Lead AWS Cloud Data Architect

Client : IT Consulting

Role: Lead AWS Cloud Data Architect

Job Type : Contract

Duration: 3 Monts with possibility of extension

Location: Remote ( CST/MST hrs)

Your New Company

Our client is US IT Consulting client hiring for Lead AWS Cloud Data Architect

Your New Role:

Our client is seeking an exceptional Data Architect to join their growing Cloud Data Engineering team. The right candidate is someone who has deep expertise in data architecture | ML system design and is passionate about working with our customers, partners, and colleagues to drive innovation forward.

Your mission will be to work alongside Engineers, Engineering Managers, and Project Managers to deliver AWS solutions across our diverse and forward-thinking customer base. You’ll work with the latest technologies and support customers looking to bring cutting-edge ideas to the market.

Responsibilities

• You will be a mission control specialist, guiding client and its customers alike through Agile ceremonies like stand-ups, retrospectives, and more.
• You will translate customer requirements and into a workable backlog of tickets for engineers.
• Delegate tickets to a team of engineers in order to complete customer projects.
• Lead requirements gathering, backlog grooming, and architecture discussions.
• Apply your understanding of DevOps pipelines, including build automation, branching
• strategies, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, security, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in customer dev, test, and production environments.
• Automate software testing at multiple levels (component, configuration item, subsystem, system) and monitor results.
• Write production quality code, including unit and integration tests.
• Work with a team to deliver top-quality cloud native applications on AWS for customers.
• Clearly communicate and document your designs, processes, and procedures.
• You will demonstrate a passion to Stay Curious as you mentor peers, tackle new technologies, and learn from our word-class team of engineers.
• Coach and mentor less experienced teammates, coach and be mentored by world class engineers.

What You’ll Need to Succeed:

Core Consulting Qualifications

Customer Experience

• Confidently addresses client questions and identifies gaps in requirements with proposed next steps.

• Focus on delivering clear, actionable solutions that meet client goals Collaboration

• Facilitates alignment across stakeholders or technical priorities and deliverables.

• Navigates differing perspectives with professionalism to ensure shared understanding and progress.

Communication

• Breaks down complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences in a clear, concise manner.

• Adapts communication style based on audience and context to improve clarity and decision-making.

Technical Qualifications

• Experience designing and implementing at least two of the following:

o ETL, orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines.

o SQL databases, stored procedures, query optimization.

o Analytics and visualization.

o MDM and data governance.

• Experience implementing at least two of the following on AWS:

o High availability solutions, read/write replicas, performance tuning.

o RDS and Aurora optimization.

o Large scale application migration with a focus on databases.

o Security, access controls, and governance in the cloud.

• Expert level understanding of data warehouses and RDBMs (Redshift, Snowflake, Postgres, MySQL).

• Proficiency with IaC tools (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform) and CI/CD tools.

• Experience with AWS Glue, Lambda, SDKs.

What You’ll get in Return

The client is offering a contract role with 100% remote option.

Interested?

If you’re available and interested in this role, please reply to [email protected] as soon as you can attaching your updated resume.