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 client.
In 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 AWS
Design 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 DevOps, 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 AWS
Guide engineering teams in modernizing Java applications using Spring Boot and microservices
Drive containerization and orchestration initiatives using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS
Design 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 FinOps 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
MUST
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 / EKS
Lambda
API Gateway
RDS / Aurora
DynamoDB
S3
CloudWatch
IAM
VPC
Route53
SQS / SNS
Secrets Manager
Experience designing resilient, scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions.
Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation.
Experience implementing DevOps 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 HAVENice-to-Have Skills
Murex
AWS Solution Architect Professional certification
Event-driven architecture design
Serverless architecture
FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization
Python
Data platforms and analytics workloads
Experience with LCH, LSEG, Clearing, Margining or Post-Trade platforms
Experience supporting large-scale multi-year cloud transformation programs
Luxoft DXC
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Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company is a global digital strategy and software engineering firm with over 17,000 international employees within its 58 offices in 29 countries. It is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
In January 2019, Luxoft was acquired by U.S. company DXC Technology. Luxoft partnered with LG Electronics to create a next-generation Autonomous Mobility concept vehicle that integrates consumers' personalized digital lifestyles into a driving experience. Luxoft enabled Switzerland's first Blockchain based e-vote platform with the City of Zug and Hochschule Luzern's Blockchain Lab.
Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company is a world-renowned company. It has been present on the Polish market for over 13 years. We have offices in Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Gdansk. We employ over 2,000 professional experts carrying out projects for over 100 clients from the financial, automotive, medical, tourist industries, etc. We work for many international clients, including the USA, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
So far, Luxoft Poland has made a name for itself as a company that offers work on innovative projects, we offer various experiences in the field of IT, opportunities for rapid development, an extensive training program, and attractive benefits for employees.
At present, 62% of Luxoft Poland employees come from Poland, and 38% from around 50 countries, including Ukraine, Brazil, India, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania, USA, etc.
At Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company almost 80 percent of employees are experts with the "Senior" experience level, with at least five years of experience. We care about our employees, so every day we try to provide them with the best possible conditions for work and development.
Technology is our passion! We focus on top engineering talent means that you will be working with the best industry professionals from around the world. Because of that, Luxoft is a global family with an epic atmosphere – we love what we do!