Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Solutions Consultant role sits at a common inflection point in the SaaS ecosystem where product adoption depends on successful customer deployment. Positioned within Professional Services for a cloud data platform, the work is anchored in modernization and migration, translating legacy environments into a managed, scalable SaaS architecture. It is also notable for its feedback loop into internal tooling, reflecting how mature SaaS vendors operationalize learnings from the field to improve repeatability.
From a SaaS career perspective, the role builds durable skills in implementation-led growth: scoping outcomes, running workshops, and guiding technical decision-making across stakeholders. Exposure to data warehousing, pipelines, security controls, and cloud migration patterns creates a foundation that transfers across analytics, infrastructure, and platform SaaS categories. The emphasis on documentation and best practices also aligns with how SaaS teams scale delivery without relying on bespoke work.
This position tends to suit professionals who enjoy hands-on technical delivery while communicating effectively with both engineers and executives. It fits someone who prefers varied customer contexts, can manage multiple engagements, and is motivated by turning ambiguous requirements into deployable architectures and repeatable processes.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.
We are looking for a Solutions Consultant to be part of our Professional Services team to deploy cloud products and services for our customers. This person must be a hands-on, self-starter who loves solving innovative problems in a fast-paced, agile environment. The ideal candidate will have the insight to connect a specific business problem and Snowflake’s solution and communicate that connection and vision to various technical and executive audiences.
The person we’re looking for shares our passion for reinventing the data platform and thrives in a dynamic environment. That means having the flexibility and willingness to jump in and get it done to make Snowflake and our customers successful. It means keeping up to date on the ever-evolving data and analytics technologies, and working collaboratively with a broad range of people inside and outside the company to be an authoritative resource for Snowflake and its customers.
AS A SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
Be responsible for delivering exceptional outcomes for our teams and customers during our modernization projects. You will engage with customers to migrate from legacy environments into Snowpark/Snowflake. You will act as the expert for our customers and partners throughout this process.
In addition to customer engagements, you will work with our internal team to provide requirements for our Snowconvert utility, based on project experiences. This ensures that our tooling is continuously improved based on our implementation experience.
OUR IDEAL SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT WILL HAVE:
University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience
2 - 5 years of experience as a solutions architect, data architect, database administrator, or data engineer.
Willingness to forge ahead to deliver outcomes for customers in a new arena, with a new product set
Passion for solving complex customer problems
Ability to learn new technology and build repeatable solutions/processes
Ability to anticipate project roadblocks and have mitigation plans in-hand
Experience in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, AI/ML, application modernization, or Cloud projects
Experience in building realtime and batch data pipelines using Spark and Scala
Proven track-record of results with multi-party, multi-year digital transformation engagements
Proven ability to communicate and translate effectively across multiple groups from design and engineering to client executives and technical leaders
Strong organizational skills, ability to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Outstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations Hands-on experience in a technical role (SQL, data warehousing, cloud data, analytics, or ML/AI)
Extensive knowledge of and experience with large-scale database technology (e.g. Snowflake, Netezza, Exadata, Teradata, Greenplum, etc.)
Software development experience with Python, Java , Spark and other Scripting languages
Proficiency in implementing data security measures, access controls, and design within the Snowflake platform.
Internal and/or external consulting experience.
Skillset and Delivery Activities:
Have the ability to outline the architecture of Spark and Scala environments
Guide customers on architecting and building data engineering pipelines on Snowflake
Run workshops and design sessions with stakeholders and customers
Create repeatable processes and documentation as a result of customer engagement
Scripting using python and shell scripts for ETL workflow
Develop best practices, including ensuring knowledge transfer so that customers are properly enabled and are able to extend the capabilities of Snowflake on their own
Weigh in on and develop frameworks for Distributed Computing, Apache Spark, PySpark, Python, HBase, Kafka, REST based API, and Machine Learning as part of our tools development and overall modernization processes
WHY JOIN OUR GLOBAL CENTER OF EXCELLENCE TEAM AT SNOWFLAKE?
Expertise and Specialization: We are designed to bring together experts and specialists in a particular domain. This creates an environment where employees can collaborate with like-minded professionals, share knowledge, and learn from each other
Innovation and Best Practices: We focus on driving innovation and implementing best practices within our domain which is making sure customers have a healthy Snowflake adoption. Working with us will expose you to cutting-edge technologies, methodologies, and industry trends.
Professional Development: Access to mentorship, training programs, and continuous learning initiatives can enhance your skills and advance your career.
Impactful Work: Our CoE is established to address critical business challenges or opportunities. Working on our projects will allow you to contribute to solutions that have a significant impact on the organization's success.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: collaboration with various departments, teams, partners and customers around the world.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
How do you want to make your impact?
For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com
