Senior Cloud Architect - Capital Markets

Job overview

The Senior Cloud Architect - Capital Markets role is an onsite position based in Charlotte, NC. Compensation is not specified for this role, which supports the Middle-Office and Back-Office (BOMO) transformation team at SMBC Group. This role is responsible for owning the architectural roadmap and cloud infrastructure for next-generation trading systems. It contributes to the firm's scalability by replacing legacy batch processing with modern, event-driven streaming architectures.

What you'll do

• Defines target-state BOMO architecture
• designs event-driven integration patterns
• ensures backward compatibility
• establishes architectural governance
• drives automated infrastructure provisioning via Terraform
• ensures high availability and performance.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

full-time

day shift

charlotte nc

smbc

cloud architect

capital markets

aws

kubernetes

kafka

terraform

hybrid workforce

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Hybrid work model available

Why this role

Requires 10+ years in IT architecture, with 4+ years as a Cloud Architect in Capital Markets; expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and Kafka.

About the employer

SMBC is hiring for this role. Industry: Commercial Banking. Sector: 52.