Cloud Architect
Posted 2 days ago by iXceed Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: We are looking for a highly experienced Java & AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design and delivery of secure, resilient microservices-based solutions in the banking sector. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS cloud-native architecture, along with a strong background in DevOps practices. This role requires a proven track record in designing enterprise-grade systems and driving cloud modernization initiatives. The position is based in London and offers a hybrid working arrangement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define end-to-end architecture for microservices, APIs, integrations, and data flows.
- Create solution blueprints, sequence diagrams, and AWS reference architectures.
- Drive non-functional requirements including scalability, availability, performance, reliability, DR, and observability.
- Design secure, scalable, and cost-optimized AWS solutions using various AWS services.
- Establish CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure using Terraform/CloudFormation.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance in Java/Spring Boot and microservices best practices.
- Review code and architecture designs, enforce standards, and mentor engineering teams.
- Implement secure design principles and ensure alignment with industry standards.
- Define logging, metrics, and tracing using OpenTelemetry and CloudWatch.
- Translate business requirements into architecture roadmaps and technical decisions.
Key Skills:
- 10–15 years overall experience, with 4–6 years in an architecture role designing distributed systems.
- Core Technologies: Java 11+/17, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JPA/Hibernate, RESTful APIs.
- AWS Cloud: EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, MSK/Kinesis.
- DevOps & Containerization: CI/CD using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab; Docker and Kubernetes.
- Strong understanding of networking, TLS, DNS, routing, and cloud security.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Proven leadership with the ability to mentor teams and drive engineering best practices.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Job Title: Java Architect
Location: London, UK (Hybrid)
Industry: Banking / Financial Services
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Java & AWS Cloud Architect to lead the design and delivery of large-scale, secure, and resilient microservices-based solutions within the banking domain. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, cloud-native architecture on AWS, and DevOps practices, with a proven track record of designing enterprise-grade systems and driving cloud modernization initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Architecture & Solution Design
- Define end-to-end architecture for microservices, APIs, integrations, and data flows.
- Create solution blueprints, sequence diagrams, and AWS reference architectures.
- Drive non-functional requirements including scalability, availability, performance, reliability, DR, and observability.
- Cloud & Platform Engineering
- Design secure, scalable, and cost-optimized AWS solutions using services such as EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, ALB/NLB, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, ElastiCache, MSK/Kinesis, CloudWatch, IAM, and KMS.
- Establish CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure using Terraform/CloudFormation.
- Define environment strategies across dev, test, staging, and production.
- Engineering Leadership
- Provide hands-on technical guidance in Java/Spring Boot and microservices best practices.
- Review code and architecture designs, enforce standards, and mentor engineering teams.
- Collaborate with Product, Security, SRE, and QA teams to ensure end-to-end delivery.
- Security & Compliance
- Implement secure design principles including encryption, secrets management, OAuth2/OIDC, network segmentation, and least-privilege IAM.
- Ensure alignment with industry standards such as OWASP, NIST, CIS Benchmarks, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001.
- Observability & Resilience
- Define logging, metrics, and tracing using OpenTelemetry and CloudWatch.
- Design for high availability and disaster recovery with multi-AZ setups, backups, and RPO/RTO targets.
- Implement resilience patterns such as circuit breakers, retries, and backoff strategies.
- Governance & Stakeholder Management
- Translate business requirements into architecture roadmaps and technical decisions.
- Present solutions to senior stakeholders and manage risks, dependencies, and cloud costs.
Required Skills & Experience
Experience: 10–15 years overall, with 4–6 years in an architecture role designing distributed systems at scale.
Core Technologies: Java 11+/17, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, JPA/Hibernate, RESTful APIs. Microservices architecture, DDD, BFF patterns, event-driven systems.
AWS Cloud: EKS/ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, MSK/Kinesis, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, Route 53, ALB/NLB, VPC, Subnets, NACLs, Security Groups.
DevOps & Containerization: CI/CD using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab. IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation. Docker and Kubernetes.
Messaging & Integration: Kafka/MSK, SQS/SNS, gRPC, REST, webhooks, and integration gateways.
Databases & Caching: SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora), NoSQL (DynamoDB/DocumentDB), Redis/ElastiCache.
Architecture Competencies: Designing scalable, fault-tolerant systems. Performance tuning, capacity planning, and AWS cost optimization. Strong understanding of networking, TLS, DNS, routing, and cloud security.
Soft Skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Strong documentation and presentation abilities. Proven leadership with the ability to mentor teams and drive engineering best practices.