Capital Markets AWS Architect | Java & Cloud Modernization

Luxoft; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

DXC Luxoft Financial Services is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect with a strong Java background to lead a major cloud modernization and migration program for Capital Markets platforms. You will design and deliver enterprise-scale AWS solutions, modernize Java/Spring applications, and establish governance, security, and DevOps practices across the organization.

The role requires deep AWS expertise, hands-on Java development, and a track record in regulated financial environments.

Qualifications

• Cloud & Architecture: design and deliver enterprise-scale AWS solutions.
• Experience migrating applications and infrastructure to AWS.
• Deep knowledge of AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
• Experience with EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, Route53, SQS/SNS, Secrets Manager.
• IaC with Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
• DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Java & Spring Boot: modernizing and re-platforming legacy Java apps.
• Distributed systems and cloud-native design.
• Docker and Kubernetes experience.
• Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Application performance, observability, and monitoring.
• Capital Markets experience.
• Understanding trading lifecycle and post-trade processing.
• Experience in regulated financial environments.
• Strong communication with technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and migrate Capital Markets apps to AWS.
• Design cloud-native architectures and microservices patterns.
• Modernize Java/Spring applications for cloud deployment.
• Establish AWS governance, security controls, and cost optimization.
• Lead migration planning and target-state architecture definition.
• Drive DevOps, IaC, and automated deployment pipelines.
• Collaborate with security, platform, and enterprise architecture teams.
• Provide technical leadership across delivery teams.
• Engage with stakeholders to align architecture with business goals.

Skills

AWS architecture

Java & Spring Boot

DevOps CI/CD

Kafka

Docker/Kubernetes

Capital Markets

Low-latency systems

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

EKS

Lambda

S3

RDS

DynamoDB

CloudWatch

Job description

DXC Luxoft Financial Services is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Architect with a strong Java background to lead a major cloud modernization and migration program for Capital Markets platforms. You will design and deliver enterprise-scale AWS solutions, modernize Java/Spring applications, and establish governance, security, and DevOps practices across the organization.

The role requires deep AWS expertise, hands-on Java development, and a track record in regulated financial environments.