diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 2dda5c34..74debaf1 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 	"github.com/robfig/cron/v3"
+	"github.com/snowflakedb/gosnowflake"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
@@ -164,6 +165,8 @@ type connection struct {
 	user                string
 	tokenExpirationTime time.Time
 	iteratorValues      []string
+    	snowflakeConfig *gosnowflake.Config
+    	snowflakeDSN    string
 }
 
 // Query is an SQL query that is executed on a connection
diff --git a/job.go b/job.go
index 6852e6ed..3d1b1d26 100644
--- a/job.go
+++ b/job.go
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"encoding/pem"
 
 	_ "github.com/ClickHouse/clickhouse-go/v2" // register the ClickHouse driver
 	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff"
@@ -374,36 +377,86 @@ func (j *Job) updateConnections() {
 				}
 			}
 			if newConn.driver == "snowflake" {
+				u, err := url.Parse(conn)
+				if err != nil {
+					level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to parse Snowflake URL", "url", conn, "err", err)
+					continue
+				}
+			
+				queryParams := u.Query()
+				privateKeyPath := os.ExpandEnv(queryParams.Get("private_key_file"))
+			
 				cfg := &gosnowflake.Config{
 					Account: u.Host,
 					User:    u.User.Username(),
+					Role:    queryParams.Get("role"),
+					Database: queryParams.Get("database"),
+					Schema: queryParams.Get("schema"),
 				}
-
-				pw, set := u.User.Password()
-				if set {
-					cfg.Password = pw
-				}
-
-				if u.Port() != "" {
-					portStr, err := strconv.Atoi(u.Port())
+			
+				if privateKeyPath != "" {
+					// RSA key auth
+					keyBytes, err := os.ReadFile(privateKeyPath)
 					if err != nil {
-						level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to parse Snowflake port", "connection", conn, "err", err)
+						level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to read private key file", "path", privateKeyPath, "err", err)
+						continue
+					}
+			
+					keyBlock, _ := pem.Decode(keyBytes)
+					if keyBlock == nil {
+						level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to decode PEM block", "path", privateKeyPath)
+						continue
+					}
+			
+					var privateKey *rsa.PrivateKey
+					if parsedKey, err := x509.ParsePKCS8PrivateKey(keyBlock.Bytes); err == nil {
+						privateKey, _ = parsedKey.(*rsa.PrivateKey)
+					} else if parsedKey, err := x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(keyBlock.Bytes); err == nil {
+						privateKey = parsedKey
+					} else {
+						level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to parse private key", "err", err)
+						continue
+					}
+			
+					cfg.Authenticator = gosnowflake.AuthTypeJwt
+					cfg.PrivateKey = privateKey
+			
+					dsn, err := gosnowflake.DSN(cfg)
+					if err != nil {
+						level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to create Snowflake DSN with RSA", "err", err)
+						continue
+					}
+			
+					newConn.snowflakeConfig = cfg
+					newConn.snowflakeDSN = dsn
+					newConn.host = u.Host
+					newConn.tokenExpirationTime = time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
+				} else {
+					// Password auth
+					if pw, set := u.User.Password(); set {
+						cfg.Password = pw
+					}
+					if u.Port() != "" {
+						if port, err := strconv.Atoi(u.Port()); err == nil {
+							cfg.Port = port
+						}
+					}
+			
+					dsn, err := gosnowflake.DSN(cfg)
+					if err != nil {
+						level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to create Snowflake DSN with password", "err", err)
+						continue
+					}
+			
+					newConn.conn, err = sqlx.Open("snowflake", dsn)
+					if err != nil {
+						level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to open Snowflake connection", "err", err)
 						continue
 					}
-					cfg.Port = portStr
-				}
-
-				dsn, err := gosnowflake.DSN(cfg)
-				if err != nil {
-					level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to create Snowflake DSN", "connection", conn, "err", err)
-					continue
-				}
-
-				newConn.conn, err = sqlx.Open("snowflake", dsn)
-				if err != nil {
-					level.Error(j.log).Log("msg", "Failed to open Snowflake connection", "connection", conn, "err", err)
-					continue
 				}
+			
+				j.conns = append(j.conns, newConn)
+				continue
 			}
 
 			j.conns = append(j.conns, newConn)
@@ -570,6 +623,34 @@ func (c *connection) connect(job *Job) error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
+	if c.driver == "snowflake" {
+		if c.snowflakeDSN != "" {
+			if time.Now().After(c.tokenExpirationTime) {
+				if c.conn != nil {
+					c.conn.Close()
+					c.conn = nil
+				}
+				c.tokenExpirationTime = time.Now().Add(time.Hour)
+			}
+	
+			db, err := sqlx.Open("snowflake", c.snowflakeDSN)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to open Snowflake connection: %w (host: %s)", err, c.host)
+			}
+	
+			db.SetMaxOpenConns(1)
+			db.SetMaxIdleConns(0)
+			db.SetConnMaxLifetime(30 * time.Minute)
+	
+			if err := db.Ping(); err != nil {
+				db.Close()
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to ping Snowflake: %w (host: %s)", err, c.host)
+			}
+	
+			c.conn = db
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
 	dsn := c.url
 	switch c.driver {
 	case "mysql":