{"product_id":"9798868826276","title":"Snowflake Data Warehouse Engineering: Architecture, Modeling, ELT Pipelines, and Operations","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSnowflake Data Warehouse Engineering: Architecture, Modeling, ELT Pipelines, and Operations\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHander, Martin\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesign, build, and operate a production-grade analytics platform on Snowflake. This practical guide shows how Snowflake architecture shapes modeling, ingestion, and transformation choices; how to engineer ELT pipelines for structured and semi-structured data; and how to make performance, workload, security, and cost decisions that stand up in real projects. The approach is engineering-first and scenario-driven, turning concepts into repeatable, auditable solutions teams can use day to day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeyond feature coverage, the emphasis is operations: CI\/CD for SQL and Snowpark code, monitoring and observability, least-privilege governance with roles and policies, cost guardrails, secure sharing and collaboration, and business continuity with Time Travel, cloning, and replication. You will learn Snowflake-specific techniques for pruning, selective clustering, streaming and CDC, and dynamic refresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this book especially useful is its end-to-end operating playbook: opinionated patterns, checklists, and guardrails that connect architecture, modeling, ingestion and ELT, governance and security, performance and cost, and the everyday practices of releasing and recovering safely. It focuses on concrete decisions and the trade-offs behind them, helping teams avoid legacy anti-patterns while building a reliable, auditable platform that is ready to evolve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign Snowflake architectures that align storage, compute, security, and governance into a coherent, scalable platform.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModel, load, and transform structured and semi-structured data using streams, tasks, MERGE, and SCD2 patterns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTune performance and control cost with micro-partition pruning, selective clustering, warehouse sizing, and workload isolation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplement least-privilege RBAC, masking and row access policies, auditing, and tag-driven governance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBuild reliable ELT pipelines and release safely with CI\/CD, testing, cloning, and SWAP-based promotion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperate with observability and SRE practices using Snowflake usage views and SLOs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShare and collaborate securely with Secure Data Sharing and Marketplace, and plan replication and DR for continuity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eData engineers; data warehouse and solution architects; analytics engineers; BI developers; advanced data analysts; DBAs moving from on-prem to cloud (intermediate level with SQL and warehousing basics).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Apress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-08-07\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9798868826276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 254cm x178cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 272\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46190122991756,"sku":"9798868826276","price":47.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9798868826276_43ff2c34-ca1a-42c1-a8dc-6e3103a234aa.jpg?v=1779973148","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798868826276","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}