Senior Data Platform Manager

AIRs Tek Office is seeking an experienced Senior Data Platform Manager to join its talented group. The Senior Data Platform Manager will work closely with the AIR Modernization team and stakeholders across multiple business domains to design build and maintain scalable data systems. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management helping drive data strategy while mentoring engineers to implement an enterprise analytics platform interactive dashboards and semantic models that enable informed decision-making. This position reports into the Technology Office.

This position offers hybrid work flexibility requiring three days per week in AIRs Virginia office with occasional travel for meetings training sessions and conferences.

About AIR:

Founded in 1946 and headquartered in Arlington Virginia the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance to address some of the most pressing challenges in the United States and globally. We generate evidence and apply data-driven solutions that expand opportunities and improve lives for all.

Responsibilities:

The responsibilities for the position include:

• Lead the design development and lifecycle management of scalable reliable and efficient data pipelines and architectures.
• Partner withbusiness and technicalstakeholdersto define data requirements and deliver solutions.
• Leverage Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse/Warehouse/OneLakeas applicable) to implement scalable and secure data storage processing and semantic model strategies.
• Implement andmaintainsecurity and governance practices (workspace strategy permissions RLS/OLS endorsement/certification practices and documentation).
• Support a healthy delivery process by contributing to standards code reviews and deployment practices (e.g. dev/test/prod version control andreleasecoordination)as well asmaintainingdata security compliance and privacy standards.
• Manage project priorities timelines and resource allocation to ensuretimelydelivery.
• Evaluate and implement new tools technologies and processes to improve data infrastructure.
• Lead mentor and grow a small team of data engineers and power BI developers fostering a culture of collaboration accountability and continuous improvement.
• Stay current with Microsoft analytics platform capabilities and recommend enhancements that improve usability reliability and value.
• Responsibilities may change based on business needs.

Qualifications:

Education Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelors orMasters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field orat least 9 years of professional experience.
• 58 years of experience in data engineering or related roles including at least 2yearsmanaging or leading engineering teams.
• Strongproficiencyin SQL and at least one programming language (e.g. Python Java Scala) with handson experience building data pipelines using tools such as Airflowdbt or Spark.
• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS GCP Azure) and a deep understanding of data warehousing technologies (e.g. Snowflake RedshiftBigQuery).
• Experience with governance frameworks environment strategy data security compliance and regulatory requirements is preferred.
• Experience with distributed systems andlarge-scaledata processing as well as working in an agile environment using tools like Jira and Confluence.

Skills

• Strong communicationskills with the ability to clearly explain technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders and senior leaders incorporate feedback andalign onsolutions.
• Proven ability to work effectively with both technical and nontechnical internal and external partners ensuring clarity collaboration and shared understanding.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent deliveries in a fastpaced environmentdemonstratingstrong ownership accountability a teamoriented mindset and a commitment to highquality outcomes.
• Collaborative and teamoriented with the ability to mentor othersestablishstandards and drive adoption of best practices across the organization.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to define requirements communicate tradeoffs and deliver analytics; preferred experience with Microsoft tools such as Azure Data Services Microsoft Fabric Power BI or Azure DevOps.

Disclosures:Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis. Employment-based visa sponsorship (including H-1B sponsorship) is not available for this position. Depending on project work qualified candidates may need to meet certain residency requirements.

American Institutes for Research is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law including but not limited to actual or perceived race (including traits historically associated with race such as hair texture hair type and protective hairstyles such as braid locks and twists) creed color religion alienage or national origin ancestry citizenship status age physical or mental disability medical condition (e.g. cancer) sex gendergender identity or expression (including transgender status) sexual orientation marital status civil union status pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions genetic information or military or veteran status. AIR adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo reference and background checks. AIR maintains a drug-free work environment.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE:If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a physical or mental disability please send an email to Taliba Boone at or call 202.403.5000.

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