Lead Analyst, Data Platform Engineering

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🚰 Data Engineer

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United Rentals

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1997

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Transport • Construction • Industrial

United Rentals is the world's largest rental equipment company, providing a wide range of equipment and tool rental solutions. Their offerings include earthmoving equipment, aerial work platforms, power generation, HVAC solutions, industrial tools, and trench safety equipment. United Rentals also provides a variety of digital solutions to enhance worksite efficiency, such as their Total Control® dashboard and mobile app. They operate globally, including extensive services in Europe through BakerCorp. The company services several industries, such as construction, industrial, and government sectors, with an emphasis on safety and productivity.

📋 Description

• Administer United Rentals’ Snowflake Discovery accounts, including users, roles, warehouses, RBAC/RLS/CLS, security policies, and account configurations • Monitor platform health, performance, and cost; tune workloads to meet business SLAs • Audit and remediate security issues • Manage availability between Snowflake accounts and partner cloud or on-premises platforms • Activate, test, and evaluate Snowflake Private Preview capabilities and recommend adoption strategies • Design, build, and maintain data pipelines using CDC/mirror replication, APIs, custom scripts, batch, and file-based loads • Build and maintain transformation workflows across Foundation, Processed, and Curated data warehouse layers • Monitor pipeline and job performance, troubleshoot failures, and resolve data quality or timeliness issues • Partner with source system owners and corporate teams to onboard data sources and define ingestion standards • Document pipeline design, dependencies, and data lineage • Support enablement, testing, and rollout of AI applications and copilots including Claude, ChatGPT/Copilot, and Snowflake Cortex Agents • Configure and monitor AI agents, including MCP server-based agent-to-agent integrations • Partner on ontology and knowledge graph context-layer efforts • Build and maintain curated datasets, business data models, and Semantic Views for dashboards, agents, and AI/BI layers • Partner with BI and analytics teams using Sigma and Tableau • Review data accuracy and production readiness before release • Serve as a go-to resource for Snowflake capabilities, feature adoption, and platform best practices • Document platform architecture, runbooks, and how-to guides • Train team members and business users on relevant tools and capabilities • Translate business requests into priorities, balance short- and long-term demands, resolve or escalate issues appropriately, and foster continuous improvement

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical field • Master’s Degree preferred • 5+ years of experience in database/platform administration, data engineering, or business intelligence • At least 1 year of hands-on experience administering Snowflake or a similar cloud data platform in a production environment • 1+ years leading complex projects or initiatives • Hands-on experience with a multi-account Snowflake architecture • Strong SQL programming skills • Experience with data ingestion and ETL/ELT tools, e.g. Fivetran/HVR, Matillion, dbt, Coalesce, Postman • Familiarity with AI/LLM enablement and tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Snowflake Cortex Code • Experience with BI and visualization tools like Tableau or Sigma is a plus • Understanding of agentic architectures, including MCP servers and agent-to-agent communication, is a plus • Snowflake certification (SnowPro Core or Advanced) a strong plus • Familiarity with agile development practices • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with a focus on practical problem-solving within constraints • Strong technical documentation skills • Excellent oral and written communication skills for daily collaboration with IT and business leads • Ability to work collaboratively and cross-functionally

🏖️ Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave • United Compassion Fund • Employee Discount Program • Career Development & Promotional Opportunities • Additional Vacation Buy Up Program (US Only) • Early Wage Access through Payactiv (US Hourly Only) • Paid Sick Leave • Inclusive and welcoming culture • Health and financial plans • Comprehensive U.S. benefit offerings • Canadian benefits

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