AWS Data Architect/Migration from On-Prem to AWS & CDE Framework Implementation - Banking Domain

Thrive IT Systems Ltd

Northampton, UK

3 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerboard.com

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Amazon Web Services Amazon S3 Big Data Cloud Engineering Continuous Integration Data Architecture Information Engineering Data Governance Data Integration Extract Transform Load (ETL) Data Warehousing

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DevOps Identity and Access Management Metadata Cloud Services Standard Sql Data Ingestion Snowflake AWS Lambda Cloudformation Data Lakes Collibra AWS Glue Data Analytics AWS Data Analytics Data Management Terraform Data Pipelines Amazon Elastic Mapreduce (EMR) Amazon Redshift Databricks

Job description

We are seeking an experienced AWS Data Architect with strong expertise in enterprise data migration from On-Premise to AWS Cloud within the Banking/Financial Services domain. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience designing scalable cloud-native data platforms, implementing Common Data Environment (CDE) frameworks, and leading large-scale data transformation initiatives while ensuring security, governance, and regulatory compliance., * Migration from On-Prem to AWS & CDE Framework Implementation.

Lead the architecture and execution of enterprise-scale On-Prem to AWS data migration programs.
Design and implement secure, scalable, and high-performance AWS-based data platforms.
Build and implement Common Data Environment (CDE) Frameworks to standardize data ingestion, governance, quality, metadata, and lineage.
Define enterprise data architecture, data models, and integration strategies.
Design and optimize ETL/ELT pipelines using AWS-native services.
Work closely with business stakeholders, data engineering teams, solution architects, and application owners.
Establish best practices for data governance, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
Optimize cloud performance, availability, scalability, and cost.
Support modernization of Legacy banking data platforms into cloud-native architectures.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in Data Architecture and Data Engineering.
Strong experience in AWS Cloud Architecture.
Proven experience in On-Premise to AWS Data Migration.
Hands-on experience implementing Common Data Environment (CDE) Frameworks.

Strong knowledge of AWS services including:

Amazon S3
AWS Glue
Amazon Redshift
Amazon EMR
AWS Lambda
IAM
Lake Formation
Athena
CloudFormation
Step Functions
Experience with data warehousing, data lakes, and modern cloud data platforms.
Strong SQL and data modelling expertise.
Experience with ETL/ELT tools and data integration frameworks.
Knowledge of CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and DevOps practices.
Excellent stakeholder management and solution design skills.
Banking Domain Experience (Mandatory)
Strong experience working with Retail Banking, Commercial Banking, Corporate Banking, Payments, Lending, Core Banking, Risk, Compliance, or Regulatory Reporting.
Understanding of banking data models and regulatory requirements.
Experience delivering cloud transformation programs in highly regulated financial environments.

Preferred Skills:

AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified Data Analytics.
Experience with Data Governance tools such as Collibra, Informatica, or Microsoft Purview.
Knowledge of Snowflake or Databricks is an added advantage.
Experience with Agile delivery methodologies.