This is an hourly position that could become permanent over time.  We are looking for a highly skilled Data Architect to lead architecture design for a large-scale Marketing Data Layer initiative supporting a major telecommunications provider. This role will be responsible for defining scalable ingestion frameworks, modern data lake architecture, and data integration standards that enable reliable, near-real-time marketing data access across the enterprise. This is an opportunity to shape a high-impact AWS-based data ecosystem while partnering closely with client stakeholders, data engineering teams, and cross-functional business leaders. What You’ll Do Design and own the ingestion architecture that moves data from 20+ enterprise source systems into the AWS Marketing Data Layer  Define scalable ingestion patterns for both legacy and direct source integrations across 18 business and data domains  Architect and document data contracts between source systems and the data layer, including: Schema standards and versioning  SLAs and freshness expectations  Data quality and governance requirements  Design and optimize AWS S3 data lake structures, including:  Raw, staged, and curated zones  Partitioning and storage strategies  Lake Formation access controls and governance policies  Define Change Data Capture (CDC) and streaming ingestion patterns to support near-real-time data freshness requirements  Translate conceptual and logical architecture into detailed, implementable technical specifications for distributed and nearshore Data Engineering teams  Partner with engineering leadership and client stakeholders to ensure scalability, performance, maintainability, and operational excellence across the platform  Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance throughout the delivery lifecycle  
