Job Description
Cloud Solutions Architect – Databricks & AWS (Banking/Capital Markets)
Remote
Contract
Job Summary
Cloud Solutions Architect – Databricks & AWS (Banking/Capital Markets
)This role focuses on architecting secure, scalable, cloud-native data platforms on AWS using Databricks, specifically for banking, investment, and capital markets workloads. The architect acts as a bridge between business and engineering, leading cloud migrations, defining deployment patterns, and ensuring regulatory compliance, data security, and performance across large-scale financial systems
.
Core Responsibilities (Condensed & Impact-Oriente
- d)Architect end-to-end AWS + Databricks data platforms for financial services use cas
- esDesign and govern cloud-native and migration architectures (re-platform, re-architect, hybri
- d)Lead secure, compliant, and scalable data lake/lakehouse implementatio
- nsDefine and standardize deployment and migration patter
- nsGuide teams on best practices for data engineering, CI/CD, and I
- aCCollaborate with business, risk, security, and engineering stakeholde
- rsEnsure platforms align with financial regulations and audit requiremen
- tsProduce clear architectural documentation for global reuse and suppo
rt
Mandatory Technical Skill Areas (Mapped Clear
ly)Cloud & Architect
- ureAWS architecture design (VPC, IAM, KMS, networking, security contro
- ls)Cloud migration strategies and patte
- rnsCloud-native application and data architectu
resDatabricks & Data Engineer
- ingDatabricks platform (clusters, jobs, workflows, noteboo
- ks)Delta Lake, ETL/ELT pipelines, batch & real-time process
- ingData lake / lakehouse design patte
- rnsPerformance optimization and cost managem
entDevOps & Automat
- ionCI/CD pipelines for data platfo
- rmsInfrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormati
- on)Automated provisioning, deployments, and environment managem
entFinancial Services Dom
- ainBanking / Investment / Capital Markets data use ca
- sesExposure to regulatory, governance, lineage, audit, and security contr
- olsMission-critical, low-latency, high-availability syst
ems
Good-to-Have Differentia
- torsDatabricks Certification (Associate or Professio
- nal)AWS Solutions Architect or Data certificat
- ionsMLflow, advanced Databricks feat
- uresMulti-cloud exposure (Azure /
- GCP)Strong understanding of financial data compliance and govern
ance