Sr Data Architect, Data Lake

Sr Data Architect, Data Lake & AnalyticsAre you a Data Analytics specialist? Do you have Data Warehousing and/or Hadoop/Data Lake experience? Do you like to solve complex and high scale (billions + records) data challenges? Would you like a career that gives you opportunities to help customers and partners use cloud computing to do big new things faster and at lower cost? Do you want to be part of history and transform businesses through cloud computing adoption? Do you like work on-site in diverse business environments, leading teams through high impact projects that use the newest data analytic technologies? Would you like a career path that enables you to progress with the rapid adoption of cloud computing?At AWS, we are hiring the best Data / Analytics cloud computing consultants, who can help our clients and partners derive business value from data in the cloud. Our consultants collaborate with partner and client teams to deliver proof‑of‑concept projects, conduct topical workshops, and lead implementation projects. These professional services engagements focus on customer solutions such as Machine Learning, IoT, batch/real‑time data processing, data and business intelligence. This role specifically focuses on data processing capabilities and helping customers remove constraints that prevent leveraging their data to develop business insights.Key job responsibilitiesAs Senior Consultant you will lead complex projects with autonomy and discretion, often involving multiple Amazon and customer teams.Work with customers and partners, leading them through planning, prioritisation and delivery of complex transformation initiatives while collaborating with relevant Sales and Service Teams.Design and deliver solutions that solve for new levels of complexity, scale and performance, enabling breakthrough innovations.Create and apply frameworks, methods, best practices and artifacts that deliver prescriptive guidance to customers, publishing and presenting them in large forums and across media platforms.Guide customers’ technical architecture and investments, maximizing alignment with the AWS platform, and ease of adoption as new services and products become available.Help customers define target business outcomes and related work streams, and lead subsequent projects and initiatives to consistently exceed these goals.Demonstrate Amazon Leadership Principles, coaching and mentoring others on best practices, performance and career development.Customer‑facing role requiring travel to client locations to deliver professional services as needed.A day in the lifeAWS Global Services includes experts from across AWS who help customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. Customers innovate with AWS Professional Services, upskill with AWS Training and Certification, optimise with AWS Support and Managed Services, and meet objectives with AWS Security Assurance Services. Our expertise and emerging technologies include AWS Partners, AWS Sovereign Cloud, AWS International Product, and the Generative AI Innovation Center. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.About the teamDiverse ExperiencesAWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all the preferred qualifications and skills listed, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Why AWS?Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stop innovating — that’s why customers from the successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Inclusive Team CultureAWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee‑led and company‑sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.Mentorship & Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.Work/Life BalanceWe value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.Basic QualificationsBachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field8+ years of experience in IT platform implementation in a highly technical and analytical role.5+ years of experience in Data Lake/Hadoop platform implementation, including 3+ years of hands‑on experience in implementation and performance tuning Hadoop/Spark implementations.Ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges in an enterprise environment.Experience with analytic solutions applied to the Marketing or Risk needs of enterprises.Preferred QualificationsExperience in a Chief Data Architect role or similar.Masters or PhD in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or Math.Hands‑on experience leading large‑scale global data warehousing and analytics projects.Ability to lead effectively across organizations.Understanding of database and analytical technologies in the industry including MPP and NoSQL databases, data warehouse design, BI reporting and dashboard development.Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. 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