AdvanSix · 4 weeks ago
Manager, Unified Data Platform & AI Engineering
Troy Hills, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$131K/yr - $196K/yr
7+ years expAdvanSix plays a critical role in global supply chains, innovating and delivering essential products for various end markets. The Manager of Unified Data Platform & AI Engineering will own the design, build, and run of the digital data platform, managing a team to deliver a governed Unified Data Layer and robust data products.
ChemicalManufacturing
Responsibilities
Own the UDL reference architecture
Define and operate secure OT/IT integration patterns
Partner with SAP teams to integrate S/4HANA and SAP DataSphere into the semantic layer strategy
Lead engineering for ingestion (batch/CDC/streaming), transformation (SQL/PySpark), testing, observability, and SLAs
Implement reusable data product patterns: naming conventions, contracts, quality rules, SCD handling, and documentation “readmes.”
Expose governed access for Power BI, APIs, and Copilot/agents; prevent direct system scraping
Stand up ML platform services: feature store, model registry, experiment tracking, inference endpoints, monitoring (drift, accuracy, latency), and A/B controls
Partner with Data Science to productionize models with SLOs and rollback runbooks
Establish CI/CD for data and ML (branching, environments, approvals, blue/green)
Implement observability: pipeline health, freshness, DQ, lineage coverage, cost dashboards, and alerting/On-Call
Enforce RBAC, secrets management, PII/HSE classifications, data retention, and DLP alignment with the Power Platform CoE
Manage a 3–5 FTE engineering team; recruit, coach, and develop talent
Direct vendor pods for ingestion, historian connectors, DataSphere modeling, and BI enablement; define DoD, SLAs, and knowledge transfer to insource sustainably
Collaborate with Data Governance/MDM, Reporting & BI, Automation, Cyber/IT, and plant controls teams
Embed data quality rules, lineage, KPI canon, and MDM keys/survivorship into pipelines
Champion documentation, runbooks, post-incident reviews, and change control—especially for OT integrations
Qualification
Required
Minimum 7 years' in data/platform engineering with 3+ years leading teams or tech leads
Proven delivery of a Lakehouse or equivalent enterprise data platform and streaming/CDC pipelines
Strong hands-on with Azure data stack; or equivalent in AWS/GCP with ability to translate to Azure
Deep SQL and one major programming language (Python preferred); PySpark experience for large-scale transforms
Practical MLOps/DevOps: Git-based CI/CD, IaC, model registry/monitoring, containerized services, observability
Understanding of OT systems and historians, DCS/PLC data, OPC UA/MQTT patterns, and OT cybersecurity considerations (ISA-95/99)
Working knowledge of SAP S/4HANA data structures and SAP DataSphere semantic modeling; ability to partner with SAP teams
Familiarity with Power BI consumption patterns (semantic models, RLS) and integration with certified datasets/APIs
Manufacturing or process industry experience strongly preferred
Benefits
Paid holidays
Paid time off including vacation
Eligibility to purchase company stock
Tuition reimbursement
401K with a competitive company match
Medical, dental and vision insurance
Flexible spending and health savings account eligibility
Employer-provided short term disability benefits
Eligibility to purchase long term disability benefits
Employer-provided basic life insurance
Eligibility to purchase voluntary life coverages
Company
AdvanSix
AdvanSix is a chemical industry
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$12MKey Investors
U.S. Department of Agriculture
2024-09-16Grant· $12M
Leadership Team
Erin Kane
President and CEO
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