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

Cloud Solutions Architect Databricks & AWS (Banking/Capital Markets)
100% Remote

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