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Banks have a lot of data analyst type jobs that could be good for this. They require a knowledge of SQL to generate reports but do not fall squarely under IT and so would rarely expect those kinds of project work.

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Having worked in banks, the demand for data architects and data analysts is not overly tech specific.

Also: an AWS data or Snowflake certification will help tremendously.

That's a good idea. She knows finance/markets stuff too. I guess I thought banks had kind of cut throat cultures, but I agree that it's not necessarily like that in all departments. We'll for sure check out analyst positions at some of the banks.

Stick to consumer banks, they're laid back. Investment banks or asset managers tend to be more cutthroat.

A certificate without experience means absolutely nothing. No one takes them seriously when hiring.

Source: I have six (7?) active AWS certifications and at one point 9. I knew going in they were worthless and just got them to know what I didn’t know and as a guided learning path.

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