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Job Summary:
Sprouts Farmers Market is a rapidly growing company focused on high-quality, farm-fresh produce and healthy living. They are seeking a Database Platform Architect to own the architecture and evolution of their data infrastructure, partnering with various teams to deliver scalable and secure data systems.
Responsibilities:
• Define and own the enterprise data architecture roadmap, aligning platform strategy with business objectives and technology trends.
• Lead the design and governance of MS SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, and related relational platforms across development, staging, and production.
• Architect and implement high-availability and disaster recovery solutions including AlwaysOn Availability Groups, failover clustering, and cloud-native replication.
• Drive DataOps adoption by integrating database changes into CI/CD pipelines, automating deployments, and managing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for data platform resources.
• Establish and enforce data platform standards, naming conventions, security controls, and governance policies.
• Lead performance engineering efforts, including proactive query tuning, index strategy, workload management, and capacity planning for multi-TB environments.
• Evaluate and recommend cloud database services and emerging technologies, providing build-vs-buy analysis and proof-of-concept implementations.
• Mentor and guide database engineers and developers, elevating data platform knowledge across the organization.
• Partner with development teams on complex schema design, API data patterns, and data warehouse modeling.
• Oversee data migration and upgrade projects, including major version upgrades and cloud lift-and-shift initiatives.
• Drive automation of operational processes including monitoring, alerting, backup validation, and routine maintenance using PowerShell, Python, or similar.
• Provide escalation support for critical production incidents and participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Produce architectural documentation, including solution design documents, runbooks, and data flow diagrams.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience with MS SQL Server in enterprise environments, with at least 3 years in an architect or lead capacity.
• 5+ years working with large-scale databases (5TB+) in high-availability configurations.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with cloud database platforms (Azure SQL Database / Managed Instance) and open-source RDBMS platforms (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar).
• Proven experience building and operating DataOps pipelines with CI/CD tooling (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or equivalent).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Bicep) for database resource provisioning.
• Expert-level proficiency in MS SQL Server: AlwaysOn AG, WSFC, replication, log shipping, and failover clustering.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native database services: Azure SQL MI, Azure Synapse, and related PaaS offerings.
• Proficiency with open-source RDBMS platforms: PostgreSQL, MySQL, or MariaDB — including replication, extensions, and performance tuning.
• Experience with modern ETL/ELT patterns, SSIS, Azure Data Factory, or dbt.
• Proficiency in PowerShell and Python for automation, scripting, and platform management.
• Hands-on experience with database CI/CD tools (Flyway, Liquibase, SSDT, or similar).
• Solid understanding of data security: TDE, row-level security, dynamic data masking, RBAC, and cloud IAM patterns.
• Experience with Performance Tuning and Optimization (PTO), including execution plan analysis and workload isolation.
• Familiarity with observability tools (Datadog, Azure Monitor, SQL Insights, or equivalent).
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks and catalog tooling (Purview, Collibra, or similar) a plus.
Preferred:
• Microsoft certifications (DP-300, DP-900, AZ-900) preferred.
Company:
Sprouts is the place where goodness grows. Founded in 2002, the company is headquartered in Phoenix, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.