Lead Data Architect (AWS) - Ztek Consulting INC

Responsibilities:
Designing and Implementing Data Solutions: Create blueprints for data storage, processing, and access using AWS services like S3, Glue, EMR, Kinesis by considering factors like performance, scalability, security, and cost-effectiveness.
Lakehouse and ETL: Component design and build of Lakehouse Solution on AWS using Lambda, EMR and EKS for compute resource and Iceberg and S3 as Storage resource. Design and implement ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) pipelines to move and transform data from various sources into the Lakehouse across Bronze, Silver and Gold layers.
Data Delivery for Consumption: Design for data access for querying with Athena, Integration of Iceberg Tables in Glue Catalog with Snowflake for Analytics and Reporting
Big Data Solutions: Working with large datasets and distributed computing using services like EMR (with Spark) to process and Streaming solution with Kinesis, Kafka
Data Governance and Security: Ensuring data quality, compliance with regulations (like GDPR), and implementing security measures to protect sensitive information.
Collaboration and Communication: Working with stakeholders (business analysts, data scientists, developers) to understand their needs and translate them into technical solutions. You'll need to explain complex concepts clearly.

Skills:
AWS Cloud Expertise: Deep understanding of core AWS services (S3, EC2, EKS, EMS, VPC, IAM, Glue, Athena )
AWS certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, Big Data Specialty) are highly valued.
Data Warehousing and Modeling: Strong knowledge of dimensional modeling, schema design, and data warehousing principles.
ETL and Data Pipelines: Experience with tools and techniques for data extraction, transformation, and loading.
Big Data Technologies: Familiarity with Hadoop, Spark, Hive, and other big data frameworks.
Databases: Proficiency in SQL and experience with relational databases are must and nice to have NoSQL databases (like DynamoDB) experience.
Programming: Python with PySpark hands on coding for automation, and data processing tasks.
Data Governance and Security: Understanding of data security best practices, access control, and compliance requirements.

Qualifications
Education: A bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field is usually expected.
Experience: 10+ years of experience

ABOUT Ztek:

Website:www.ztekinc.com

Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority- and woman-owned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for clients. Ztek's diversity-focused hiring models have proven successful, particularly in hiring veterans. The company's veteran-focused hiring and deployment program, Z-V.E.T, matches skilled veterans with clients' needs in various areas.

Disclaimer:

Ztek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Ztek is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at hrd@ztekinc.com Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Ztek encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Ztek does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1324b.