Data Platform Manager: Cloud Migrations & DataOps

Publicis Groupe; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Work-life balance

Health benefits

Paid leave

Wellness program

Learning & development

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in the United States is seeking a Manager-Level Data Architect to lead a team of data engineers and guide the evolution of the enterprise data platform, migrating from self-managed SQL Server IaaS to managed cloud services.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on DBA experience, strong leadership, and a track record of database migrations to cloud-managed services, with close collaboration with PMs to ensure delivery of data initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, database administration, or data engineering.
• Strong hands-on SQL Server DBA experience, including performance tuning, HA/DR.
• Proven experience leading 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 for data platforms (Liquibase, Python-based automation).
• 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 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.

Skills

SQL Server

DBA

Data architecture

Leadership

DataOps

ETL/ELT

Python

CI/CD

Tableau/SSRS

AWS

Cloud migration

Collaboration

Tools

Liquibase

Python

Terraform

CloudFormation

SSIS

AWS Glue

Aurora PostgreSQL

Tableau

SSRS

Power BI

Job description

Publicis Sapient in the United States is seeking a Manager-Level Data Architect to lead a team of data engineers and guide the evolution of the enterprise data platform, migrating from self-managed SQL Server IaaS to managed cloud services.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on DBA experience, strong leadership, and a track record of database migrations to cloud-managed services, with close collaboration with PMs to ensure delivery of data initiatives.