AWS Data Cloud Consultant

About the role

Vertical Relevance is seeking an experienced AWS Data Consultant to design, build, and deploy scalable data solutions on AWS. This role involves working closely with clients to guide cloud adoption and deliver high-quality, production-ready systems.

Responsibilities

• Guide customers through cloud adoption and transformation
• Design and implement AWS data solutions and data lakes
• Manage AWS Glue Data Catalog and governance solutions
• Migrate SQL Server workloads to AWS (RDS, Aurora)
• Use AWS DMS and SCT for migrations
• Perform SQL Server performance tuning
• Develop automation tools and technical documentation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to thought leadership

Requirements

• 8+ years of AWS data engineering or architecture experience
• Strong SQL Server expertise (EC2, RDS, migrations)
• Experience with AWS DMS, SCT, and Terraform
• Strong communication and client-facing skills
• Amazon SageMaker (Lakehouse, Catalog)
• Terraform
• Apache Iceberg
• Redshift, Athena, EMR, Glue
• Kinesis / Firehose
• Databricks or Snowflake
• Redis, EKS
• Programming: Python
• Tools: Airflow, Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, Parquet, Git
• AWS: S3, Lambda, Batch, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift, Athena, Glue, Kinesis, Step Functions, IAM, CloudTrail

Qualifications

• Primary Languages - Python
• Tooling, Services & Libraries – Airflow, Kafka, Parquet, Spark, Metaflow, Git, Hadoop
• AWS Infrastructure Scripting – CloudFormation, AWS CLI, AWS CDK
• AWS Storage Services – S3
• AWS Compute Services – Lambda, Batch
• AWS Database Services – RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, Aurora, Neptune
• AWS Networking Services – VPC
• AWS Management and Governance Services – CloudTrail, Service Catalog
• AWS Analytics Services – Athena, EMR, Kinesis, Glue, Lake Formation, Data Pipeline
• AWS Security, Identity, Compliance Services – IAM
• AWS Application Integration Services – Step Functions

Skills

• Programming: Python
• Tools: Airflow, Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, Parquet, Git, Hadoop
• AWS Infrastructure Scripting – CloudFormation, AWS CLI, AWS CDK
• AWS Storage Services – S3
• AWS Compute Services – Lambda, Batch
• AWS Database Services – RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, Aurora, Neptune
• AWS Networking Services – VPC
• AWS Management and Governance Services – CloudTrail, Service Catalog
• AWS Analytics Services – Athena, EMR, Kinesis, Glue, Lake Formation, Data Pipeline
• AWS Security, Identity, Compliance Services – IAM
• AWS Application Integration Services – Step Functions

Benefits

Vertical Relevance is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Pay

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Schedule

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