Snowflake
Security Architect, Applied Field Engineering
$140K–$184K
US-CA-Menlo Park +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- US-CA-Menlo Park
US-WA-Bellevue
US-CO-Denver - Experience
- 5+ years of industry experience in Data, Security, Networking, Infrastructure or AI Engineering
About the job
Leads customer security architecture engagements and develops frameworks for secure Snowflake deployments, including AI adoption, security operations, governance, and resilience.
What you'll do
- Architect security foundations across identity, data, and infrastructure; guide secure AI adoption and agent governance.
- Run customer workshops and hands-on engagements for security operations, governance, identity, and business continuity/disaster recovery.
- Create technical content and tooling, and relay customer feedback to product and engineering teams.
What they ask for
- Strong technical communication skills, including demos, whiteboard sessions, and presentations to technical and business stakeholders.
- Ability to serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and enterprise architects.
- Expertise in security areas including generative AI security, agent governance, privacy, observability, IAM, networking, programming, container security, or GRC.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of emerging AI regulations such as the EU AI Act and AI/ML trust certifications.
- CISSP
Pay
$140K – $183.7K (base salary; currency not stated)
Tools
Snowflake Cortex, Cortex Agents, Cortex Guard, AI Observability, Otel/Logs, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SQL
AI focus
Supports secure generative and agentic AI adoption, including LLM security, governed agents, content filtering, monitoring and tracing, and AI data privacy.
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