diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/materialization/snowflake_engine.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/materialization/snowflake_engine.py
index f77239398e..5d0f08c2f5 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/materialization/snowflake_engine.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/materialization/snowflake_engine.py
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ class SnowflakeMaterializationEngineConfig(FeastConfigBaseModel):
     private_key: Optional[str] = None
     """ Snowflake private key file path"""
 
+    private_key_content: Optional[bytes] = None
+    """ Snowflake private key stored as bytes"""
+
     private_key_passphrase: Optional[str] = None
     """ Snowflake private key file passphrase"""
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
index 96552ff87e..ada6c99c98 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/offline_stores/snowflake.py
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ class SnowflakeOfflineStoreConfig(FeastConfigBaseModel):
     private_key: Optional[str] = None
     """ Snowflake private key file path"""
 
+    private_key_content: Optional[bytes] = None
+    """ Snowflake private key stored as bytes"""
+
     private_key_passphrase: Optional[str] = None
     """ Snowflake private key file passphrase"""
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/snowflake.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/snowflake.py
index fef804a377..6f39bdd0f6 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/snowflake.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/online_stores/snowflake.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class SnowflakeOnlineStoreConfig(FeastConfigBaseModel):
     private_key: Optional[str] = None
     """ Snowflake private key file path"""
 
+    private_key_content: Optional[bytes] = None
+    """ Snowflake private key stored as bytes"""
+
     private_key_passphrase: Optional[str] = None
     """ Snowflake private key file passphrase"""
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/registry/snowflake.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/registry/snowflake.py
index f2bc09e7e4..ac4f52dc06 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/registry/snowflake.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/registry/snowflake.py
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ class SnowflakeRegistryConfig(RegistryConfig):
     private_key: Optional[str] = None
     """ Snowflake private key file path"""
 
+    private_key_content: Optional[bytes] = None
+    """ Snowflake private key stored as bytes"""
+
     private_key_passphrase: Optional[str] = None
     """ Snowflake private key file passphrase"""
 
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/infra/utils/snowflake/snowflake_utils.py b/sdk/python/feast/infra/utils/snowflake/snowflake_utils.py
index dd965c4bed..b9035b40db 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/infra/utils/snowflake/snowflake_utils.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/infra/utils/snowflake/snowflake_utils.py
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ def __enter__(self):
 
             # https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/python-connector-example.html#using-key-pair-authentication-key-pair-rotation
             # https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/key-pair-auth.html#configuring-key-pair-authentication
-            if "private_key" in kwargs:
+            if "private_key" in kwargs or "private_key_content" in kwargs:
                 kwargs["private_key"] = parse_private_key_path(
-                    kwargs["private_key"], kwargs["private_key_passphrase"]
+                    kwargs.get("private_key_passphrase"),
+                    kwargs.get("private_key"),
+                    kwargs.get("private_key_content"),
                 )
 
             try:
@@ -510,13 +512,27 @@ def chunk_helper(lst: pd.DataFrame, n: int) -> Iterator[Tuple[int, pd.DataFrame]
         yield int(i / n), lst[i : i + n]
 
 
-def parse_private_key_path(key_path: str, private_key_passphrase: str) -> bytes:
-    with open(key_path, "rb") as key:
+def parse_private_key_path(
+    private_key_passphrase: str,
+    key_path: Optional[str] = None,
+    private_key_content: Optional[bytes] = None,
+) -> bytes:
+    """Returns snowflake pkb by parsing and reading either from key path or private_key_content as byte string."""
+    if private_key_content:
         p_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(
-            key.read(),
+            private_key_content,
             password=private_key_passphrase.encode(),
             backend=default_backend(),
         )
+    elif key_path:
+        with open(key_path, "rb") as key:
+            p_key = serialization.load_pem_private_key(
+                key.read(),
+                password=private_key_passphrase.encode(),
+                backend=default_backend(),
+            )
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Please provide key_path or private_key_content.")
 
     pkb = p_key.private_bytes(
         encoding=serialization.Encoding.DER,