Lead AWS Data Architect

Lead AWS Data ArchitectOur client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires Lead AWS Data Architect to be based at their client''s office in London, UK.This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the London office 2 days per week .This is a 6+ month temporary contract to start ASAPDay rate: Competitive Market rateAs an AWS Data Hands-On Architect, you will design, build, and continuously enhance our Payments Data Platform by ingesting ISO 20022 events into an AWS-based lakehouse. You will ensure best-in-class data governance, observability, and cost optimisation, while owning the data product end-to-end across CX, Payments, and CPO domains. This includes managing the product backlog, SLAs, and data contracts, as well as delivering operational runbooks, defining SLOs, and producing quarterly cost and quality reports.Key ResponsibilitiesData products (To-Be): Channel Ops Warehouse (-30-day high-perf layer) and Channel Analytics Lake (7+ years). Expose status and statements APIs with clear SLAs.Platform architecture: S3/Glue/Athena/Iceberg Lakehouse, Redshift for BI/ops. QuickSight for PO/ops dashboards. Lambda/Step Functions for stream processing orchestration.Streaming andamp; ingest: Kafka (K4/K5/Confluent) and AWS MSK/Kinesis; connectors/CDC to DW/Lake. Partitioning, retention, replay, idempotency. EventBridge for AWS-native event routing.Event contracts: Avro/Protobuf, Schema Registry, compatibility rules, versioning ..... full job details .....