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Tech Lead Data Platforms

Posted on July 23, 2025

Stellarton, Canada
0 - 0 USD (yearly)

Full Time

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Requisition ID: 190794
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: EDO - Operational Support Data
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia; Alberta; Ontario
City: L4W 0C7
Location: Foord St. Office, Calgary Office, 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 a full-time opportunity for a Tech Lead - Data Platforms. This role can be based out of one our main offices including: Stellarton, NS; Mississauga, ON; Calgary, AB.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

As a Tech Lead - Data Platforms with Sobeys, you will:

Work in the Platform Administration team within the Enterprise Data Office.
Perform all administration functions within the platform.
Implement cost monitoring techniques and optimizations.
Perform production deployments and establish process.
Support all platform related issues.
Implement product standards and methodologies.
Implement and support automation for administering user access.
Propose and implement query performance optimizations.
Identify system bottlenecks and recommend solutions.
Implement user and query log analysis and alerts.
Implement data encryption/decryption/masking policies to protect sensitive data.

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What you have to offer:

Technical expertise in platform administration.
Experience securing sensitive PII/PCI/PHI data.
Knowledge of security administration (SAML, SCIM, etc).
Experience with architecting and maintaining high availability production systems.
Experience with developing monitoring architecture and implementing monitoring agents, dashboards, escalations, and alerts.
Experience with DevOps concepts.
Knowledge of security controls for the public cloud (encryption of data in motion/rest and key management).
Demonstrated proficiency of index design, query plan optimization and analysis required.
Hands-on experience in administration of relational Databases, Data Warehouse and Data marts.
Drive for continuous learning around platform features and enhancements

Your experience and resume will show us:

Bachelor’s Degree and 5+ years of work experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related field.
Minimum 4+ years of related experience in platform administration.
Extensive hands-on experience with SQL.
Strong communication and written skills.

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.

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