CareerPlan

Manager Data Engineering

Arlington, VirginiaFull-time$120k–$170k2026-10-13 → 2026-10-22

Core

Lead a team of data engineers to evolve an enterprise data platform from self-managed IaaS SQL Server clusters to fully managed PaaS solutions.

Role type

Manager-level data engineering lead (hybrid DBA/Architect)

Builds

Enterprise data platforms, scalable data pipelines, and cloud-native database services

Domain

Data Engineering / Cloud Migration / Database Administration

Required skills

SQL Server DBA, team leadership, database migration, DataOps, ETL/ELT, CI/CD, performance tuning, high availability

Preferred skills

AWS data services, PostgreSQL, stream processing, infrastructure-as-code, data observability

Technologies

SQL Server, Aurora PostgreSQL, SSRS, Tableau, PowerBI, SSIS, AWS Glue, Python, Liquibase, Terraform, CloudFormation

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a team of 3–5 data engineers; oversee setup and maintenance of data platforms; drive database migrations from IaaS to PaaS; implement DataOps and CI/CD pipelines; optimize data pipeline performance and scalability; define access control and governance best practices.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on technical leadership