AWS Data Architect in Torrance,California Job Torrance area,California USA,IT/Tech

Position: Urgent Need AWS Data Architect in Torrance, California

AWS Data Architect

Location Torrance, California (5 days onsite)

Key Responsibilities

Architecture Strategy

Define end-to-end AWS data architecture covering ingestion, storage, processing, analytics and consumption layers

Translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable, secure and cost-optimized architectures

Own reference architecture design standards and best practices for AWS data platforms

Drive cloud modernization: data lakehouse and analytics transformation initiatives

AWS Data Platform Design

Architect solutions using AWS S3, Glue, EMR, Redshift, Athena, Lake Formation, Kinesis, Lambda, MWAA, Airflow

Design batch and real-time data pipelines with high availability and fault tolerance

Define data modeling strategies for data lakes, warehouses and analytical marts

Optimize performance scalability, and cost using AWS-native design patterns

Data Governance, Security & Compliance

Define and enforce data governance, lineage, cataloging and quality standards

Design data security controls: IAM, KMS, Lake Formation encryption, masking

Ensure compliance with enterprise and client data policies (PII, GDPR, SOX, etc.)

Stakeholder & Client Leadership

Act as primary architecture advisor to senior business and IT stakeholders

Lead architecture discussions with clients during RFPs, SOWs and solution workshops

Provide technical leadership during demand validation, hiring panels and solution sign-offs

Delivery Oversight & Mentorship

Review and approve architecture designs, code patterns and deployment approaches

Mentor P4/P5 architects, data engineers and tech leads

Collaborate with Dev Ops teams on IaC, CI/CD and cloud automation

Mandatory Skills

AWS data architecture: expert level; services include S3, Glue, EMR, Redshift, Athena, Lake Formation, Kinesis, Lambda

Data modeling for Data Lakes, Data Warehouses and Analytics Platforms

Strong understanding of cloud security: IAM, encryption, governance

Experience with large-scale enterprise data platforms

Stakeholder management and client‑facing architecture leadership

Good to Have

Snowflake, Databricks on AWS

Streaming platforms:
Kafka, MSK

BI Analytics tools:
Quick Sight, Power BI, Tableau

Experience in automotive manufacturing or large enterprise clients

AWS certifications:
Solutions Architect Professional, Data Analytics Specialty

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