Senior Solution Engineer, Public Sector
About the role
Senior Solution Engineer – Public Sector
public sector landscape
Singapore and ASEAN public sector regulatory environment
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers to
identify, qualify, and execute expansion opportunities
within existing Public Sector accounts (new workloads, users, departments, and data products).
- Present Snowflake's
technology, roadmap, and vision
to executives, technical leaders, and practitioners at public sector customers, clearly articulating business value and technical differentiation.
- Work hands-on with customers to
design and validate new solutions
on Snowflake across analytics, data sharing, data engineering, AI/ML, and data applications - from ideation to proof-of-concept and production rollout.
- Conduct
technical discovery and architecture reviews
to understand current usage, identify gaps, and propose best-practice architectures that increase adoption, performance, security, and cost efficiency.
- Build and deliver
tailored demos and technical workshops
that showcase how Snowflake can power key government and public sector use cases (e.g., citizen 360, smart nation initiatives, public health analytics, regulatory reporting, fraud and risk, operational analytics).
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to:
- Provide
public sector–specific feedback
and influence product roadmap.
- Create and share
reusable assets
such as reference architectures, demo environments, playbooks, and best practices tailored to public sector expansion.
- Act as a
trusted advisor
to customer technical stakeholders, helping them adopt Snowflake platform features (governance, security, performance optimization, data sharing, marketplace, AI/ML integrations) and embed Snowflake into their long-term data strategy.
- Maintain a deep understanding of
competitive and complementary technologies
(data platforms, analytics, AI/ML tools, integration and BI ecosystems) and how to position Snowflake relative to them in the public sector context.
- Support
RFPs, RFIs, and security/compliance reviews
with detailed technical input, ensuring alignment with government standards and procurement requirements.
- Advocate for and demonstrate
cost management and FinOps best practices
on Snowflake to drive sustainable, value-based expansion.
- Contribute to the broader
SE and Public Sector community
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- Extensive working experience in a
customer-facing solution engineering / pre-sales
role, ideally focused on data, analytics, or cloud platforms.
- Proven track record of
driving expansion or upsell
within existing enterprise or public sector accounts (e.g., increasing platform consumption, enabling new workloads, or landing cross-departmental use cases).
- Strong competency across modern data stacks:
•
ETL/ELT
, data warehousing / data lakes / lakehouse
- Analytics, data science,
AI / ML / Generative AI
, and data applications
- Excellent ability to present to both
technical and executive audiences
, whether through impromptu whiteboarding or structured presentations and demos.
- Hands-on expertise with
SQL
Python, Spark, or similar data processing technologies
.
- Solid understanding of
cloud platforms
(AWS, Azure, or GCP) and key data-related services.
- Strong familiarity with
security, governance, and compliance
concepts relevant to public sector workloads (identity and access management, encryption, data residency, auditing).
- Experience working in or with
Singapore / ASEAN Public Sector
customers, or other regulated environments, with an understanding of government procurement and regulatory expectations.
- Solid understanding of Singapore Government Commercial cloud - infrastructure, networking, security and data classification levels.
- Excellent
communication, stakeholder management, and value-based selling
skills, with the ability to translate technical capabilities into business outcomes.
- Degree in
Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics
STRONGLY DESIRED
- Experience with
large-scale data platforms
(e.g., Teradata, Netezza, Exadata, Greenplum, Hadoop) and migrations to cloud data platforms.
- Programming/scripting experience (e.g.,
Python, Java, Scala, or Spark
) for data engineering, automation, or proof-of-concept development.
- Experience selling or supporting
enterprise data / analytics / AI platforms
in a pre-sales, consulting, or architecture role.
- Familiarity with
BI and data visualization tools
(e.g., Tableau, Power BI, Looker) and how they integrate with cloud data platforms.
- Experience designing or optimizing
OLAP data models
and enterprise data architectures.
- Background in
Public Sector or Government
- either as a practitioner (e.g., in a ministry, statutory board, or government-linked entity) or as a vendor/partner supporting public sector programs.
- Experience working with
ecosystem partners
(GSIs, ISVs, resellers) to drive joint solutions and market motions in the public sector.
- Exposure to
Data Science / AI / ML / Generative AI
workloads, including integration patterns with Snowflake and cloud-native AI services.
- Cloud platform certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and/or data/analytics certifications (including Snowflake) are an added plus.
ADDED BONUS FOR
- Hands-on experience designing or operating
data platforms on Snowflake
or similar cloud-native data platforms in production at scale.
- Experience with
data sharing, data exchange, or data marketplace
concepts, particularly for cross-agency or cross-domain collaboration.
- Deep understanding of
Singapore and ASEAN public sector frameworks
, such as:
- Government security and compliance standards
- Data residency and sovereignty expectations
- GovTech and Smart Nation initiatives
- Experience driving
multi-stakeholder programs
in complex environments, including C-level sponsors, architects, procurement, and operational teams.
- Experience with
enterprise SaaS solutions
and subscription-based business models.
- Passion for helping public sector organizations
unlock the value of data
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