Cloud Engineer/ Fintech/ Migration

A leading fintech company that operates regulated trading platforms connecting millions of users globally to both traditional and digital financial markets is looking to bring on a Cloud Engineer for a On-prem to AWS Cloud migration. Their infrastructure powers mission-critical exchange systems requiring institutional-grade security, low-latency performance, and 24/7 reliability. As they continue expanding their cloud-native architecture, they're seeking engineers who can bridge traditional infrastructure expertise with modern cloud practices.

Join this vital team where you'll play a key role in migrating and modernizing critical infrastructure from on-premises to AWS and Kubernetes. Collaborate closely with engineering, operations, and security teams to architect scalable, observable cloud solutions while maintaining the high-availability standards required in financial services. You'll work alongside other engineers to shape the platform's future infrastructure.


Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in Cloud, Infrastructure, or DevOps engineering roles
• Proven success migrating Linux-based workloads from on-premises to AWS or Kubernetes
• Deep hands-on knowledge of Terraform and Ansible
• Experience designing complex cloud solutions in AWS using Cloud Foundation best practices
• Strong background in networking (VPCs, Transit Gateways, Route 53, load balancing, VPNs)
• IaC implementation and GitOps workflows
• Experience with observability platforms (CloudWatch, Datadog, Elastic Stack, or similar)
• Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization strategies

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience in financial services, exchange, or other high-availability, low-latency environments
• Prior work managing on-premises infrastructure (Nutanix, Puppet, Foreman)
• Experience with service mesh solutions (Istio, Linkerd, AWS App Mesh)
• Knowledge of API management via AWS API Gateway and Kong
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer)
• Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo) and Bitbucket
• Startup experience or being part of small, agile teams

What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown

• 50% AWS Cloud Infrastructure (Terraform, EKS, networking)
• 30% Migration & Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• 20% Observability & Automation (Datadog, CloudWatch, CI/CD)

Daily Responsibilities

• 60% Hands On (building infrastructure, writing IaC, migrating workloads)
• 30% Collaboration (working with engineering and ops teams on architecture)
• 10% On-call rotation and incident response

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