Requisition ID: 190337
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: EDO-Mktg. Loyalty and Digital Data
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: Mississauga
Location: Tahoe Office

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

Ready to Make an impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity for Data Architect/Modeller in our Enterprise Data Office (EDO) to support our Marketing, Loyalty & Digital business. This position will be based out of Mississauga location.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

As a Data Architect/Modeller with Sobeys you will:

• Design and develop data architectures for ingesting data from source systems, ensuring efficient and scalable data pipelines.
• Analyze source system data models and identify opportunities for standardization and optimization.
• Collaborate with Business Analysts/Business Data Analysts to understand data requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Work closely with Data Engineers to implement data extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) processes.
• Develop and maintain data quality standards for source system data to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Participate in enterprise data projects, identifying potential integration issues and proposing solutions aligned with data governance best practices.
• Document data architecture components thoroughly for future reference and maintenance.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to engineers, and other team members. Share your expertise and knowledge to foster their professional growth and enhance their understanding of database design, SQL, query evaluation and performance tuning.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders, to understand data requirements and translate them into actionable data architecture solutions. Effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in data architecture and management.
• Champion data best practices among business and technical teams.
• Champion the EDO goals and guiding principles
  • Build trust in data and how we use it.
  • Establish and embed collaborative ways of working to accelerate our data transformation.
  • Champion the safe and scalable use of data across the organization.

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What you have to offer:

What you have to offer:

• 5+ years of Data Architect and modelling experience preferably in the CPG industry.

• Strong experience in data architecture principles, methodologies, and best practices.

• Proficiency in data modeling techniques.

• Experience in Cloud-based data management platforms and ETL solutions such as Azure ADLS, Snowflake, Databricks, Informatica or similar.

• Understanding of data governance frameworks, data quality management, and data security practices.

• Ability to collaborate with business teams to understand data impacts and define data standards.

• Experience in Data Product Management methodologies is an asset.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.

Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.

• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.

• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.

• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.

• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.

• Parental leave top-up

• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.