Kirtana consulting is looking for Streaming andamp; EDA and Kafka Data architect role for 6months rolling contract in London. Job description: Role Title: Data Architect Minimum years of experience: andgt;10 years Must-Have Skills - Streaming andamp; EDA: Kafka (Confluent) and AWS MSK/Kinesis/Kinesis Firehose; outbox, ordering, replay, exactly/at-least-once semantics. EventBridge for event routing and filtering. - Schema management: Avro/Protobuf + Schema Registry (compatibility, subject strategy, evolution). - AWS data stack: S3/Glue/Athena, Redshift, Step Functions, Lambda; Iceberg-ready lakehouse patterns. Kinesis''s3 Glue streaming pipelines; Glue Streaming; DLQ patterns. - Payments andamp; ISO 20022: PAIN/PACS/CAMT, life cycle modelling, reconciliation/advices; API/File/SWIFT channel knowledge. - Governance: Data-mesh mindset; ownership, quality SLAs, access, retention, lineage. - Observability andamp; FinOps: Build dashboards, alerts, and cost KPIs; troubleshoot lag/throughput at scale. - Delivery: Production code, performance profiling, code reviews, automated tests, secure by design. Data Architecture Fundamentals (Must-Have) - Logical data modelling: Entity-relationship diagrams, normalization (1NF through Boyce-Codd/BCNF), denormalization trade-offs; identify functional dependencies and key anomalies. - Physical data modelling:Table design, partitioning strategies, indexes; SCD types; dimensional vs. transactional schemas; storage patterns for OLTP ..... full job details .....