Senior AWS Cloud Engineer for Enterprise Modernization

Barclays; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k)

Life insurance

Paid leave

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer in Whippany, NJ to accelerate cloud modernization by designing secure, scalable AWS solutions powering critical business capabilities.

You will work with Java & Spring, microservices, and AWS services while focusing on secure coding, observability, and reliable delivery. This role offers the chance to influence large-scale transformations within a major financial institution.

Qualifications

• Experience building enterprise-grade Java applications.
• Solid experience with microservices architecture.
• Proficient with AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda.
• Experience with Kafka and event streaming.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deploy secure, scalable AWS-based solutions.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define requirements.
• Ensure code quality through reviews, testing, and secure coding practices.
• Stay updated on cloud and technology trends and contribute to engineering communities.
• Mentor more junior engineers and support risk and controls initiatives.

Skills

Java & Spring

Microservices

AWS Cloud Services

Kafka

Webhooks & events

Observability tools

Agentic-AI basics

Financial domain knowledge

Tools

CloudFormation

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Barclays is seeking a Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer in Whippany, NJ to accelerate cloud modernization by designing secure, scalable AWS solutions powering critical business capabilities.

You will work with Java & Spring, microservices, and AWS services while focusing on secure coding, observability, and reliable delivery. This role offers the chance to influence large-scale transformations within a major financial institution.