AWS Data Architect
Strategic Staffing Solutions · St. Louis, MO
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Jul 14, 2026
St. Louis, MO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A 10-month hybrid contract role focused on designing and implementing enterprise data architecture within AWS. Day-to-day work spans conceptual and logical data modeling, event-driven architecture patterns (including CQRS), Databricks platform administration, and AWS infrastructure engineering covering networking, security, and CI/CD pipelines. Suits an experienced data architect comfortable working across cloud infrastructure, data governance, and platform engineering simultaneously.
Senior level · St. Louis, MO-IL · Bachelor's required · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5 people in the St. Louis, MO-IL area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 1–7
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $125,000 (middle half $82,986–$157,448).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This is a 10-month contract engagement, hybrid in St. Louis, MO.
The role blends data architecture/modeling (conceptual/logical data models, event-driven architecture, CQRS, data governance) with substantial cloud infrastructure and platform engineering work (AWS networking, Databricks administration, Terraform IaC, Jenkins CI/CD). The primary day-to-day focus leans toward data architecture and pipeline design, hence 15-1243; however, the volume of infrastructure-as-code and platform engineering work makes 15-1252 a credible alternative.
All technical skills are listed under a 'Required Technical Skills' heading with no separate preferred/nice-to-have section. Prometheus appears in the responsibilities narrative (monitoring) rather than the required skills list, so it is treated as preferred.
No total years of experience are stated in the posting.
No compensation figures are provided.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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