Hedge Fund #V044
To be successful as a cloud engineer, you should be able to identify the most optimal cloud-based solutions and maintain cloud infrastructure in accordance with best practices and company security policies. A top-notch cloud engineer should have excellent troubleshooting skills, stay current with industry trends, and be a team player. The right individual will proactively engage directly with traders and support cloud initiatives across the firm.
Responsibilities:
- Managing cloud environments in accordance with best practices and company security guidelines.
- Deploying and debugging cloud initiatives as needed in accordance with best practices throughout the development lifecycle.
- Educating teams on the implementation of new cloud-based technologies and initiatives, providing associated training as required.
- Collaborating with engineering and development teams to evaluate and architect optimal cloud solutions.
- Regularly reviewing existing systems, making recommendations for improvements, and modifying them in collaboration with the system owners.
- Designing, developing and deploying modular cloud-based systems.
- Ensuring efficient functioning of data storage and processing functions in accordance with company security policies and best practices in cloud security.
- Identifying, analyzing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
- Interacting with traders and technology staff, providing cloud support, and making recommendations based on the firm’s needs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Technical degree in computer science or a related field
- 7+ years of experience working with AWS and a proven track record of building complex infrastructure on Linux (especially RHEL/CentOS)
- Sound experience in a scripting language (Bash, Python, Golang, etc.)
- Expert level knowledge with AWS design, architecture and services (VPC, EC2, IAM, S3 etc.) – professional and specialty level certifications are a plus
- Well-rounded knowledge of Cybersecurity, networking and related tools
- Sound experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, especially Ansible and Terraform
- Sound knowledge of server infrastructure, virtualization, and cloud computing
- Experience with architecting and maintaining high-availability production systems
- Experience in cloud-based software installation, configuration and patching
- Knowledge of system monitoring in a cloud environment including cloud-specific products and tools
- Experience with monitoring architecture and implementing monitoring agents, dashboards, escalations and alerts
- Strong interpersonal skills and excellent analytical skills