AWS Architect Java & Capital Markets

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  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 This initiative focuses on:
  
  Cloud migration and modernization of Capital Markets applications to AWSDesign 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 Dev Ops, 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 AWSGuide engineering teams in modernizing Java applications using Spring Boot and microservices
  
  Drive containerization and orchestration initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes/EKSDesign 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 Fin Ops 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

• 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 / EKSLambdaAPI GatewayRDS / AuroraDynamoDBS3
  
  CloudWatchIAMVPCRoute
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  SQS / SNSSecrets Manager Experience designing resilient, scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions.
  
  Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or Cloud Formation.
  
  Experience implementing Dev Ops 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 Skills

MurexAWS Solution Architect Professional certification

Event-driven architecture design

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