Job Title: Data Architect – Aviation Domain

Location: Canada (Remote)

Experience: 8–12+ Years

Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Data Architect with strong Aviation domain expertise to design and implement scalable data architectures using AWS, PostgreSQL, and modern data engineering technologies. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with IATA standards, aviation data models, airline systems, and data integration.

Key Responsibilities

- Design and implement enterprise data architecture for aviation and airline-related applications.
- Develop scalable and secure data solutions using AWS cloud services.
- Design PostgreSQL database architecture, including data models, schemas, performance optimization, and data governance.
- Understand and work with IATA standards, aviation data models, and airline industry data.
- Integrate data from multiple aviation systems, applications, APIs, and external sources.
- Define conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
- Establish data architecture standards, principles, and best practices.
- Design data pipelines and integration patterns for batch and real-time data.
- Collaborate with Data Engineers, Application Architects, Business Analysts, and Aviation SMEs.
- Ensure data quality,



security, scalability, availability, and compliance.
- Analyze existing data architectures and recommend modernization opportunities.
- Provide technical guidance and architectural documentation.

Required Skills

Aviation / IATA

- Strong experience in the Aviation / Airline domain.
- Knowledge of IATA standards, airline data models, and aviation industry processes.
- Experience with airline systems such as PSS, reservations, ticketing, passenger, flight operations, baggage, loyalty, or revenue management is preferred.
- Understanding of aviation data standards and formats is highly desirable.

PostgreSQL

- Strong hands-on experience with PostgreSQL.
- Database architecture, schema design, indexing, partitioning, query optimization, and performance tuning.
- Experience with large-volume transactional and analytical datasets.

Data Architecture

- Robust understanding of Data Modeling, ETL/ELT, Data Warehousing, Data Lakes, APIs, and Data Integration.
- Experience with OLTP and OLAP architecture.
- Knowledge of data governance, metadata, data quality, security, and lineage.
- Experience designing scalable and highly available data architectures.

📌 Data Architect – Aviation Domain (AWS / PostgreSQL / IATA) (Canada)
🏢 SharpAtoms
📍 Canada