Senior AWS Architect; Hands-On Lead

Technical Talent Analyst at Collabera Inc | CAPM | CSM | Certified Systems Engineer | Six Sigma Green Belt

Duration: Contract - until March 31, 2026 (with high potential to extend)

Location: New York (4 days/week onsite)

Start Date: ASAP

Compensation: $90-$100/hour

• Architect enterprise applications using:
  Angular / React, Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, Aurora, Neptune, S3, SQS/SNS, Lake Formation, Glue Data Catalog
• Design high-level architecture diagrams and break down components for engineering teams.
• Collaborate with product and design teams to shape user experience and platform flows.
• Oversee code quality, standards enforcement, and security patterns.
• Participate deeply in technical interviews, including IVS/coding assessments.
• Report directly to Shri and partner closely with engineering leadership.

• Senior-level AWS architecture experience with hands‑on coding capabilities.
• Strong experience building or architecting Data Portals, Data Catalogues, metadata‑driven systems, or Data Zone‑type platforms.
• Deep AWS expertise across:
  Compute (Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway), Data (Aurora, Neptune, S3, Glue Catalog), Security (IAM, Lake Formation), Messaging (SQS/SNS)
• Ability to design architecture and individually contribute to implementation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management; able to work across product/design/engineering.

• Experience building internal portals or developer platforms.
• Background in data governance, data mesh, or distributed data product architectures.
• Prior leadership of hybrid offshore/onshore engineering teams.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually - as applicable.