IT - Information Systems Architect

Join Hilton’s dynamic Digital Solutions team as an AWS Cloud Architect. Shape the future of data and AI-powered capabilities by designing and building next-generation AWS cloud platforms supporting analytics, digital products, and procurement innovation. This is a hands-on, hybrid opportunity (onsite 3x per week) in McLean, VA or Memphis, TN. The role is a 12-month contract with strong potential for extension., Architect and document scalable, secure AWS cloud database solutions for performance, availability, security, and cost-efficiency.

• Lead modernization and migration of legacy on-premises data platforms to AWS, focusing on reliability and compliance.
• Optimize data solutions utilizing AWS services such as Aurora, DynamoDB, Glue, Redshift, S3, Athena, and RDS.
• Define and implement database patterns for transactional, analytical, integration, and reporting workloads (OLTP, OLAP, Data Lake).
• Develop architecture standards, design decision records, playbooks, runbooks, and operational best practices.
• Ensure robust disaster recovery, security, governance, and compliance measures.
• Build migration plans, proof-of-concepts, cutover strategies, and post-migration optimization.
• Collaborate with security and governance partners to implement encryption, IAM, auditing, and access controls.
• Drive performance tuning, capacity planning, query optimization, and observability for cloud data platforms.
• Promote automation, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and repeatable deployment practices.
• Create dashboards and metrics for platform monitoring, cost, reliability, and usage.
• Partner with business, data engineering, integration, analytics, and reporting teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.
• Review vendor and partner architectures, providing expert recommendations.
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies supporting AI and cloud modernization initiatives.

3+ years hands-on experience architecting AWS databases and data platforms (Aurora, DynamoDB, Glue, RDS, Redshift, S3, Athena).

• Proven record of migrating and modernizing legacy data platforms to AWS.
• Deep knowledge of database patterns (OLTP, OLAP, Data Lakes), security, governance, and cost optimization.
• Strong skills in performance tuning, query optimization, data modeling, and automation (infrastructure as code, CI/CD).
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• US work authorization required (no sponsorship available).

Preferred Skills

• Experience with AI-powered data products and platforms.
• AWS certifications.
• Familiarity with advanced AWS monitoring and security services., Word

Opportunity to work with a Fortune 500 company and industry leader in hospitality technology.

• Collaborative, hybrid work environment - 3 days onsite for enhanced team engagement.
• Exposure to modern AWS data technologies and AI initiatives.
• Career growth potential with possible contract extension.