Project description
DXC Luxoft Financial Services is a global technology partner to leading investment banks, exchanges, clearing houses, and capital markets institutions. We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect with a strong Java background to join a strategic cloud modernization and migration program for a major financial services client.
In this role, you will lead the architecture and delivery of large-scale AWS migration initiatives, helping transform complex trading and post-trade platforms from legacy environments into modern, scalable, cloud-native solutions. You will work closely with engineering, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders to define migration strategies, modernize applications, and establish cloud best practices across the organization.
The ideal candidate combines deep AWS architecture expertise with hands-on Java experience and a strong understanding of Capital Markets platforms, trading workflows, and financial technology environments.
Responsibilities
- Responsibilities
This initiative focuses on:
Cloud migration and modernization of Capital Markets applications to AWS
Design and implementation of cloud-native and microservices-based architectures
Modernization of Java/Spring applications for cloud deployment
Establishment of AWS architecture standards, governance, and security controls
Migration of distributed systems toward scalable, resilient, event-driven architectures
Integration with trading, market data, risk, settlements, and post-trade platforms
Adoption of DevOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automated deployment pipelines
Key Responsibilities
Define end-to-end AWS migration and modernization strategies
Design cloud architectures leveraging AWS managed services and cloud-native patterns
Lead application assessment, migration planning, and target-state architecture definition
Architect highly available, resilient, and secure solutions in AWS
Guide engineering teams in modernizing Java applications using Spring Boot and microservices
Drive containerization and orchestration initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
Design and implement event-driven architectures using Kafka and AWS messaging services
Collaborate with security, platform, and enterprise architecture teams
Establish cloud governance, cost optimization, operational excellence, and FinOps practices
Support CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and cloud automation initiatives
Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and architecture oversight across delivery teams
Engage with business and technology stakeholders to align architecture with strategic objectives
Contribute to cloud adoption roadmaps and technology transformation programs
Capital Markets Focus
Front Office, Risk, Middle Office, Back Office, and Post-Trade environments
Trading, Clearing, Margining, Liquidity, Treasury, and Risk platforms
Integration with systems such as Murex, Calypso, Summit, and proprietary trading platforms
Low-latency, high-volume, business-critical financial systems
SKILLS
Must have
- Mandatory Skills Description
Cloud & Architecture
Strong experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale AWS solutions.
Proven track record leading application and infrastructure migration programs to AWS.
Deep understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
Experience with AWS services such as:
EC2
ECS / EKS
Lambda
API Gateway
RDS / Aurora
DynamoDB
S3
CloudWatch
IAM
VPC
Route53
SQS / SNS
Secrets Manager
Experience designing resilient, scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions.
Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
Experience implementing DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
Java & Modern Engineering
Strong commercial experience with Java and Spring Boot.
Experience modernizing and re-platforming legacy Java applications.
Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud-native design patterns.
Experience with containerization using Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka.
Strong knowledge of application performance, observability, and monitoring.
Capital Markets
Experience working within Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Exchanges, or Clearing Houses.
Understanding of trading lifecycle and post-trade processing.
Experience delivering solutions within regulated financial environments.
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
Nice to have
Nice-to-Have Skills
Murex
AWS Solution Architect Professional certification
Event-driven architecture design
Serverless architecture
FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization
Python
Data platforms and analytics workloads
Experience with LCH, LSEG, Clearing, Margining or Post-Trade platforms
Experience supporting large-scale multi-year cloud transformation programs