AWS Data Tech Lead/Architect

Location: ON/QC, Canada, ideally; readiness for business trips to Montreal for one week every three months during the next three months

Company

hirify.global delivers data and cloud technology projects.

What you will do

• Design AWS data platforms, data lakes, data warehouses, lakehouse solutions, and ETL/ELT pipelines.
• Define data architectures, models, integration patterns, and governance standards.
• Lead data migration and modernization projects.
• Ensure data security, quality, performance, and cost optimization.
• Collaborate with data engineers, developers, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and review architecture and design work.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or related roles, including 3+ years of hands-on AWS experience designing and implementing data solutions.
• Strong knowledge of AWS data and analytics services, including S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena, Lambda, EMR, Kinesis, and Lake Formation.
• Experience designing data lakes, data warehouses, and lakehouse solutions.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT, data pipelines, distributed data processing, data modeling, dimensional modeling, and database architecture.
• Proficiency in SQL and experience with Python, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with Spark, Kafka, Airflow, dbt, or similar platforms.
• Experience with cloud security, IAM, encryption, networking, and data governance.
• Understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and DevOps practices.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Long-term, full-time engagement with 16 days of paid time off and official public holidays.
• Health insurance and participation in company events, team-building activities, gifts, and recognition.
• Certifications, Udemy courses, Claude, and other tools needed for the role.
• Career-growth opportunities and engaging projects.
• Friendly, open, and supportive culture without excessive bureaucracy.