Data Platform Manager: SQL Server to Cloud Migration

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Generous paid leave

Wellness program and EAP

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Arlington, VA is seeking a Manager Data Engineering to lead a team of data engineers and drive our transition to managed PaaS data platforms. The role blends hands-on SQL Server DBA work with modern DataOps, CI/CD, and cloud migrations to AWS/Aurora.

You will mentor a small team (3-5 engineers), collaborate with PMs, and ensure reliable data pipelines, governance, and performance across ETL/ELT processes. Strong leadership required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in data architecture, database administration, or data engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience as a SQL Server DBA with performance tuning, high availability, and operational support.
• 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 DataOps practices, including monitoring, reliability, and performance 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, HA/DR, and upgrades.
• Define and implement access control, governance, and security best practices.

Skills

Data architecture

Leadership

DataOps

Cloud strategy

Program management

Tools

SQL Server

Aurora PostgreSQL

Tableau

SSRS

Power BI

Liquibase

Python

AWS Glue

SSIS

Job description

Publicis Sapient in Arlington, VA is seeking a Manager Data Engineering to lead a team of data engineers and drive our transition to managed PaaS data platforms. The role blends hands-on SQL Server DBA work with modern DataOps, CI/CD, and cloud migrations to AWS/Aurora.

You will mentor a small team (3-5 engineers), collaborate with PMs, and ensure reliable data pipelines, governance, and performance across ETL/ELT processes. Strong leadership required.