Cloud Solutions Architect Databricks & AWS (Banking/Capital Markets) :: Remote :: Contract

Cloud Solutions Architect Databricks & AWS (Banking/Capital Markets) :: Remote :: Contract

Posted 1 week ago by Envision Technology Solutions

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Summary: This role is for a Cloud Solutions Architect specializing in Databricks and AWS, focusing on creating secure and scalable cloud-native data platforms for banking and capital markets. The architect will bridge business and engineering, leading cloud migrations and ensuring compliance with financial regulations. Key responsibilities include designing deployment patterns and collaborating with various stakeholders to optimize data engineering practices. The position is remote and contract-based.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Architect end-to-end AWS + Databricks data platforms for financial services use cases
  • Design and govern cloud-native and migration architectures (re-platform, re-architect, hybrid)
  • Lead secure, compliant, and scalable data lake/lakehouse implementations
  • Define and standardize deployment and migration patterns
  • Guide teams on best practices for data engineering, CI/CD, and IaC
  • Collaborate with business, risk, security, and engineering stakeholders
  • Ensure platforms align with financial regulations and audit requirements
  • Produce clear architectural documentation for global reuse and support

Key Skills:

  • AWS architecture design (VPC, IAM, KMS, networking, security controls)
  • Cloud migration strategies and patterns
  • Cloud-native application and data architectures
  • Databricks platform (clusters, jobs, workflows, notebooks)
  • Delta Lake, ETL/ELT pipelines, batch & real-time processing
  • Data lake / lakehouse design patterns
  • Performance optimization and cost management
  • CI/CD pipelines for data platforms
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
  • Automated provisioning, deployments, and environment management
  • Banking / Investment / Capital Markets data use cases
  • Exposure to regulatory, governance, lineage, audit, and security controls
  • Mission-critical, low-latency, high-availability systems
  • Databricks Certification (Associate or Professional)
  • AWS Solutions Architect or Data certifications
  • MLflow, advanced Databricks features
  • Multi-cloud exposure (Azure / Google Cloud Platform)
  • Strong understanding of financial data compliance and governance

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Cloud Solutions Architect Databricks & AWS (Banking/Capital Markets)

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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-Oriented)

  • Architect end-to-end AWS + Databricks data platforms for financial services use cases
  • Design and govern cloud-native and migration architectures (re-platform, re-architect, hybrid)
  • Lead secure, compliant, and scalable data lake/lakehouse implementations
  • Define and standardize deployment and migration patterns
  • Guide teams on best practices for data engineering, CI/CD, and IaC
  • Collaborate with business, risk, security, and engineering stakeholders
  • Ensure platforms align with financial regulations and audit requirements
  • Produce clear architectural documentation for global reuse and support

Mandatory Technical Skill Areas (Mapped Clearly)

Cloud & Architecture

  • AWS architecture design (VPC, IAM, KMS, networking, security controls)
  • Cloud migration strategies and patterns
  • Cloud-native application and data architectures

Databricks & Data Engineering

  • Databricks platform (clusters, jobs, workflows, notebooks)
  • Delta Lake, ETL/ELT pipelines, batch & real-time processing
  • Data lake / lakehouse design patterns
  • Performance optimization and cost management

DevOps & Automation

  • CI/CD pipelines for data platforms
  • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / CloudFormation)
  • Automated provisioning, deployments, and environment management

Financial Services Domain

  • Banking / Investment / Capital Markets data use cases
  • Exposure to regulatory, governance, lineage, audit, and security controls
  • Mission-critical, low-latency, high-availability systems

Good-to-Have Differentiators

  • Databricks Certification (Associate or Professional)
  • AWS Solutions Architect or Data certifications
  • MLflow, advanced Databricks features
  • Multi-cloud exposure (Azure / Google Cloud Platform)
  • Strong understanding of financial data compliance and governance
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