IT Cloud Application Architect
Posted 1 week ago by 1754116225
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
USA
Summary: The IT Cloud Application Architect role focuses on providing technical leadership in cloud application development, particularly within the banking and finance sectors. The position requires extensive experience in cloud-native application design and architecture, with a strong emphasis on AWS technologies. Candidates must possess strong communication skills and the ability to lead development teams while collaborating with business stakeholders. A background in financial services is preferred, along with a commitment to best practices in cloud technology.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide technical leadership and direction to application development projects in the cloud that align with long-term business objectives and follow cloud best practices.
- Create and communicate design patterns, reference architecture, and technical specifications for cloud applications.
- Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies and develop best practices based on the firm's use cases.
- Ensure application architectures follow cloud best practices for reliability, security, performance, and efficiency.
- Develop reference implementations and contribute through hands-on coding as needed.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to application developers.
- Collaborate with business owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions with an eye toward technology consistency and best practices.
- Evaluate new cloud technologies, tools, and best practices, advising on potential adoption.
- Work with engineers, business users, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure solutions align with business goals.
- Maintain detailed documentation for reference architectures, design patterns, and system configurations.
- Raise the bar on development capabilities, standards, and processes.
- Organize with end users, business analysts, and other architects and developers following a scrum methodology.
- Partner with DevOps, QA, and AppSecOps teams to promote standardization, consistency, and improved security posture.
Key Skills:
- At least 8+ years of hands-on experience in cloud-native application design and development, cloud application architecture, design, and engineering.
- Bachelor of science in computer science or other related discipline.
- Strong understanding of AWS Cloud technologies.
- Deep knowledge of cloud-native application design principles.
- Experience with microservices, serverless architectures, and containerization.
- Proficiency in AWS cloud platform including infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines.
- Formal problem-solving and/or analytical training/experience.
- Design and development experience with data and analytics-intensive applications using Pandas and NumPy libraries is preferred.
- Good intuition for end-user requirements gathering; iterative and collaborative approach to design.
- Ability to lead a development team.
- Strong client relationship management skills and excellent written/verbal communication skills.
- Experience working in financial services companies, especially asset managers, hedge funds and/or broker/dealers is preferred.
- CFA or FRM is a plus.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: New York
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Job Title : IT Cloud Application Architect (AWS)(100% interview)
Job Title : IT Cloud Application Architect (AWS)(100% interview)
Job Location : Hybrid (New York, NY(Locals only)
Visa: USC
Banking and finance exp is must
Genuine people only, no 3rd party resumes.
Overall 15+ years expr required
Required Skills:
? At least 8+ years of hands-on experience in one or more of the following areas: cloud-native application design and development, cloud application architecture, design, and engineering
? Bachelor of science in computer science or other related discipline (although strong experience with a less directly related degree will be considered)
? Strong understanding of AWS Cloud technologies
? Deep knowledge of cloud-native application design principles
? Experience with microservices, serverless architectures, and containerization
? Proficiency in AWS cloud platform including infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD pipelines
? Formal problem-solving and/or analytical training/experience a plus, as is experience working with management consultants
? Design and development experience with data and analytics-intensive applications using Pandas and NumPy libraries is preferred
? Good intuition for end-user requirements gathering; iterative and collaborative approach to design
? Ability to lead a development team
? Strong client relationship management skills and excellent written/verbal communication skills to interact at all levels
Preferred Skills
? Experience working in financial services companies, especially asset managers, hedge funds and/or broker/dealers).
? CFA or FRM
Requirements
Responsibilities:
? Provide technical leadership and direction to application development projects in the cloud that align with long-term business objectives and follow cloud best practices
? Create and communicate design patterns, reference architecture, and technical specifications for cloud applications
? Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies and develop best practices based on firm's use cases
? Ensure application architectures follow cloud best practices for reliability, security, performance, and efficiency
? Develop reference implementations and contribute through hands-on coding as needed
? Provide technical guidance and mentorship to application developers
? Collaborate with business owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions with an eye toward technology consistency and best practices
? Evaluate new cloud technologies, tools, and best practices, advising on potential adoption
? Work with engineers, business users, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure solutions align with business goals
? Initial Success Criteria includes
o Led ongoing efforts to standardize and improve cloud infrastructure best practices within the firm's applications
o Played a key role in upskilling application developers in cloud-native application development
? Maintain detailed documentation for reference architectures, design patterns, and system configurations
? Raise the bar on our development capabilities, standards, and processes
? Synthesize requirements gathered from various teams within/outside of IT and suggest creative solutions; where appropriate, guiding firm to "do it the right way?
? Following a scrum methodology, organize with end users, business analysts, and other architects and developers
? Recommend positive steps toward standardizing development processes, including technology selection, deployment steps, code reviews, and IT tools
? Partner with DevOps, QA, and AppSecOps teams to promote standardization, consistency, and improved security posture
Breakdown of work
? 25% Technology Leadership: design, mentoring, requirements gathering
? 15% Relationship Building: requirements gathering, brainstorming with end users
? 10% Team management/leadership
? 50% Heads Down Development