AWS Solutions Engineer/ Architect

Raymond James Financial, Inc.; Saint Petersburg (FL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond James Financial, Inc. is seeking an experienced AWS Architect to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable enterprise cloud solutions in a hybrid model at the St. Petersburg, FL office.

You will guide architecture decisions, mentor teams, and collaborate with business units to translate requirements into robust, compliant cloud solutions across data platforms, microservices, and serverless architectures.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise solutions on AWS, including cloud architecture, application development, and data engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of secure, scalable, and resilient AWS solutions supporting enterprise Financial Crimes applications.

Skills

AWS Architecture

Data Lakes

Python

SQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Security

Serverless

Kafka/MSK

Networking

SageMaker

Tools

Docker

ECS

Kubernetes

S3

Redshift

Lambda

Glue

Step Functions

IAM

VPC

KMS

EMR

Athena

SageMaker

Job description

This position follows a hybrid work model, with an expectation to be in the office 3 days per week at the St. Petersburg, FL Corporate Office location.

Please note: This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of secure, scalable, and resilient AWS solutions supporting enterprise Financial Crimes applications.
• Design cloud-native applications, enterprise data platforms, and integration solutions using modern microservices, serverless, event-driven, and API-based architectures.
• Develop and optimize enterprise data platforms, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data integration frameworks supporting analytics, reporting, and operational workloads.
• Define cloud architecture standards, security controls, networking, observability, resiliency, and operational best practices while promoting Infrastructure as Code and DevOps automation.
• Collaborate with application, data, infrastructure, security, and business teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, design guidance, code reviews, mentoring, and adoption of engineering best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and implementing enterprise solutions on AWS, including cloud architecture, application development, and data engineering.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services including compute, storage, networking, security, analytics, integration, and serverless technologies (e.g., S3, Redshift, Lambda, Glue, Step Functions, IAM, VPC, KMS, EMR, Athena, SageMaker, Kafka/MSK).
• Experience designing cloud-native, microservices, serverless, and event-driven architectures using modern software engineering principles.
• Strong experience building enterprise data lakes, ETL/ELT pipelines, data integration frameworks, and data warehousing solutions utilizing Medallion Architecture.
• Proficiency in Python, SQL, REST APIs, cloud integration patterns, and modern software development practices, including CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong understanding of AWS security, networking, monitoring, disaster recovery, and operational excellence following the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives, influence architecture decisions, solve complex technical challenges, and mentor engineering teams.

Ability To

• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and business audiences.
• Lead architecture discussions and influence strategic technology decisions across multiple teams.
• Analyze complex problems and develop secure, scalable, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Build collaborative relationships across engineering, architecture, infrastructure, security, and business organizations.
• Balance strategic architecture responsibilities with hands‑on implementation and delivery.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect - Associate or Professional certification.
• Experience with container platforms (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes/EKS), modern analytics technologies, and streaming platforms such as Kafka or Kinesis.
• Experience in financial services, Financial Crimes, AML, fraud detection, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications with third‑party cloud platforms and SaaS solutions.