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About the Position
We are seeking a Lead SQL Server Database Architect to own the technical direction of our client's SQL Server platform, a stable, production-grade estate that now needs someone to drive its evolution toward modern data warehousing and AI-readiness.

Responsibilities
Own the platform's technical direction, data modeling standards, and schema governance; make and document architecture decisions with their trade-offs
Set and enforce standards for performance, reliability, and security




Lead the shift from on-prem operations to modern data warehousing, dimensional modeling, ELT pipelines, layered raw/curated/semantic architecture, version control and CI/CD for database code, and data lineage and cataloging
Own the modernization roadmap end to end
Prepare the platform for AI and ML workloads through clean, governed, accessible data; define governance for access control, sensitive data, and auditability
Continuously assess the estate for capacity, performance, technical debt, and security risk, and raise findings early with a recommended course of action
Provide unprompted updates on platform health and initiative progress
Mentor DBAs on technical depth and on the habit of surfacing problems early; document knowledge so expertise is shared, not concentrated
Requirements
Deep production SQL Server experience (tuning, indexing, HA/DR)
Strong data architecture and dimensional modeling background, with demonstrated experience modernizin

📌 Database Lead (Argentina)
🏢 Distillery
📍 Argentina