Data Architect Lead: Cloud Migrations, DataOps & DBA Leader

Publicis Sapient; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health benefits

Flexible work options

Paid time off

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Manager-Level Data Architect in Arlington, VA to lead a small team of data engineers and drive the enterprise data platform forward. You will blend hands-on SQL Server DBA work with modern data engineering, steering transitions from IaaS to PaaS, and guiding DataOps, CI/CD, and governance.

You will collaborate with PMs to plan initiatives, ensure delivery, and maintain data quality across pipelines, ETL/ELT, and BI integrations (SSRS, Tableau, PowerBI).

Qualifications

• 10+ years in data architecture or data engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on SQL Server DBA experience with HA/DR and performance tuning.
• Proven leadership of small engineering teams (5–7 members).
• Experience migrating SQL Server IaaS to cloud-managed PaaS services.
• Knowledge of DataOps, observability, and data quality.
• Experience with SSIS, AWS Glue, and Python for ETL/ELT.
• Familiarity with BI tools such as SSRS, Tableau, and PowerBI.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of data engineers across platform and integration tracks.
• Plan, prioritize, and execute data initiatives with PM collaboration.
• Oversee migrations from self-hosted to cloud-managed database services.
• Provide architectural oversight and governance for data platforms.
• Develop and maintain data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for database and platform deployments.
• Drive DataOps practices including monitoring and reliability.

Skills

SQL Server DBA

Data architecture

Data engineering

Leadership

Migrations to cloud

DataOps

CI/CD for data platforms

ETL/ELT design

SSIS

Python automation

Aurora PostgreSQL

Tableau / PowerBI / SSRS

Tools

Liquibase

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS Glue

SSRS

Tableau

PowerBI

SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

Python

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking a Manager-Level Data Architect in Arlington, VA to lead a small team of data engineers and drive the enterprise data platform forward. You will blend hands-on SQL Server DBA work with modern data engineering, steering transitions from IaaS to PaaS, and guiding DataOps, CI/CD, and governance.

You will collaborate with PMs to plan initiatives, ensure delivery, and maintain data quality across pipelines, ETL/ELT, and BI integrations (SSRS, Tableau, PowerBI).