Job Title: AWS Cloud Data Architect (IT - Information Systems Architect)
Location: McLean, VA 22102 / Memphis, TN 38117 (Hybrid Role)
Duration: 12+ Months Contract Role + Extension
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Design and document AWS cloud database architectures that support performance, scalability, availability, security, governance, and cost optimization requirements.
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Lead the modernization and migration of legacy on-premises databases and data platforms to AWS cloud services.
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Architect and optimize data solutions using AWS services such as A-mazon RDS, A-mazon Aurora, A-mazon Redshift, A-mazon DynamoDB, A-mazon S3, AWS Glue, A-mazon Athena, AWS Database Migration Service, and related monitoring and security services.
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Define database patterns for transactional, analytical, integration, and reporting, including OLTP, OLAP, and data lake workloads.
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Develop architecture standards, reference patterns, design decision records, runbooks, deployment playbooks, and operational best practices.
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Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, security, governance, resiliency, and compliance requirements are met.
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Develop migration plans, proofs-of-concept, cutover strategies, rollback plans, validation approaches, and post-migration optimization activities.
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Partner with security and governance teams to implement encryption, IAM, network isolation, auditing, logging, data retention, access controls, and compliance requirements.
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Drive performance tuning and optimization through data modeling, indexing, partitioning, query tuning, workload management, capacity planning, and observability practices.
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Implement and promote automation, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, schema migration practices, and repeatable deployment patterns for database-backed solutions.
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Develop dashboards and operational metrics for database health, cost, usage, SLAs, reliability, and platform performance.
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Collaborate with application, integration, analytics, and reporting teams to translate business requirements into practical database and data-platform solutions.
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Review and provide recommendations on cloud architecture designs developed by vendors and solution partners.
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Evaluate and recommend new technologies to support cloud data platform modernization and AI-enabled business initiatives.