AWS Solutions Architect

Job Description

Job Description

Are you able to formulate and deliver strategies focused on shaping our customers’ digital transformations?
Do you have a broad understanding of AWS building blocks of storage, networking, and computation?
Are you ready to join a company where you can make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a supportive environment?

We have an exciting role for you!  Join us as an AWS Solutions Architect.
 

The Role:
 

We currently leverage on-premises infrastructure for data lake and data warehouse technology (Denodo & Hadoop) and want to move into AWS.  As the business continues to adopt a modern data strategy, the existing model is cost prohibitive and poses additional challenges to scale.
Migrating to AWS cloud infrastructure is a key building block to accelerate the Business technology modernisation journey.
As an AWS Solutions Architect, you will be responsible for performing tasks in all areas of software development including application architecture, design, development, and database optimisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Work in a team environment and collaborate with all the project stakeholders including the Business Partners.
   
• Design solution architectures for multi-tier, multi-channel, and enterprise scale systems.
   
• Lead and manage the project team ensuring quality delivery.
   
• Keep abreast of new technology development and implementation.
   
• Integrate with existing client technology solutions and platforms.
   
• Ensure that SLAs are managed to customer expectations.
   
• Collect metrics to ensure visibility on company’s achievements.
   
• Independently perform hands on development and unit testing of the applications.
   

Key experience:
 

• Experience in Data Migration process/techniques from HDFS to AWS S3.
   
• Experience in Component migration from on premises Hadoop to AWS.
   
• Experience on Data ingestion processes/techniques (event based /time based).
   
• Strong experience with AWS building blocks - EC2, S3, Glue, Redshift.
   
• Previous Experience of Enterprise standard.
   
• Experience in AWS Related Components specifically IAM, VPC and Regions.
   
• Previous experience designing and implementing operational metrics (ingestion metrics, control metrics, replay actions etc.).
   
• Experience on Effort estimation desirable.
   
• Good presentation and user interface skills
   

Key skills/knowledge:
 

• Proven leadership skills and an excellent track record of deliverables.
   
• Good presentation and user interface skills
   
• Aptitude to learn new technologies (Snowflake, Informatica AXON) and implement optimal solutions to fit business needs.
   
• AWS Associate Solution Architect Certificate.
   
• Good knowledge on AWS Security, Policies and Permissions.
   
• Expertise in Python Coding for scripting data design airflow data pipelines.
   

Special working conditions:
 

• Travel to US may be required.