Data Architect

FleetPride is the largest after-market distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts in the U.S. with some of the best and brightest people in the business! Partner with the best in the heavy-duty industry and apply today!

Enterprise Data Architecture & Cloud Strategy

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Architect modern enterprise data platforms across On‑Prem, Azure, and Fabric ecosystems.

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Define architectural standards, reusable patterns, roadmaps, and modernization strategies.

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Lead scalable ingestion, storage, transformation, and modeling frameworks.

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Drive cloud adoption with a focus on resiliency, standardization, and business alignment.

Strategic Architecture & Enterprise Responsibilities

Post‑Merger Data Integration & Platform Consolidation

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Consolidate data environments, pipelines, and models across acquired companies.

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Integrate ERP, CRM, and operational systems into unified Lake/Lakehouse architectures.

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Establish reusable ingestion and onboarding frameworks for future acquisitions.

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Standardize canonical models and reduce duplicated or conflicting data assets.

Enterprise Lakehouse Architecture (Azure + Microsoft Fabric)

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Design and operate Lakehouse architectures following Bronze/Silver/Gold patterns.

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Govern Fabric workspaces, Lakehouses, Pipelines, and semantic models.

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Define and maintain enterprise KPI frameworks and shared semantic layers.

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Ensure strong lineage, data quality, and operational observability.

Master Data Management (MDM) & Canonical Entity Design

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Define canonical entities (Customer, Product, Vendor, Location, etc.).

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Implement pragmatic MDM-lite or hybrid models that scale without unnecessary overhead.

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Resolve identity conflicts, hierarchy mismatches, and attribute drift across systems.

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Establish metadata, stewardship roles, and entity lifecycle governance.

Data Governance, Security & Compliance

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Architect scalable governance models supporting acquisitions and enterprise growth.

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Implement domain isolation, RLS/CLS, data certification, and metadata standards.

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Ensure compliance with SOX, privacy, and corporate data security policies.

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Partner with security teams to enforce consistent controls across platforms.

Platform Ownership & Operational Leadership

(Repositioned after Strategic responsibilities for better narrative flow.)

BI Platform Administration

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Oversee Power BI, Fabric, and on‑prem BI platforms.

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Govern workspace hierarchy, capacity usage, semantic models, and performance.

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Ensure reliability, scalability, and governed data access.

SQL & DB2 DBA Leadership

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Provide direction to SQL Server and DB2 DBAs for performance, HA/DR, and maintenance.

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Govern schema lifecycle, environment consistency, and change management.

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Support DB2 and legacy system modernization and migration strategies.

Production Deployments & DevOps

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Govern CI/CD and deployment pipelines across On‑Prem, Azure, and Fabric.

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Standardize automation, approvals, versioning, rollback, and SDLC practices.

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Manage deployments for ADF, Logic Apps, Azure SQL/Synapse, Cosmos DB, and Fabric.

Observability, Monitoring & Orchestration

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Architect end‑to‑end observability using New Relic.

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Implement dashboards, telemetry, alerting, and workload reliability standards.

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Govern enterprise scheduling and orchestration using Control‑M.

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Drive proactive monitoring across pipelines, databases, and Fabric workloads.

Cross‑Functional Leadership

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Provide architectural leadership and direction across data engineering, BI, and DBA teams to ensure alignment with enterprise data strategy.

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Lead decision‑making on data platform patterns, governance standards, and modernization initiatives.

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Mentor technical teams and drive adoption of best practices in cloud data engineering, DevOps, and Lakehouse architecture.

Technical Qualifications

Required

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12–15+ years in enterprise data architecture and cloud analytics.

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Expertise in data modeling, schema design, and large‑scale data systems.

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Advanced hands‑on experience with ADF, Azure SQL, Synapse, and ADLS Gen2.

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Strong SQL Server background with performance tuning expertise.

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Experience with DB2/iSeries data structures and migration.

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Familiarity with Cosmos DB/NoSQL and Databricks/PySpark.

Preferred

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Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (ARM/Bicep/Terraform).

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Azure Entra ID and least‑privilege security architecture.

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Azure cost governance and optimization.

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Strong experience with Microsoft Fabric.

FleetPride is the leader in the industry comprised of retail, service, distribution and wholesale divisions.