Data Platforms Manager & Architecture

Conagra Brands•Omaha, NE

1d•$125,400 - $182,900•Hybrid

About The Position

Leads the data platform team and provides solution architecture for Conagra's enterprise data platforms, including Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Snowflake. Acts as a player-coach who builds and develops a team to run these platforms reliably and cost-effectively while personally shaping the designs that matter most. Translates business and analytics needs into secure, scalable data solutions, and advises business partners on which platform and pattern best fits each use case. Collaborates with the Enterprise Architect, Build Teams, and business partners to implement enterprise data and platform standards. Works with managed services providers and system integrators to deliver high-value projects and continuously improve efficiency and cost.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or solution architecture, or equivalent experience
3+ years of experience leading technical teams, with a track record of developing engineers and architects
Deep, recent hands-on experience administering and building on Databricks, Fabric, or Snowflake. You should be able to show work you personally built: pipelines, permission models, IaC modules, or performance tuning.
Experience designing lakehouse, warehouse, and semantic layer architectures, including medallion and dimensional modeling approaches
Strong understanding of data governance, security, and access control in a multi-platform environment
Advanced SQL and working proficiency in Python/PySpark. Able to read, write, and performance-tune production code
Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD for data platform deployment
Experience applying consumption-based cost management to cloud data platforms
Working knowledge of Azure networking and identity (VNets, Private Endpoints, Entra ID, managed identities/service principals) as they apply to data platforms
Ability to explain technical tradeoffs clearly to engineers, directors, and business leaders

Nice To Haves

Experience in CPG, manufacturing, or supply chain data is a plus

Responsibilities

Leads, develops, and manages the data platform team, including hiring, performance management, capacity planning, and career growth
This is a hands-on role. Expect to spend roughly 30–40% of your time in code, configuration, and troubleshooting: building prototypes, reviewing pull requests, and resolving platform issues alongside the team.
Owns the platform's infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD, including Terraform for workspaces, catalogs and permissions, Databricks Asset Bundles or equivalent deployment tooling, and Git-based promotion across environment
Provides solution architecture for data platform workloads, guiding platform selection across Databricks, Fabric, and Snowflake based on workload, cost, and security needs, and setting design direction for the team and Build Teams within enterprise standards
Implements reference architectures, data modeling approaches, and integration patterns consistent with standards defined by the Enterprise Architect. Builds working proofs of concept in code (SQL, PySpark, Terraform) to validate designs before Build Teams commit. Reviews pull requests and pipeline designs, not just architecture documents
Provides technical guidance to Build Teams through design reviews and solution sign-off, and validates approaches through hands-on prototyping
Applies access, catalog, and data governance standards across platforms (e.g., Unity Catalog, Fabric workspace and capacity design, Snowflake account and role design)
Implements and tunes cost controls such as Databricks cluster/compute policies and budget alerts, Snowflake warehouse sizing, auto-suspend and resource monitors, and Fabric capacity sizing and throttling management
Designs data movement and sharing patterns across platforms to reduce duplication and keep business logic and KPIs consistent
Partners with business and IT leaders to prioritize the platform roadmap and communicate platform capabilities, tradeoffs, and timelines
Manages technical relationships with platform vendors, managed services providers, and system integrators