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Role Overview
SolarWinds is undergoing a transformative shift in its data platform — migrating from SQL Server and SSIS to a modern ELT stack built on Google BigQuery, dbt, and CData. This role leads the team responsible for executing that migration and operating the resulting platform at scale.
The Senior Manager, Analytics Engineering owns the intersection of data engineering and analytics: ingestion reliability via CData, transformation governance through dbt, and the delivery of analytics-ready datasets that serve Business Intelligence, Data Science, and Data Governance functions. This is not a maintenance role — it is a build role that will define how SolarWinds manages enterprise data for years to come.
Reporting directly to the Head of Enterprise Data, this leader manages a distributed team of five Data Engineers across Austin, TX and Manila, Philippines, and serves as a peer to leaders in BI, Data Science, and Data Governance.
Core Responsibilities
Platform Migration Leadership
- Own the end-to-end migration plan from SQL Server/SSIS to BigQuery/dbt/CData, including sequencing, data validation, cutover strategy, and rollback planning.
- Define and enforce migration quality standards: row-count reconciliation, business rule parity, pipeline SLAs.
- Manage stakeholder communication on migration status, risks, and timelines.
dbt Governance & Transformation Layer Ownership
- Architect and govern the dbt project structure: sources, staging, intermediate, and mart layers.
- Establish and enforce dbt development standards: naming conventions, testing requirements, documentation coverage, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
- Own the semantic/metrics layer as a governance artifact — ensuring definitions align with Data Governance policies and BI consumption patterns.
Data Engineering Operations
- Oversee CData Sync configuration, connector management, and ingestion reliability across all data sources.
- Manage BigQuery cost optimization: partitioning strategies, clustering, slot reservations, and query performance.
- Maintain pipeline observability — alerting, data quality monitoring, and incident response SLAs.
People & Team Leadership
- Directly manage 5 Data Engineers across Austin and Manila; build individual development plans and career pathways.
- Partner with the Head of Enterprise Data on headcount planning, hiring, and team structure as the platform matures.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Serve as the primary interface between the Data Engineering team and leaders in BI, Data Science, Data Governance and GTM / Technology Leaders.
- Translate upstream data platform decisions into downstream data contract commitments — SLAs, schema stability, freshness guarantees.
- Participate in enterprise data governance forums and contribute to data lineage, data quality, and data classification initiatives.
Governance
- Maintain data lineage metadata for all dbt models as a first-class artifact, consumable by the Data Governance function.
- Ensure BigQuery dataset-level access controls align with data classification policies (PII, confidential, internal, public).
- Support GDPR, SOX, and applicable data privacy requirements through pipeline design — including right-to-erasure patterns, audit logging, and data retention enforcement.
- Partner with Data Governance on data quality SLAs: define, instrument, and report on freshness, completeness, and accuracy metrics for owned datasets.
Required Experience
- 5+ years hands-on dbt in production environments (models, tests, sources, macros, CI/CD)
- BigQuery at production scale (partitioning, clustering, IAM, dataset architecture, cost controls)
- Proven data platform migration experience from legacy ETL/ELT tooling (SSIS, Informatica, etc.)
- 3+ years managing distributed or offshore engineering teams with demonstrated team development outcomes
- Connector-based ingestion platform experience (CData, Fivetran, Airbyte, or equivalent)
- Strong data modeling fundamentals: dimensional modeling, data vault, or medallion architecture
- Cross-functional stakeholder communication: ability to partner with BI, Data Science, and Governance peers
Strong Differentiator
- Experience with dbt Semantic Layer or MetricFlow for governed metric definitions
- BigQuery FinOps experience: slot commitments, reservation policies, query cost attribution
- Direct SSIS-to-dbt migration experience; understanding of SQL Server-specific migration patterns
- Experience managing Manila or APAC-based teams specifically; async-first culture design
- Hands-on CData Sync experience across JDBC or REST-based source systems
- Experience publishing data contracts or operating a data mesh / data product model
- Prior experience in an organization with separate, mature BI, DS, and DG functions reporting to a CDAO/VP
Compensation: Base salary range for this role in California is $200K – $225K annually, depending on experience. This role may also be eligible for bonus, along with a comprehensive benefits package.
SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
All applications are treated in accordance with the SolarWinds Privacy Notice: https://www.solarwinds.com/applicant-privacy-notice
Skills Required
- 5+ years hands-on dbt in production environments
- BigQuery at production scale
- Proven data platform migration experience from legacy ETL/ELT tooling
- 3+ years managing distributed or offshore engineering teams
- Connector-based ingestion platform experience
- Strong data modeling fundamentals
SolarWinds Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SolarWinds and has not been reviewed or approved by SolarWinds.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with some locations covering healthcare, dental, and vision at 100% and generally well-regarded plan quality. Feedback suggests wellness resources, counseling, and fitness reimbursements further strengthen the offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and a sabbatical after five years are part of the package. Feedback suggests global parental leave minimums add meaningful family support to the overall time-off mix.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Compensation is considered solid by many, with consistent raises noted alongside base pay. Feedback suggests bonuses and structured increases contribute to a sense of ongoing pay growth.
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What We Do
SolarWinds is a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software. Our products give organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—the power to monitor and manage their IT services, infrastructures, and applications; whether on-premises, in the cloud, or via hybrid models. We continuously engage with technology professionals—IT service and operations professionals, DevOps professionals, and managed services providers (MSPs)—to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available IT infrastructures and applications. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK® community, allow us to solve well-understood IT management challenges in the ways technology professionals want them solved. Our focus on the user and commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management has established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for network and IT service management, application performance, and managed services.
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