Data Platforms Manager & Architecture

Conagra Brands; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 125,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Stock purchase plan

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Conagra Brands seeks a senior Data Platform Architect Leader to guide the enterprise data platforms (Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake). You will act as player-coach, developing a team to run platforms reliably and cost-effectively while shaping key designs that matter.

You will translate business needs into secure, scalable data solutions, advise partners on platform choices, and collaborate with Enterprise Architect, Build Teams, and vendors to improve efficiency and cost across the

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or solution architecture
• 3+ years of experience leading technical teams
• Hands-on experience administering and building on Databricks, Fabric, or Snowflake
• Proven work on pipelines, permission models, IaC modules, or performance tuning
• Experience designing lakehouse, warehouse, and semantic layer architectures

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage the data platform team, including hiring and performance management
• Spend 30-40% of time coding, configuring, and troubleshooting alongside the team
• Own platform IaC and CI/CD, including Terraform and Git-based promotions
• Provide solution architecture for data platform workloads across Databricks, Fabric, and Snowflake
• Implement reference architectures and data modeling consistent with Enterprise standards
• Build proofs of concept in SQL, PySpark, Terraform to validate designs

Skills

Databricks

Snowflake

Fabric

Terraform

Python/PySpark

SQL

CI/CD

Tools

Git

Unity Catalog

Job description

Job Summary

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-effective 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.

Position 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.

You Have

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

Compensation

Pay Range:$125,400-$182,900

Our Benefits

• Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
• Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
• Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
• Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities

Our Company

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®. Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.

At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye ®, Slim Jim® and Reddi-Wip®. Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.

Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.