Q2 · 23 hours ago
Site Reliability Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$103K/yr - $150K/yr
5+ years expQ2 is a leading provider of digital banking and lending solutions to banks, credit unions, and fintechs. They are seeking a skilled Senior Site Reliability Engineer to support, optimize, and maintain their data platform, ensuring reliability, performance, and operational efficiency of Snowflake-based data systems.
Financial ServicesFinTech
No H1B
Responsibilities
Manage and administer Snowflake environments (warehouses, databases, schemas, roles)
Monitor system performance, query efficiency, and warehouse utilization
Optimize storage and compute costs through proactive analysis and tuning
Maintain and support Snowflake tasks, streams, pipes, and Snowpipe ingestion processes
Implement monitoring, alerting, and dashboards for Snowflake performance and health
Troubleshoot data platform issues, latency problems, and ingestion failures
Ensure high availability, reliability, and SLAs for Snowflake workloads
Automate Snowflake deployments using Terraform, DBT, or similar tools
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for data platform changes (Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Docker, Helm)
Create automation scripts (Python/SQL/Bash) for operational tasks and process improvements
Support ETL/ELT pipelines from an infrastructure perspective (Airflow, Kubernetes, ArgoCD)
Ensure reliable data ingestion from cloud storage and streaming sources (Airflow, Kafka)
Work closely with Data Engineering to maintain production-grade pipelines
Work with cloud platforms (AWS) for Snowflake integration
Manage IAM roles, access policies, and Snowflake RBAC for secure data access
Ensure compliance with data governance, auditing, and security standards
Participate in on-call rotations to handle data platform incidents
Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and implement long-term corrective actions
Maintain documentation, runbooks, and SOPs for Snowflake operations
Qualification
Required
Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in (relevant degree) and a minimum of 5 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with 3+ years of experience; or equivalent related work experience
5+ years of experience as an SRE, DevOps Engineer, or Data Platform Engineer
Hands-on experience with Snowflake administration, performance tuning, and security
Experience with SQL and understanding of database concepts
Proficiency in scripting (Python) for automation
Knowledge of Kubernetes or containerized environments
Experience with IaC tools (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with Airflow or similar orchestration tools
Experience working with AWS or Azure platforms
Hands-on experience deploying Helm charts to Kubernetes (preferably using GitOps tools like ArgoCD)
Strong understanding of logging, monitoring, and alerting tools (Datadog, Splunk, CloudWatch, etc.)
This position requires fluent written and oral communication in English
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S
Preferred
Snowflake SnowPro certification (Core or Advanced)
Experience with DBT for data transformations
Experience in cost optimization for large-scale Snowflake workloads
Benefits
Hybrid Work Opportunities
Flexible Time Off
Career Development & Mentoring Programs
Health & Wellness Benefits, including competitive health insurance offerings and generous paid parental leave for eligible new parents
Community Volunteering & Company Philanthropy Programs
Employee Peer Recognition Programs – “You Earned it”
Company
Q2 is a Financial Services company.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Jonathan Price
Chief Financial Officer
Himagiri Mukkamala
Chief Operating Officer
Recent News
2025-11-18
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