AWS Data Architect (Remote)

Signet Jewelers Limited; Akron (OH); Remote; USD 132,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive healthcare, dental &vision

401(k) matching after one year

Generous time off

Merchandise discount

Learning & Development programs

Much more!

Job summary

Signet Jewelers is seeking an AWS Data Architect to oversee enterprise data platform architecture on AWS, combining hands-on technical leadership with architectural ownership. You will define governance, data modeling, and ensure scalable, secure data solutions across teams.

The role collaborates with data engineers and business stakeholders to deliver reliable analytics, streaming pipelines, and AI/ML readiness, while enforcing data quality and cloud-native governance standards.

Qualifications

• 11+ years in software engineering or relevant IT experience.
• Strong knowledge of data architecture patterns (lakehouse, warehouse, mesh).
• Hands on AWS services experience including SQS, API Gateway, SNS, Kinesis, Glue, Event Bridge, Redshift, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS.
• Proven experience designing and operating enterprise scale data platforms on AWS.
• Solid experience with data modeling for analytical and operational workloads.
• Strong understanding of event driven architectures and real time data streaming patterns.
• IAM implementation within AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (CDK/Terraform) and modern DevOps (CI/CD, GIT).
• Excellent communication skills with business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands on technical leadership through code reviews and design walkthroughs.
• Design and evolve event driven real time data streaming architectures.
• Define and enforce best practices for data access, storage, and processing.
• Architect and implement scalable data platforms on AWS with Python and AWS services.
• Ensure data architectures support analytics, reporting and AI/ML use cases.
• Drive end to end data modeling across domains.
• Define and implement data quality frameworks and automated checks.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts and stakeholders on data solutions.
• Establish data governance standards including metadata management.

Skills

AWS data architecture

Python

Data modeling

Event-driven design

Cloud governance

IAM in AWS

IaC (CDK/Terraform)

CI/CD practices

Stakeholder comms

Tools

AWS Glue

API Gateway

Kinesis

Redshift

Lambda

CloudWatch

SQS

RDS

EventBridge

Job description

We have many opportunities available on our other career site pages. Signet Jewelers is the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, operating more than 2,800 stores worldwide under the iconic brands: Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, Rocksbox, JamesAllen.com and Diamonds Direct. We are a people-first company and this core value is at the heart of everything we do, from empowering our valued team members, to collaborating with our customers, to fostering the communities in which we live and serve. People – and the love their actions inspire – are what drive us. We’re not only proud of the love we inspire outside our walls, we’re especially proud of the diversity, inclusion and equity we’re inspiring inside. There are dynamic career paths awaiting you – rewarding opportunities to impact the lives of others and inspire love.

AWS Data Architect Remote Position Summary

We are seeking a AWS Data Architect to oversee enterprise data platform architecture, data modeling and governance. This role combines hands on technical leadership with architectural ownership of scalable, secure and governed data platform solutions on AWS. The ideal candidate will own the data architecture and governance framework, define best practices for analytical and streaming workloads and guide engineering teams through design, implementation and optimization. This role works closely with business stakeholders, data engineers and integration partners to ensure data solutions are reliable, performant and aligned with enterprise strategy.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands on technical leadership through code reviews, architecture/design walkthroughs and implementation guidance.
• Design, implement and evolve event driven and real time data streaming architectures.
• Define and enforce best practices for data access, storage and processing across Analytical and operational use cases.
• Architect and implement scalable data platforms using AWS native services, with deep hands on expertise in Python, AWS Glue, API Gateway, Kinesis, AWS Lambda, SQL and Redshift.
• Ensure data architectures effectively support analytics, reporting and AI/ML use cases.
• Drive end to end data modeling across operational and analytical domains.
• Define and implement robust data quality frameworks, including validation rules, automated checks and reconciliation logic to ensure data integrity across both streaming and analytical data pipelines.
• Collaborate with data engineers, analysts and business stakeholders to deliver data driven solutions.
• Establish and enforce data governance standards including metadata management and cataloging cloud native governance and cataloging services.
• Own and govern schema design and evolution across structured and semi-structured data formats (relational, JSON, Parquet).
• Design and implement monitoring, logging and event based alerting using Amazon CloudWatch and SNS.
• Ensure pipelines are fault tolerant, observable, resilient and scalable.

Position Qualifications

• 11+ years in software engineering or relevant IT experience.
• Strong knowledge of data architecture patterns (lakehouse, warehouse, mesh).
• Hands on expertise with AWS services including SQS, API Gateway, SNS, Kinesis, Glue, Event Bridge, Redshift, Lambda, CloudWatch, RDS.
• Proven experience designing and operating enterprise scale data platforms on AWS.
• Solid experience with data modeling, including designing scalable data structures for analytical and operational workloads.
• Strong understanding of event driven architectures and real time data streaming patterns.
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals and IAM implementation within AWS cloud environments.
• Experience with Agentic AI or AI driven data ingestion (e.g, using LLMs for data product creation, developer enablement).
• Experience with infrastructure as code (CDK/Terraform) and modern dev ops practices (CI/CD, GIT).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interface effectively with business stakeholders.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive healthcare, dental & vision insurance
• 401(k) matching after one year of employment
• Generous time off + company holidays
• Merchandise discount
• Learning & Development programs
• Much more!

The salary range for this opportunity is 132,000-150,000. Base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job related knowledge, skills and experience, among other factors.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Signet Jewelers is a people-first company. This core value is at the heart of everything we do, from empowering our valued team members, to collaborating with our customers, to fostering the communities in which we live and serve. We’re not only proud of the love we inspire outside our walls, we’re especially proud of the diversity, inclusion and equity we’re inspiring inside. We are Great Place to Work-Certified™ operating under the iconic brands: Kay Jewelers, Zales, Jared Jewelry, H.Samuel, Ernest Jones, Peoples, Banter by Piercing Pagoda and James Allen.

We're ONE Company, proud of our rich heritage, international presence, diversity, inclusion and equity we’re inspiring inside. Signet Jewelers is a people-first company. This core value is at the heart of everything we do, from empowering our valued team members, to collaborating with our customers, to fostering the communities in which we live and serve. We're ONE Company, proud of our rich heritage, international presence, diversity, inclusion and equity we’re inspiring inside.