Snowflake built the first cloud-native data platform designed from the ground up for multi-cloud deployment — now used by over 10,000 organizations including nearly 700 of the Fortune 1000. Its certification program validates expertise across data warehousing, data engineering, data science, and data governance on the Snowflake Data Cloud, covering SQL, performance optimization, data sharing, and Snowpark.
SnowPro Core is the foundational credential for the Snowflake ecosystem and is increasingly listed as a requirement for data engineering and analytics engineering roles at organizations running Snowflake. As the platform continues to displace legacy data warehouses, certified Snowflake professionals are in high demand — particularly for data platform, analytics, and dbt-based data transformation roles.
Snowflake · ADA-C02
Validates advanced skills in managing Snowflake accounts including data security, governance, RBAC, performance tuning, data sharing, and disaster recovery. Designed for administrators with 2+ years of hands-on Snowflake production experience.
Snowflake · ARA-C01
Validates advanced skills required to design, deploy, and optimize comprehensive Snowflake architecture solutions meeting business, security, and compliance requirements. Targets solution architects and database architects with 2+ years of hands-on Snowflake production experience.
Snowflake · DAA-C01
Validates advanced skills in applying comprehensive data analysis principles using Snowflake, including data ingestion, advanced SQL, UDFs, and predictive and diagnostic analytics. Requires 1+ years of hands-on Snowflake experience and an active SnowPro Core certification.
Snowflake · DEA-C02
Validates advanced expertise in designing, building, optimizing, and managing complex data pipelines within the Snowflake platform. Covers data movement, transformation, performance optimization, storage, and data governance at a production-level depth.
Snowflake · SEA-C01
Validates advanced expertise in designing and enforcing data protection, privacy, and governance policies within the Snowflake Data Cloud. Covers access control, auditing, compliance, incident response, and securing AI/ML applications on Snowflake.
Snowflake · COF-C03
Validates hands-on expertise with the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, covering architecture, data loading, performance optimization, governance, and data collaboration. Designed for data engineers, DBAs, and cloud professionals working with Snowflake.
Snowflake · GES-C01
Validates expertise in applying generative AI and large language model (LLM) capabilities within the Snowflake platform. Assesses the ability to build, govern, and scale Gen AI solutions using Snowflake Cortex, Document AI, and related features.
Snowflake · NAS-C01
Validates specialized knowledge, skills, and best practices for building native application workloads in Snowflake. Targets professionals with 1+ years of experience building and deploying native applications using the Snowflake Native App Framework in production environments.
Snowflake · DSA-C03
The SnowPro Advanced: Data Scientist certification validates advanced skills in applying data science principles, machine learning, and GenAI/LLM capabilities within the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. It targets experienced data scientists with 2+ years of hands-on Snowflake production experience.
Snowflake · SPS-C01
Validates specialized knowledge, skills, and best practices used to build Snowpark DataFrame data solutions in Snowflake, including DataFrames, UDFs, stored procedures, and performance optimization. Designed for data engineers and developers with 1+ years of hands-on Snowpark production experience.