Delivery Consultant : Data And Analytics, Aws Professional Services, South Africa

Amazon Web Services (Aws); Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 800 000 - 1 000 000; Full time

Job summary

A cloud technology providing company seeks a skilled Delivery Consultant to design and manage AWS solutions in Cape Town. This role involves collaborating with customers to deploy scalable AWS data and analytics solutions and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in a related field, extensive cloud architecture experience, and strong programming skills in Python and Scala. The role offers a dynamic work environment and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of cloud architecture experience designing and implementing solutions.
• 5+ years of direct customer interaction with data and analytics solution delivery.
• Hands-on experience with scalable data ingestion, transformation, and lake architectures.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to design, architect, and deploy complex AWS solutions.
• Lead architecture workshops and customer engagements.
• Provide guidance on industry trends and best practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture experience

AWS data services

Programming in Python

Programming in Scala

Data ingestion and analytics pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent

Tools

Apache Spark

SparkSQL

Job description

Delivery Consultant: Data and Analytics, AWS Professional Services, South Africa

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Professional Services seeks a skilled Delivery Consultant to design, implement, and manage AWS solutions that meet customer technical requirements and business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with customers to design, architect, and deploy complex, scalable, and secure AWS data and analytics solutions.
• Lead architecture workshops and customer engagements from pre‑sales through design, development, testing, and rollout.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, assess existing infrastructure, and propose migration strategies to AWS.
• Provide guidance on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to optimize performance and manage risk.
• Support data ingestion and analytics pipelines using Apache Spark, SparkSQL, Python, and Scala.
• Ensure solutions adhere to security and compliance standards such as HIPAA and GDPR.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of cloud architecture experience designing and implementing solutions.
• Hands‑on experience with scalable data ingestion, transformation, and lake architectures.
• Strong programming skills in Python and Scala.
• 5+ years of direct customer interaction with data and analytics solution delivery.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of technical experience focused on AWS data services and integration with ML and Generative AI.
• Experience in vertical markets such as Financial Services, Telecom, Mining, and Retail.
• Relevant AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, etc.).
• Deep knowledge of compute, storage, networking, security, databases, machine learning and serverless technologies.

Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Statement

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and invite applications from South African citizens eligible under Employment Equity legislation.