Sr Data Engineering & Analytics Director

Own the data platform roadmap — architect and lead the migration from legacy on-prem warehousing to a modern GCP/BigQuery lakehouse.

Build a governed BI architecture in Looker with a certified semantic layer and conversational, self-service analytics.

Bring AI copilots and agentic automation into the engineering practice to raise velocity and reliability.

Build the AI/ML data foundation — ML-ready datasets and feature engineering — partnering with data science to scale production models.

Hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing data engineering and analytics organization.

Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Systems.

10+ years in data engineering or architecture, including 6+ years leading enterprise data platform teams.

Deep hands-on expertise with cloud data platforms (GCP/BigQuery preferred; Azure, AWS, Snowflake, or Databricks).

A track record shipping a cloud data lakehouse or modern data platform at enterprise scale.

Experience with modern BI/semantic layers (Looker or Power BI) and governed self-service reporting.

Strong DataOps fundamentals and a history of leading legacy-to-cloud migrations with executive-level communication.

Teamwork oriented

Organized

Problem solver

Detailed

We’ve been forging our path as a leader in the distribution industry since 1894. Building an expansive nationwide network of team members for 130+ years has allowed us to stay agile for our clients across the restaurant, retail, and e-commerce industries. We look to the future and are ready to continue making industry-defining moves by embracing the newest technology into our practices, continuing team member training, and emphasizing our people-centered culture.

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