Role : SENIOR AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Location: Toronto (Hybrid — 4 day/week )

Job type: Contract(6 Months) - High possibility of Extention

Pay : CAD $115 /Hour

Start date : Immediate

SENIOR AWS SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

We are seeking a senior, hands-on AWS Solutions Architect to lead the evolution of a modern AWS-based data platform from a federated data products layer into a scalable semantic layer powered by a Knowledge Graph. This role will play a critical part in shaping the architecture and technical direction of a next-generation data portal supporting advanced analytics, semantic search, and intuitive business-facing data experiences. The successful candidate will combine deep architecture expertise with hands-on engineering capabilities to develop reference architectures, HLDs and LLDs, productionize proven concepts, and guide the technical direction of a high-performing architecture team

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Define and own the architecture vision for expanding the data platform from federated data products to a semantic layer powered by a Knowledge Graph
- Lead the design and implementation of semantic and context graphs to support advanced analytics, data discovery, and insight generation
- Architect agentic systems layered on top of the data platform to enable semantic search, comprehension, and conversational data interactions
- Design and develop scalable reference architectures, high-level designs and low-level designs for enterprise data and agentic solutions
- Work hands-on across AWS AgentCore Gateway and Identity, MCP, Knowledge Graph, Amazon Neptune, AWS infrastructure and agentic services




- Lead the productionization, integration and scaling of existing architecture concepts into enterprise-ready solutions
- Provide hands-on technical leadership while helping build and mentor a high-performing data architecture team
- Collaborate with engineering, analytics and product teams to align architecture decisions with business outcomes
- Translate Proof of Concept solutions into scalable, operational production environments
- Ensure solutions are transparent, explainable and accessible through business-facing interfaces
- Provide technical direction and architectural guidance across complex data platform transformation initiatives

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

- Proven experience delivering Data & Analytics projects on AWS
- Extensive experience in data architecture and platform design within large-scale, cloud-based environments
- Strong hands-on experience designing and implementing semantic layers or Knowledge Graph-based architectures
- Deep expertise with AWS data and analytics services
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS data lake architecture using Amazon S3
- Strong hands-on experience with Apache Iceberg, including table formats, partitioning, schema evolution and table maintenance




- Strong hands-on experience with AWS Lake Formation, including LF-tags, row-level and column-level security, data filters and fine-grained access control
- Hands-on experience with Amazon Neptune and Knowledge Graph technologies
- Strong SQL and Python skills
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Experience designing architectures that support advanced analytics, data discovery and semantic search use cases
- Hands-on experience working across Proof of Concept and production environments, translating concepts into operational solutions
- Experience with AWS AgentCore Gateway and Identity, MCP and agentic services
- Strong understanding of AWS infrastructure and cloud-native architecture patterns
- Robust stakeholder-facing design leadership and ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Proven ability to provide technical leadership and guide teams through complex architectural transformations
- Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, analytics, product and architecture teams

NICE TO HAVE

- Experience with agent-based or agentic architectures for data interaction and insight generation
- Familiarity with conversational analytics or chat-based business intelligence tools
- Experience with explainable or transparent analytics solutions
- Background supporting business-facing data products or self-service analytics platforms
- Experience building or scaling next-generation data portals and semantic data experiences

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