Presales Solution Architect - Data Analytics for AWS

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The role

• Solution Architect – Data Analytics for AWS to join our team will play a crucial role in designing and implementing data analytics solutions on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform.
• Solution Design: Collaborate with multi-functional teams to capture requirements, design end-to-end data analytics solutions, and build architectural diagrams and documentation.
• AWS Expertise: Leverage your extensive knowledge of AWS services such as Amazon Redshift, Amazon EMR, Amazon Kinesis, AWS Glue, and others to architect robust data analytics platforms.
• Data Modeling: Design and optimize data models to support reporting, analytics, and business intelligence needs while ensuring data integrity and performance.
• Scalability and Performance: Architect solutions that are scalable, impactful, and cost-efficient, considering factors like data volume, query complexity, and user concurrency.
• Data Integration: Define data integration strategies to extract, transform, and load (ETL) data from various sources into the analytics platform, ensuring data consistency and quality.
• Security and Compliance: Implement security measures and standard processes to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Solve and Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, data quality issues, and other challenges that may arise during implementation and operation.
• Collaboration: Work closely with data engineers, data scientists, business analysts, and collaborators to understand their needs and provide technical mentorship.
• Innovation: Stay up-to-date with industry trends and new technologies to recommend innovative solutions that improve our data analytics capabilities.

What we need to see from you

• The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of data analytics technologies, AWS services, and a track record of architecting scalable and efficient data solutions to address complex business challenges.
• Overall 9-12 years of industry experience, good experience (3+ years) as a Solution Architect / Pre-sales or similar role, with a focus on data analytics and AWS cloud technologies. Experience and knowledge of Microsoft Azure Data Analytics technology is a plus.
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services such as Amazon Redshift, Amazon EMR, Amazon Kinesis, AWS Glue, etc.
• Solid grasp of data modeling, ETL processes, data warehousing, and data governance principles.
• Familiarity with programming/scripting languages like Python, SQL, and experience with data manipulation and transformation.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to design and implement creative solutions for complex data challenges.
• Good interpersonal skills to efficiently collaborate with technical and non-technical teams.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate / Professional, AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty) are a plus.
• Experience in working with Agile methodologies and version control systems.
• Demonstrable ability to work independently and prioritize efficiently.
• Knowledge of Gen AI and AWS offerings like Bedrock and Q.
• Bachelor's or associate degree in IT discipline.
• Certification in AWS Certified: Solutions Architect and AWS Certified: Data Analytics Specialty are must.