AWS Data Architect

Role: AWS Data Architect (Lead AWS Data Engineer)

Type: Long-term contract (fully remote)

Overview

Lead the client’s enterprise data management and architecture initiatives, with an initial focus on a strategic Annuity Platform Implementation. Over time, evolve the role into broader leadership for data governance, data architecture standards, and the data management team.

Responsibilities

Data Architecture Leadership

• Define and maintain enterprise data architecture strategy, principles, standards, and best practices
• Create current-state and target-state architecture roadmaps
• Design scalable data models, integration patterns, and data management frameworks
• Establish architecture governance processes and review boards
• Collaborate with business and technology leaders to align architecture with organizational objectives
• Lead annuity platform data architecture activities
• Analyze source/target models, interfaces, and business processes
• Define end-to-end data integration architecture across annuity platforms and enterprise applications
• Develop data mapping, transformation, migration, and reconciliation strategies
• Identify data quality issues, integration risks, and remediation plans
• Support implementation teams through design, development, testing, and deployment

Data Governance Program Leadership (Nice to Have / Optional)

• Establish and lead a Data Governance program
• Define governance policies/standards, operating model, and data ownership/stewardship/accountability
• Implement metadata management, lineage, and master data management practices
• Create governance processes for critical data domains
• Partner with stakeholders to improve data quality and consistency
• Develop metrics and reporting to measure governance effectiveness

Data Analysis & Data Management

• Perform complex data analysis for business and technology initiatives
• Lead data profiling, data discovery, and impact analysis
• Define data quality rules/controls and monitoring processes
• Improve data usability, accessibility, and reliability
• Support enterprise reporting, analytics, and regulatory data requirements

Required Skills / Qualifications

• 15+ years experience in data architecture, data management, or enterprise information management
• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale data integration architectures
• Demonstrated success establishing or leading Data Governance programs
• Strong background in data modeling, data analysis, and data architecture frameworks
• Experience leading complex data migration and system implementation initiatives
• Strong understanding of data quality, metadata management, Master Data Management (MDM), and data lineage
• Hands-on AWS data stack experience including SQL, Athena, Redshift, dbt, and Trino/Presto (medallion architecture) with Python
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Management, or related field

Nice to Have

• Experience with an Annuity Platform Implementation