Senior AWS Big Data Architect (Cloud Data Platforms & Streaming Analytics)
Senior AWS Big Data Architect (Cloud Data Platforms & Streaming Analytics)
Location: Chicago
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract
Overview
We are seeking a highly specialized AWS Big Data Architect to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale cloud data platforms and real-time analytics solutions. This role requires deep expertise across AWS data services, distributed processing frameworks, streaming technologies, and large-scale data architecture.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience building modern lakehouse architectures, optimizing high-volume ETL pipelines, and enabling scalable analytics and machine learning workloads within cloud-native environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and implement scalable big data solutions on AWS
- Design modern data lake and lakehouse architectures
- Build and optimize real-time and batch data processing pipelines
- Lead cloud migration and modernization initiatives for enterprise data platforms
- Design streaming data solutions using Kafka and AWS-native streaming services
- Develop scalable ETL/ELT frameworks and data orchestration workflows
- Define data governance, security, and compliance standards
- Collaborate with engineering, analytics, and platform teams on enterprise data strategies
- Optimize performance, cost, scalability, and resiliency across data environments
- Provide architectural leadership and technical mentorship
Required Technical Skills
- 10+ years of experience in data engineering and architecture
- 5+ years designing enterprise-scale AWS big data solutions
- Deep expertise with AWS services including:
- EMR
- Glue
- Redshift
- Athena
- Kinesis
- Lambda
- S3
- IAM
- Lake Formation
- Strong experience with:
- Apache Spark
- Hadoop ecosystem
- Kafka
- Airflow
- Databricks
- Experience designing:
- Data lakes
- Lakehouse architectures
- Real-time streaming platforms
- Event-driven architectures
- Strong SQL and Python/Scala development skills
- Expertise with infrastructure automation:
- Terraform
- CloudFormation
- Experience implementing data governance and security best practices
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and high-volume data processing
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting ML/AI data platforms
- Knowledge of Delta Lake, Iceberg, or Hudi
- Experience with observability and monitoring frameworks
- Background supporting enterprise analytics or customer data platforms
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Data Analytics certification
Nice to Have
- Telecom, media, or large enterprise environment experience
- Exposure to containerized data platforms using Kubernetes
- Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimization strategies
GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
Senior AWS Big Data Architect (Cloud Data Platforms & Streaming Analytics)
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