Big Data Architect

Cloud Data ArchitectNote: 100% remote role but need local consultant (should be within 75 miles of Reston, VA)Job DescriptionGeneral Requirements:Create a well-informed cloud strategy and manage the adaption process.Regularly evaluate cloud applications, hardware, and software.Work closely with IT security to monitor the company's cloud privacy.Respond to technical issues in a professional and timely manner.Offer guidance in infrastructure movement techniques including bulk application transfers into the cloudPositive attitude and a strong commitment to delivering quality work.Excellent knowledge of cloud computing technologies and current computing trends.Effective communication skills (written and verbal) to properly articulate complicated cloud reports to management and other IT development partners.Deep knowledge of cloud architecture, cloud native patterns, container management and cloud computing capabilities especially as offered by AWS.Deep knowledge of information architecture methodologies; enterprise-wide data architecture for designing and building data lakes, data warehouses, data marts and BI reporting databases.Sound knowledge of distributed data architecture concepts such as sharding, caching, map-reduce, stream processing & two-phase commits.Sound knowledge of data security & compliance.Must be AWS Architect (Associate or Professional) certified.AWS specialty certification is a plusThe ability to visualize data using tools and libraries to solve business problems is a plus.Knowledge of Machine Learning concepts such as KNN, Random Forest, Naive Bayes, Neural Networks and deploying them on Sagemaker is a plus.Responsibilities:Partner with business and technology leads to set transformation goals and objectives to launch key initiatives.Develop and/or maintain business vision, strategic plans including the design of transformation roadmap with clear milestones, workstreams, and owners.In partnership with business sponsors and leads, envision, plan, implement, communicate, promote and update the target business architecture over multiple time horizons.Fully articulate current and target state business design using capability models, process models, operating models and motivation models.Design the architecture for migrating on-premise applications, data warehouse and data marts to containers and data lake on AWS Cloud.Architect solutions that employs container and serverless patterns using AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda AWS cloud to realize business capabilities in a safe and secure manner.Architect solutions for the design and implementation of Big & Fast Data Infrastructure on AWS cloud using Kafka, Kinesis, Glue, Athena, Redshift, DynamoDB & Quick Sight.