Snowflake Lead

Role Overview: You will be the Finance Snowflake India Lead at Mizuho responsible for leading the Snowflake data platform for Finance Corporate Services. Your role will involve overseeing the architecture, development, and production support of the platform. You will need to be a hands-on leader capable of driving end-to-end data ownership for Finance Data, ensuring high availability of critical financial pipelines, and managing the support model for production workloads. Key Responsibilities: - Snowflake Architecture & Platform Ownership - Own and evolve the Snowflake data platform architecture for Finance Corporate Services. - Design scalable, secure, and high-performance data models including dimensional, ELT/ETL patterns. - Define best practices for data ingestion, transformation, modeling, security, governance, and access controls. - Partner with global architecture teams to align with enterprise data strategy. - Development & Delivery Leadership - Lead offshore teams in designing, developing, and deploying Snowflake-based solutions. - Drive end-to-end delivery lifecycle including requirements analysis, design & build, testing, and release management. - Oversee the development of ELT pipelines, data marts for Finance, and ensure adherence to coding standards and performance optimization. - Production Support & BAU Management - Own production stability and support operations for the Snowflake Finance platform. - Lead incident management, problem management, and root cause analysis. - Drive resolution of critical pipeline failures and establish governance frameworks for monitoring and tracking. - Data Pipeline & Integration Management - Oversee data integration from multiple source systems and manage dependencies across upstream systems and downstream consumers. - Ensure data reconciliation, completeness, and accuracy across systems. - Stakeholder & Vendor Management - Act as the primary offshore lead for the Snowflake Finance platform and collaborate with onshore IT finance leads, business stakeholders, and vendors. - Provide regular status updates, risk management, and escalation handling. - Governance, Compliance & Controls - Ensure adherence to data governance standards, audit and regulatory requirements, SDLC, and change management processes. - Implement data lineage, controls, and reconciliation frameworks. - Team Leadership & Capability Building - Lead and mentor a team of Snowflake developers, data engineers, and support analysts. - Drive knowledge management, cross-training, and build a strong offshore operating model aligned with global delivery expectations. Qualification Required: - Technical Skills: - Strong expertise in Snowflake architecture and administration. - Experience with cloud platforms, data integration tools, SQL, data modeling, ELT/ETL pipeline design, performance tuning, and data governance. - Functional Expertise: - Good understanding of the Finance domain, general ledger, subledger, financial reporting, and experience in handling financial data pipelines. - Production Support Experience: - Proven experience managing critical production environments, incident management, RCA, and SLA-driven support models. - Leadership & Soft Skills: - Strong leadership, team management, global collaboration, communication, stakeholder management skills, and ability to handle high-pressure production issues effectively. (Note: The Company Overview section has been omitted as per the instructions provided) Role Overview: You will be the Finance Snowflake India Lead at Mizuho responsible for leading the Snowflake data platform for Finance Corporate Services. Your role will involve overseeing the architecture, development, and production support of the platform. You will need to be a hands-on leader capable of driving end-to-end data ownership for Finance Data, ensuring high availability of critical financial pipelines, and managing the support model for production workloads. Key Responsibilities: - Snowflake Architecture & Platform Ownership - Own and evolve the Snowflake data platform architecture for Finance Corporate Services. - Design scalable, secure, and high-performance data models including dimensional, ELT/ETL patterns. - Define best practices for data ingestion, transformation, modeling, security, governance, and access controls. - Partner with global architecture teams to align with enterprise data strategy. - Development & Delivery Leadership - Lead offshore teams in designing, developing, and deploying Snowflake-based solutions. - Drive end-to-end delivery lifecycle including requirements analysis, design & build, testing, and release management. - Oversee the development of ELT pipelines, data marts for Finance, and ensure adherence to coding standards and performance optimization. - Production Support & BAU Management - Own production stability and support operations for the Snowflake Finance platform. - L