Remote Cloud Data Solutions Architect & Tech Lead

Lumenalta; United States; Remote; CAD 104,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumenalta is seeking a senior Solutions Architect to design, implement, and drive cloud-native data architectures on AWS. You will containerize workloads with Docker and EKS, lead distributed processing with EMR/Spark, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

This hands-on role requires strong Python skills, IaC experience, and proficiency with Git/GitHub in enterprise environments. Remote-friendly with international collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years across solutions architecture, data engineering, or related roles.
• Deep, hands-on expertise across core AWS services - EKS, EMR, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda, and CloudWatch with the ability to implement infrastructure as code.
• Strong Python proficiency for pipeline development, automation scripting, and platform tooling.
• Production-level experience containerizing workloads with Docker and orchestrating them on Amazon EKS in enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to design and optimize distributed data processing jobs using EMR and Apache Spark for high-volume batch and streaming use cases.
• Expert-level experience with Git workflows and GitHub collaboration at large-organization scale - shared repo management, branching strategies, and cross-team code governance.
• Fluent English, both written and spoken.
• Nice to have - familiarity with Databricks for analytics, Delta Lake, or ML workloads is a strong differentiator.

Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end cloud-native data architectures on AWS leveraging core services to build scalable platforms.
• Containerize and orchestrate data workloads using Docker and Amazon EKS across environments.
• Lead distributed data processing at scale using EMR/Spark for high-volume batch and streaming use cases.
• Translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions and communicate decisions clearly.
• Define standards, patterns, and best practices for Python-based pipeline development, IaC, and AWS integrations.
• Act as technical lead and advisor for engineering teams, ensuring architectural alignment from design to delivery.
• Review designs and implementations to ensure performance, security, reliability, and cost efficiency.

Skills

Solutions architecture

Python proficiency

English fluency

Cross-functional communication

Cloud-native architectures

Tools

Docker

Amazon EKS

EMR/Spark

Databricks

Git/GitHub

Job description

Lumenalta is seeking a senior Solutions Architect to design, implement, and drive cloud-native data architectures on AWS. You will containerize workloads with Docker and EKS, lead distributed processing with EMR/Spark, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

This hands-on role requires strong Python skills, IaC experience, and proficiency with Git/GitHub in enterprise environments. Remote-friendly with international collaboration.