of software engineering experience with a strong focus on infrastructure, platform, or cloud‑native systems 2+ years  of Snowflake administration at the  account/platform level  (beyond SQL development) Advanced  Terraform