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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AWS Solutions Architect - **Company:** Raymond James Financial, Inc. - **Location:** St. Petersburg, FL, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Data Analysis, Software as a Service, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Disaster Recovery, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Enterprise Data Management, Software Organization, Enterprise Software Applications, Spring Cloud, State Machines, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Deployment Automation, Enterprise Integration, Apache Kafka, Api Design, Restful APIs, Data Pipelines, Serverless Computing, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3338217323&tx=KL5757FFI&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54 ## About the Role * 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., * 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. ## Description * 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. ## Related Videos - [Reliable scalability: How Amazon.com scales on AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/983-reliable-scalability-how-amazon-com-scales-on-aws) - [Understanding Kubernetes in a visual way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100085-understanding-kubernetes-in-a-visual-way) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - CSS is DOOMed](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1838-wearedevelopers-live-css-is-doomed) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Hate organising your photos? 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