Senior Technical Cloud Architect

• Location: Dublin / Hybrid

• Type: 6-month Rolling Contract

• Client: Global Tier 1 Financial Institution

Our client, a leading global financial institution, is undertaking a significant multi-year cloud transformation programme aimed at modernising its global Regulatory Finance Technology landscape. Supporting regulatory reporting functions across EMEA, North America, APAC, Canada and LATAM, the organisation is investing heavily in cloud-native architecture, strategic platform modernisation and regulatory reporting innovation.

As part of this transformation, an opportunity has arisen for a Senior Cloud Architect to provide technical leadership across large-scale cloud migration initiatives and drive the design of scalable, secure and compliant cloud solutions supporting critical regulatory reporting platforms.

This is a highly visible position operating across global teams and senior stakeholders within Finance, Risk, Regulatory Reporting and Technology functions.

The Opportunity

You will play a pivotal role in defining and governing cloud architecture strategy while supporting the migration of complex regulatory reporting platforms to modern cloud environments. The role combines enterprise architecture, cloud transformation, data architecture and regulatory technology expertise within a highly regulated global environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and evolve enterprise cloud architecture principles, standards and governance frameworks.
• Design scalable, resilient and secure cloud solutions supporting global regulatory reporting platforms.
• Develop and execute cloud migration strategies leveraging AWS and SaaS-based solutions across single and multi-tenant environments.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory, security, compliance and data governance requirements.
• Lead architecture reviews, governance forums and technical design approvals.
• Drive optimisation across performance, scalability, reliability and cloud cost management.
• Champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation and cloud engineering best practices.
• Design data architecture solutions to support complex regulatory reporting obligations.
• Ensure robust data lineage, traceability, auditability and reporting controls.
• Support reconciliation processes and data quality frameworks.
• Ensure adherence to regional data residency requirements and regulatory constraints.
• Maintain compliance with enterprise SDLC standards, cloud governance policies and control frameworks.
• Collaborate with global technology, business and vendor teams to deliver migration objectives across multiple regions.
• Partner with Finance, Risk and Regulatory Reporting stakeholders to align architecture with strategic business outcomes.
• Work closely with compliance, cybersecurity and third-party vendors to ensure adherence to security and regulatory standards.
• Support the development of target operating models, migration roadmaps and strategic technology plans.
• Engage with SMEs, engineering teams and testing functions to translate business and technical requirements into scalable architecture solutions.
• Participate in programme governance, steering committees and delivery forums to monitor progress and manage architectural change.

Required Experience

Essential

• Proven track record delivering large-scale cloud migration programmes within global financial services organisations.
• Deep expertise in enterprise cloud architecture and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of AWS cloud technologies and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Experience supporting regulatory reporting platforms, ideally including AXIOM.
• Strong understanding of financial services technology environments and regulatory reporting ecosystems.
• Experience operating across global delivery organisations with distributed teams.
• Knowledge of major financial products and asset classes including Fixed Income, Equities and Commodities.
• Strong understanding of architecture governance, technology risk and control frameworks.
• Experience working within Agile, Scaled Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively from engineering teams through to executive leadership.

Preferred

• Experience supporting regulatory reporting frameworks such as COREP, FINREP, FRTB, Stress Testing, FR Y Reports, FFIEC and related regulatory submissions.
• Exposure to cloud-based data platforms and modern data architecture practices within regulated environments.

Personal Attributes

• Strong architectural and technical leadership capabilities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability and delivery focus.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across complex matrix organisations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Comfortable operating across multiple regions, cultures and time zones.
• High attention to detail and adaptability in fast-changing programme environments.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to lead a high-profile global cloud transformation programme.
• Exposure to senior stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Risk and Regulatory Reporting.
• Work on business-critical regulatory platforms within a highly complex global environment.
• Hybrid working model.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
  For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please apply directly or contact alex.leonard@cpl.ie.