Data Platform Engineering Manager
Leads the team running Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies' enterprise data platform (workers' comp division): day-to-day ops, 24x7 on-call, and hands-on work across SQL Server/Azure SQL, Cosmos, ADF/Airflow, and Microsoft Fabric, driven through IaC/GitOps with Terraform, Azure DevOps, PowerShell, and Liquibase.
- Compensation
- $151.8K–$194.6K / yr
- Location
- Sacramento, California
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Data engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Data Engineering, or related discipline
- 10+ years in database administration, data engineering, or data platform operations
- 5+ years in a team lead, supervisory, or management role with direct people-management responsibility
- Depth in SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Managed Instance, plus working experience with at least one of Postgres, MySQL, Cosmos, or Mongo
- Database redundancy and high availability experience (Always On, geo-replication, or equivalent)
- Cloud data platform experience (Azure SQL, Fabric, or Databricks) and ETL/ELT
- IaC and automation tooling (Terraform, Azure DevOps, PowerShell), including automating database provisioning and schema deployment
- Expert-level SQL Server 2016-2022, Azure SQL, and Managed Instance
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Fabric (OneLake, medallion/lakehouse patterns)
- ETL/ELT patterns and tooling (Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Fabric pipelines, HVR, Databricks)
- Terraform, Azure DevOps, Git-based workflows, PowerShell, and Python with GitOps fluency
- Dynatrace monitoring
- NYDFS Part 500, SOC audit compliance, and PII handling
- Participation in scheduled 24x7 on-call rotation (mandatory condition of employment)
- Strong written communication; presents technology decisions and trade-offs to Director/VP leadership
Nice to have
- Master's degree
- Two or more certifications: DP-600, DP-203, DP-300 (or equivalent non-Microsoft data platform certs)
- LLM usage (e.g., Claude) for data engineering
- Track record designing and operating data systems in regulated industries
- Liquibase or equivalent database change management tooling
Full description
Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies, Workers Compensation Division, is looking for a Data Platform Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for the organization's enterprise data platform and is accountable for its performance, reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency. This individual oversees the selection, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of the technologies that store, process, and move data across the organization.
The position requires broad expertise across relational, NoSQL, and analytical data platforms, with responsibility for developing and strengthening these capabilities within the team. The Manager leads day-to-day platform operations, including 24x7 support and incident response, and ensures delivery through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and GitOps practices aligned with the Autonomous Composable Development (ACD) model.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
TEAM LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT
- Directly supervises Database engineers day-to-day direction, workload prioritization, performance management, 1:1s, and reviews aligned to the IC level framework.
- Accountable for developing the team’s depth across relational, NoSQL, and analytical platforms, and for raising automation, IaC, and GitOps proficiency.
- Accountable for closing the gap between defined standards and demonstrated team practice.
- Manages on-call rotation scheduling and escalation coverage.
- Surfaces risks, gaps, and disagreements in writing at the time they are identified rather than after work is underway.
- Resolves cross-team blockers directly with peer leaders and escalates only what cannot be settled at that level.
DATA PLATFORM OWNERSHIP
- Owns the operational data store estate: OLTP and NoSQL across MS SQL, Cosmos, and equivalents. Recommends the right store for a given workload rather than defaulting to a single engine.
- Owns transformation and data movement: ADF, Airflow, and the replacement of the HVR and SSIS approaches currently in place.
- Operates the analytical data platform — OneLake and the Bronze, Silver, and Gold tiers — to the same standards as the relational estate.
- Selects technology within each category, and is accountable for the reliability, performance, and cost of what is chosen.
- Manages data platform cost, licensing, and capacity per organizational guidelines.
AUTOMATION AND DELIVERY
- Defines standards for GitOps schema management, IaC provisioning, and lifecycle automation. Authors and reviews T-SQL, PowerShell, and IaC templates (Terraform, Azure DevOps) for database provisioning and schema deployment.