diff --git a/data/.env.template b/data/.env.template
index bac0cdb2..dd663786 100644
--- a/data/.env.template
+++ b/data/.env.template
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Developer Prefix
+USER_PREFIX=PNADOLNY
+
 # Google Analytics Tap
 TAP_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_CLIENT_SECRETS="{\"type\": \"service_account\",\"project_id\": \"foo\",\"private_key_id\": \"bar\",\"private_key\": \"-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\\nfoo\\nbar\\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\\n\",\"client_email\": \"foo@bar.iam.gserviceaccount.com\",\"client_id\": \"foo\",\"auth_uri\": \"https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth\",\"token_uri\": \"https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token\",\"auth_provider_x509_cert_url\": \"https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs\",\"client_x509_cert_url\": \"https://www.googleapis.com/robot/v1/metadata/x509/foobar.iam.gserviceaccount.com\"}"
 
@@ -17,8 +20,5 @@ PERMISSION_BOT_ACCOUNT="****"
 # Snowflake MELTANO User Password
 SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD="****"
 
-# dbt Snowflake Password
-DBT_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD="****"
-
 # Slack Webhook
 TARGET_APPRISE_URIS=["https://hooks.slack.com/services/{}/{}/{}"]
diff --git a/data/environments/userdev.meltano.yml b/data/environments/userdev.meltano.yml
index 064ca83f..4932617a 100644
--- a/data/environments/userdev.meltano.yml
+++ b/data/environments/userdev.meltano.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ environments:
           role: ${USER_PREFIX}
           warehouse: CORE
   env:
-    USER_PREFIX: PNADOLNY
     HUB_METRICS_S3_PATH: s3://devtest-meltano-bucket-01/hub_metrics/
     SUPERSET_API_URL: http://localhost:8088
     SUPERSET_USER: admin
diff --git a/data/meltano.yml b/data/meltano.yml
index 6122bd80..3cf9d05a 100644
--- a/data/meltano.yml
+++ b/data/meltano.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ version: 1
 default_environment: userdev
 send_anonymous_usage_stats: false
 project_id: c15e971a-d318-4a9d-979b-1039ce5fd1b1
+
 include_paths:
 - ./environments/*.meltano.yml
 - ./extract/*.meltano.yml
@@ -9,3 +10,7 @@ include_paths:
 - ./orchestrate/*.meltano.yml
 - ./transform/*.meltano.yml
 - ./utilities/*.meltano.yml
+
+# Feature Flags - https://docs.meltano.com/reference/settings#feature-flags
+# fail if any referenced env vars are missing
+ff.strict_env_var_mode: true
diff --git a/data/transform/profiles/snowflake/profiles.yml b/data/transform/profiles/snowflake/profiles.yml
index c49492f4..12a98713 100644
--- a/data/transform/profiles/snowflake/profiles.yml
+++ b/data/transform/profiles/snowflake/profiles.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ meltano:
       threads: 2
       account: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ACCOUNT') }}"
       user: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_USER') }}"
-      password: "{{ env_var('SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
+      password: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
       role: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ROLE') }}"
       warehouse: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE') }}"
       database: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_DATABASE') }}"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ meltano:
       threads: 2
       account: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ACCOUNT') }}"
       user: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_USER') }}"
-      password: "{{ env_var('SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
+      password: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
       role: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ROLE') }}"
       warehouse: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE') }}"
       database: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_DATABASE') }}"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ meltano:
       threads: 4
       account: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ACCOUNT') }}"
       user: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_USER') }}"
-      password: "{{ env_var('SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
+      password: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
       role: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ROLE') }}"
       warehouse: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE') }}"
       database: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_DATABASE') }}"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ meltano:
       threads: 6
       account: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ACCOUNT') }}"
       user: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_USER') }}"
-      password: "{{ env_var('SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
+      password: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
       role: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ROLE') }}"
       warehouse: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE') }}"
       database: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_DATABASE') }}"
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ meltano:
       threads: 4
       account: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ACCOUNT') }}"
       user: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_USER') }}"
-      password: "{{ env_var('SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
+      password: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD') }}"
       role: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ROLE') }}"
       warehouse: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_WAREHOUSE') }}"
       database: "{{ env_var('DBT_SNOWFLAKE_DATABASE') }}"
diff --git a/data/transform/transformers.meltano.yml b/data/transform/transformers.meltano.yml
index 79cb4462..76c51671 100644
--- a/data/transform/transformers.meltano.yml
+++ b/data/transform/transformers.meltano.yml
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ plugins:
       account: epa06486
       database_raw: RAW
       database_prep: PREP
+      password: ${SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD}
diff --git a/data/utilities/utilities.meltano.yml b/data/utilities/utilities.meltano.yml
index 401f632b..3c828a7c 100644
--- a/data/utilities/utilities.meltano.yml
+++ b/data/utilities/utilities.meltano.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ plugins:
     settings:
     - name: user
       env: DBT_SNOWFLAKE_USER
+    - name: password
+      env: DBT_SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD
     - name: role
       env: DBT_SNOWFLAKE_ROLE
     - name: database
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ plugins:
       account: epa06486
       role: TRANSFORMER
       warehouse: CORE
+      password: ${SNOWFLAKE_PASSWORD}
   - name: awscli
     namespace: awscli
     pip_url: awscli==1.21.7