Data Architect (AWS)

Location: Hybrid, with 3 days per week in the Atlanta, GA office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Company

hirify.global provides cloud-based software for procurement, budgeting, payments, and grants management to public sector and government organizations across North America.

What you will do

• Define a managed AWS reference architecture focused on reliability and low operational overhead.
• Design layered data models from raw through cleansed and curated data to a sensitive-data-safe analytical layer.
• Establish governance for data classification, constituent PII, access control, lineage, and residency.
• Create reusable patterns for data capture, storage, transformation, serving, and governance.
• Design loose coupling with operational systems through change-data-capture or scheduled extracts.
• Set guardrails for governed data workflows and build data products directly when delivery requires additional hands-on support.

Requirements

• Senior data architecture experience with production AWS systems, including S3-based lake or lakehouse designs and a governed analytical layer.
• Deep knowledge of medallion or layered data architectures and cross-layer governance controls.
• Experience designing contextual or semantic data layers that reduce GenAI token consumption and improve downstream AI performance and cost.
• Hands-on knowledge of managed AWS data services, including Glue, Athena, Lake Formation, and DMS or equivalent; managed services are preferred over self-run systems.
• Experience designing data classification, PII handling, access control, lineage, and residency controls, ideally in a regulated or public sector context.
• Ability to define appropriately scoped blueprints, defer unnecessary work, and hand off clean, documented patterns that a small team can execute.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with dbt, warehouse-side modeling such as Redshift, and low-code orchestration such as n8n.
• Experience with Canadian data residency requirements and multi-region AWS deployments.
• Experience establishing governance from day one rather than retrofitting it later.

Culture & Benefits

• Contract engagement for 12 months with a hybrid working arrangement.
• AI tools are encouraged to support creativity, efficiency, and decision-making, with responsible use expected.
• Additional paid Eunafier Days are provided twice a year.
• Employees receive up to eight hours per year for philanthropic activities.
• Development support includes budget, mentorship, AI and government technology learning, and opportunities for progression.