Managed Services AWS Architect - Data Lake

Introduction

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In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As an AWS Managed Services Architect, you will play a pivotal role in architecting and optimizing the infrastructure and operations of a complex Data Lake environment for Hakkoda's clients. You'll leverage your strong expertise with AWS services to design, implement, and maintain scalable and secure data solutions while driving best practices.

You will work collaboratively with delivery teams across the U.S., Costa Rica, Portugal, and other regions, ensuring a robust and seamless Data Lake architecture. In addition, you'll proactively engage with clients to support their evolving needs, oversee critical AWS infrastructure, and guide teams toward innovative and efficient solutions.

This role demands a hands-on approach, including designing solutions, troubleshooting, optimizing performance, and maintaining operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• AWS Data Lake Architecture: Design, build, and support scalable, high-performance

architectures for complex AWS Data Lake solutions.

• Service Expertise: Deploy and manage solutions using AWS services, including but not limited to:
• EMR (Elastic MapReduce): Optimize and maintain EMR clusters for big data

processing.

• AWS Batch: Design workflows to execute batch processing workloads

effectively.

• SageMaker: Support data science teams with scalable model training and

deployment.

• Glue: Implement Glue jobs for ETL/ELT processes to ensure efficient data

ingestion and transformation.

• Lambda: Develop serverless solutions to automate processes and manage

events.

• IAM Policies: Define and enforce security policies to control resource access

and maintain governance.

• IoT TimeStream Database: Design solutions to handle time-series data at scale.
• DynamoDB: Build and optimize scalable NoSQL database solutions.
• Data Governance & Security: Enforce compliance, governance, and security best

practices, ensuring data protection and privacy throughout the architecture.

• Performance Optimization: Monitor and fine-tune performance across AWS resources to ensure cost-effective and efficient operations.
• Automation: Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using tools like AWS

CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar.

• Client Collaboration: Work closely with clients to understand their business goals and ensure the architecture aligns with their needs.
• Team Leadership: Act as a technical mentor for delivery teams and provide support in troubleshooting, design reviews, and strategy discussions.
• Innovation: Stay updated on AWS advancements, best practices, and emerging tools to incorporate into solutions.
• Documentation: Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, SOPs, and

knowledge-sharing materials for internal and client-facing purposes.

As of April 2025, Hakkoda has been acquired by IBM and will be integrated in the IBM organization. Your recruitment process will be managed by IBM. IBM will be the hiring entity.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

● Experience:

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure

(preferably AWS).

• 3+ years of experience specifically architecting and managing Data Lake or big

data solutions on AWS.

● Technical Skills:

• Expertise in AWS services such as EMR, Batch, SageMaker, Glue, Lambda,

IAM, IoT TimeStream, DynamoDB, and more.

• Strong programming skills in Python for scripting and automation.
• Proficiency in SQL and performance tuning for data pipelines and queries.
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Knowledge of big data frameworks such as Apache Spark, Hadoop, or similar.

● Data Governance & Security:

• Proven ability to design and implement secure solutions, with strong knowledge

of IAM policies and compliance standards.

● Problem-Solving:

• An analytical and problem-solving mindset to resolve complex technical

challenges.

● Collaboration:

• Exceptional communication skills to engage with technical and non-technical

stakeholders.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and provide mentorship.

● Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a

related field.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• AWS Certifications, such as Solutions Architect Professional or Big Data Specialty.
• Experience with Snowflake, Matillion, or Fivetran in hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Azure or GCP cloud platforms.
• Understanding of machine learning pipelines and workflows.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Alajuela, Costa Rica

Job ID: IBM-53829

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-21T18:49:43