AWS Data Architect

Role - AWS Data Architect

Location - New York NY / New Jersey

Duration - Fulltime

Key Responsibilities:

1. AWS Solution Architecture & Delivery (70%) (Billable Work)

• Lead AWS Data & AI projects across FS clients, ensuring delivery excellence.
• Architect and implement data lakes, real-time analytics, and AI/ML pipelines on AWS.
• Define data governance, security, and compliance best practices for FS firms.
• Optimize cost and performance for AWS data workloads, ensuring alignment with client objectives.
• Drive AWS AI/ML use cases, including predictive analytics, risk modeling, and fraud detection.
• Work hands-on with AWS services like Redshift, Lake Formation, Glue, Bedrock, SageMaker, DynamoDB, Kendra, OpenSearch, and Athena.

2. RFP Solutioning & Pre-Sales Support (20%)

• Lead AWS Data & AI solutioning for RFPs, proposals, and client pitches.
• Define high-level AWS architectures aligned with client needs in data modernization, AI, and analytics.
• Collaborate with AWS partner teams to ensure best-in-class solution designs.
• Work with internal leadership, sales, and delivery teams to shape winning AWS cloud solutions.

3. Thought Leadership & Capability Building (10%)

• Develop reusable AWS architectures for FS clients in data & AI.
• Contribute to internal accelerators and frameworks for AWS-based analytics solutions.
• Stay updated on AWS best practices, emerging AI/ML trends, and FinTech innovations.
• Mentor internal teams on AWS Data Engineering, AI/ML, and cloud-native architectures.

Required Skills

• 10 years of experience in AWS cloud architecture, specializing in Data & AI.
• Strong hands-on expertise with AWS Data & AI services (Redshift, Glue, Lake Formation, SageMaker, Bedrock, DynamoDB, Athena, OpenSearch, etc.).
• Proven ability to deliver AWS Data & AI projects while being 100% billable.
• Experience in Financial Services (Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance) is a plus.
• Hands-on experience in building scalable data pipelines, data lakes, and AI-powered analytics solutions.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cost optimization, security, and compliance (SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, FINRA).
• Exposure to Gen AI / LLMs is a plus.
• Ability to support pre-sales and RFP solutioning, including defining AWS architectures.

Life at Capgemini

Capgemini supports all aspects of your well-being throughout the changing stages of your life and career. For eligible employees, we offer:

• Flexible work
• Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
• Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
• Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
• Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
• Employee Resource Groups
• Disaster Relief

Salary Information

Capgemini discloses salary range information in compliance with state and local pay transparency obligations. The disclosed range represents the lowest to highest salary we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting, although we may ultimately pay more or less than the disclosed range, and the range may be modified in the future. The disclosed range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, geographic location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, performance, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. At Capgemini, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. The base salary range for the tagged location is $99712 to $168716/yearly. This role may be eligible for other compensation including variable compensation, bonus, or commission. Full time regular employees are eligible for paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Disclaimer

Capgemini is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender identity/expression, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, genetics, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory or environmental demands may be referenced in an attempt to communicate the manner in which this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Capgemini will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

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