Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two. Worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
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Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 123 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first.
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The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
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No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area.
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What Harvard University paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Research Associate” (Data Scientists) in MA: $74k–$95k, median $85k.
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Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
Details and sources
- Employer is on a government sponsor record
- The US Department of Labor certified 123 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- No salary bar for this route
- H-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Harvard University paid sponsored hires in similar roles
- 2 certified filings for “Research Associate” (Data Scientists) in MA: $74k–$95k, median $85k. Most were filed at wage level I (100%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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About the role
Job Summary:
Responsible for overall data management design and construction, ensuring optimization of data access, integration, and utilization. Manage interface and connectivity between multiple data storage sources using advanced database administration expertise.
Job-Specific Responsibilities:
The Manager of Data Integration (MDI) is responsible for the Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) practice. The MDI works with developers, the technical infrastructure team and product owners to support the timely and reliable delivery of integration services and features. The MDI maintains the technology currency of the Informatica implementation.
Duties and Responsibilities include:
• Design, develop, and document complex tasks, including:
• Informatica integrations, data synchronizations, mappings, APIs, and OData. Extract, transfer, and Load data in disparate enterprise systems.
• Oracle SQL procedures, functions, and views. Organize and process information in a way that enables users to easily and intuitively go back and find details
• Salesforce workflows, external objects, and external services. Allow external data to be manipulated and loaded in a manner to be useful to end users for both searching and reporting
• Marketing Cloud data extensions. Load data to be used in all communications
• Data Cloud (Data360) Streams, Objects, Models and integration with Salesforce Flows
• Collaborate with internal and external business partners to determine needs and evaluate solutions
• Monitor and support Informatica?s daily operations by optimizing scheduling across the platform to assure balanced and efficient service delivery. Tunning of existing assets to maintain high level of service
• Provide technical expertise and direction in developing and supporting system level integrations
• Architecture design to build a solid foundation on which new services or updates of existing services can be built
• Quality assurance focusing on improving the integration development process and making it efficient and effective
• Troubleshoot integration problems and recommend appropriate resolution employing data analysis skills
• Provide training to staff in both best practices of ETL procedures as well as design and development of integrations, mappings, and APIs
• Actively contribute to formulation of plans and policies
Working Conditions:
• The health of our workforce is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up-to-date on CDC-recommended vaccines.
Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum of five years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience
Additional Qualifications and Skills:
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Experience orchestrating and optimizing Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) processes
• Demonstrated experience working on Salesforce platforms, preferably within the higher education context (Ed Cloud)
• Proficient in SOQL, SOSL, SQL
• Competency in Web Services (JSON, XML, REST, SOAP)
• Standard Hours/Schedule: 35 hours per week
• Compensation Range/Rate (including Shift Differential if applicable): $100K-$130K/annual
• Visa Sponsorship Information: Harvard University is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position
• Pre-Employment Screening: Identity, Criminal
• Other Information:
• This is a 2-year term position with the possibility of extension.
• A cover letter is highly encouraged for consideration.
• All formal offers will be made by FAS Human Resources.
About Us
The Division of Continuing Education (DCE) comprises four academic units serving about 30,000 domestic and international students annually, which allow Harvard to meet the learning needs of intellectually curious and highly motivated students from high school through
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