Roles & Responsibilties

Cloud Architecture Design: Design, develop, and implement scalable, secure, and resilient cloud solutions on the Azure platform, leveraging Azure's core services and architectural patterns. Focus on financial services-specific applications such as savings, mortgage, asset finance, and motor finance.

•     Financial Services Expertise: Provide industry-specific insights to ensure cloud solutions align with financial services requirements, such as regulatory compliance (e.g., GDPR, PCI-DSS), data privacy, risk management, and financial modeling.

•     Application-Level Architecture: Collaborate with development teams to define and implement cloud-based application architectures that incorporate best practices for reliability, performance, scalability, and security.

•     Solution Design: Create high-level and low-level solution designs for cloud applications and infrastructure, ensuring that the solutions are aligned with business goals, strategic initiatives, and financial regulations.

•     Best Practice Implementation: Establish cloud design patterns and best practices for both new applications and the migration of existing financial systems to the Azure cloud.

•     Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with business and technical stakeholders to understand their requirements, ensure alignment with financial services business objectives, and ensure solutions are designed to meet the evolving needs of the organization.

•     Migration & Modernization: Lead the strategy and execution of cloud migration and modernization initiatives, ensuring a smooth transition from on-premises to Azure environments while optimizing for cost and efficiency.

•     Cost Optimization: Drive cost optimization strategies within Azure environments by utilizing built-in Azure cost management tools and designing efficient cloud architectures.

•     Documentation and Governance: Create comprehensive documentation of architectures, solution designs, and governance policies. Ensure that the cloud solutions adhere to internal and industry standards, policies, and regulations.

M͏andatory skills

• zure Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with Azure services, including but not limited to Azure Compute, Storage, Networking, Azure Active Directory, and Security.

  •     Financial Services Knowledge: Significant experience in the financial services industry, particularly with savings, mortgage, asset finance, and motor finance, and familiarity with industry-specific regulations and compliance.

  •     Solution Design: Proven experience in designing cloud-native solutions for complex, large-scale financial services applications, ensuring high availability, performance, and security.

  •     Application Architecture: Experience in designing, developing, and deploying cloud-based applications, focusing on scalability, resilience, and security at both the system and application levels.

  •     Architecture Patterns: Strong knowledge of cloud architecture patterns and methodologies (e.g., microservices, serverless, event-driven architectures) and applying them within financial services contexts.

  •     Leadership & Collaboration: Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at various levels of the organization.

  •     Certifications (Preferred):

  o     Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

  o     TOGAF or other enterprise architecture certifications

  o     Cloud certifications relevant to financial services and governance

  
  

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