Senior Cloud Architect Financial Services Industry (FSI)

Position Overview

We are looking for an experienced Cloud Architect – Financial Services to help customers define and execute their cloud modernization and technology transformation strategies.

This role combines deep technical expertise, strategic consulting, and strong customer engagement capabilities. The successful candidate will work closely with financial institutions to understand their business priorities, assess existing technology environments, and design innovative cloud, data, and AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.

As a trusted technical advisor, you will engage with senior business and technology stakeholders, providing architectural guidance, developing modernization roadmaps, and supporting customers throughout their cloud adoption journey.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in enterprise cloud architecture, database technologies, and infrastructure modernization, along with a strong consulting mindset and an understanding of the challenges facing the financial services industry.
Key Responsibilities 1. Cloud Architecture & Technology Modernization

- Design and recommend scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architectures aligned with customer business and technical requirements.

- Assess existing enterprise infrastructure, databases, and application environments to identify modernization opportunities.

- Develop cloud migration and modernization strategies, including hybrid and multicloud architectures.

- Provide architectural guidance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), enterprise databases, data platforms, and related cloud technologies.

- Support technical discovery, architecture design, proof of concepts (POCs), and implementation planning.

2. Strategic Consulting & Customer Advisory

- Act as a trusted technology advisor to financial services customers, helping them navigate complex technology decisions.

- Develop a deep understanding of customers' business models, technology landscapes, and strategic priorities.

- Lead consultative discussions with CIOs, CTOs, enterprise architects, infrastructure leaders, and other senior stakeholders.

- Translate business challenges into actionable technology strategies, architectural recommendations, and transformation roadmaps.

- Independently develop and present technical proposals, solution recommendations, and business-oriented architecture presentations.

- Evaluate architectural alternatives and recommend solutions based on business value, technical feasibility, scalability, and operational requirements.

3. Financial Services Industry Expertise

- Understand the technology and business challenges of banks, insurance companies, fintech organizations, and other financial institutions.

- Identify opportunities to modernize mission-critical platforms and improve operational efficiency, scalability, security, and resilience.

- Provide architectural recommendations that consider regulatory requirements, data protection, business continuity, and industry-specific technology standards.

- Support customer initiatives involving digital banking, core systems modernization, enterprise data platforms, and cloud transformation.

- Stay informed about emerging technology trends and their potential impact on the financial services industry.

4. Customer Engagement & Solution Development

- Partner with Sales and technical teams to support strategic customer engagements and cloud opportunities.

- Lead technical workshops, architecture discussions, solution demonstrations, and proof-of-concept initiatives.

- Develop compelling technical and business value propositions tailored to customer needs.

- Guide customers through the solution lifecycle, from initial discovery and architectural assessment to adoption planning.

- Build long-term relationships with technical and executive stakeholders, establishing credibility through technical expertise and business understanding.

5. Data, AI & Emerging Technologies

- Identify opportunities to leverage enterprise data platforms, analytics, and artificial intelligence to address business challenges.

- Collaborate with customers to define data-driven and AI use cases that deliver measurable business outcomes.

- Recommend architectural approaches for integrating cloud, data, and AI capabilities with existing enterprise environments.

- Support customers in evaluating emerging technologies and their applicability to financial services use cases.

6. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Technical Leadership

- Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and other technical teams to deliver integrated solutions.

- Coordinate with internal specialists to address complex architectural and customer requirements.

- Contribute to the development of reference architectures, technical presentations, solution guides, and best practices.

- Share technical knowledge and industry insights with internal teams and customers.

- Continuously develop expertise in cloud infrastructure, enterprise databases, data platforms, AI, and emerging technologies.