Data Platform Manager & Cloud Migration Architect

Sapient Corporation; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Generous paid leave

Wellness program

Learning opportunities

Flexible work options

Job summary

Publicis Sapient seeks a Manager-Level Data Architect to lead a team of data engineers and advance our enterprise data platform. This role blends SQL Server DBA expertise with modern data engineering practices and migration to PaaS cloud solutions.

You will partner with PMs for planning and delivery, drive architectural governance, and shape data integration, pipelines, and security across platforms. A strong leadership track record and cloud migration experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, database administration, or data engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA, including performance tuning, HA/DR, and operational support.
• Proven leadership of small engineering teams (5-7 members).
• Experience designing and managing self-hosted database environments (IaaS).
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing database migrations to PaaS/cloud-managed services.
• Strong understanding of DataOps practices, including monitoring, reliability, and performance management.
• Experience building and maintaining data pipelines and ETL/ELT processes (SSIS, Glue, Python).
• Experience with CI/CD tools and practices for data platforms (Liquibase, Python).
• Familiarity with BI tools such as SSRS and Tableau.
• Strong collaboration skills with Program/Product Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 3-5 data engineers across platform and integration tracks.
• Collaborate with Program Managers to plan, prioritize, and execute data initiatives.
• Drive accountability for project delivery, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight across all data-related workstreams.
• Oversee setup, configuration, and maintenance of data platforms and environments.
• Lead database administration activities including performance tuning, high availability, backup/recovery, and upgrades.
• Define and implement access control, governance, and security best practices.
• Drive DataOps practices including monitoring, reliability, and performance optimization.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for database and platform deployments (Python, Liquibase).
• Lead security remediation efforts and compliance initiatives.
• Oversee design and development of scalable data pipelines and integration workflows.
• Guide implementation of ETL/ELT processes using SSIS, AWS Glue, and Python.
• Support development and optimization of data marts and analytical data models.
• Ensure strong DataOps practices including data quality, observability, and freshness monitoring.
• Lead and support data migration efforts, particularly SQL Server to PaaS transitions.
• Optimize performance and scalability of data pipelines and integration processes.
• Plan and execute migration strategies from SQL Server (IaaS) to managed PaaS database services.

Skills

Data architecture

Leadership

Data engineering

DBA

Cloud migration

Security & governance

Education

10+ years in data architecture/DBA/engineering

Tools

SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

SSIS

Tableau

Power BI

Liquibase

Python

Terraform

Job description

Publicis Sapient seeks a Manager-Level Data Architect to lead a team of data engineers and advance our enterprise data platform. This role blends SQL Server DBA expertise with modern data engineering practices and migration to PaaS cloud solutions.

You will partner with PMs for planning and delivery, drive architectural governance, and shape data integration, pipelines, and security across platforms. A strong leadership track record and cloud migration experience are essential.