Lead AWS Cloud Engineer

Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Lead AWS Cloud Engineer. The candidate will perform a range of activities required to maintain and continuously automate a large, complex cloud-based computing environment, providing technical guidance to the team and acting as a liaison between internal departments. This involves utilizing best practices for the management, architecture, configuration, high availability, disaster recovery, administration, and automation of the enterprise environment with cloud technologies.

The ideal candidate is passionate about new technologies to accomplish complex project initiatives, implement mission‑critical systems, and keep current with trends in the Cloud and Infrastructure spaces, while maintaining regulatory and compliance standards such as CIS and NIST.

• Reports to the Executive Director of Platform Automation and Cloud Engineering
• Design, configure, implement and manage a fully automated workflow for provisioning and maintaining a complex, highly available cloud environment using infrastructure as code
• Develop and maintain a library of deployable, tested, and documented automation design scripts, processes, and procedures for deploying services to the cloud
• Manage Dev Ops development activities and complex development tasks involving tools such as Docker, Kafka and container management systems
• Lead and participate in cloud computing environment build‑outs, software installation, maintenance, and support, including patches, fixes, end‑of‑life preparation, and upgrades
• Ensure the reliability of the services provided and manage specific and implied SLAs to achieve internal and external quality standards for the cloud platform
• Assess and plan for capacity needs within the cloud platform and forecast accordingly
• Implement and manage initiatives within your assigned area of responsibility with accountability for results and compliance with all controls and security requirements
• Lead in the development of technology roadmaps and end‑of‑life technology plans
• Effectively communicate project and operational service issues to senior management promptly with observations, decisions, and corrective recommendations
• Manage and participate in the implementation of production changes during defined maintenance windows and support on‑call rotation
• Maintain appropriate work/personal balance within your team
• Serve as a point of escalation within the team for support issues
• Implement and manage rotational support schedules for after‑hours and weekend work for area of responsibility
• Foster an atmosphere of trust, respect, and high performance while displaying strong ethics and integrity
• Manage project and daily work task planning, prioritization, and meeting deadlines while maintaining high quality of work
• Institute corrective actions to address audit and other regulatory or compliance findings
• Operate within budget; establish and assure adherence to schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
• Write and maintain documentation of relevant systems, procedures, and processes
• Other duties as assigned

• [Required] Good consultative, communication, team‑player and analytical skills; regular interaction across teams distributed across the US
• [Required] Working knowledge of infrastructure design and components, such as servers, operating systems, networks, and storage
• [Required] Experience with architecting, implementing, and maintaining highly available mission‑critical environments for 24/7 availability
• [Required] Experience working in an environment with a defined production change control process
• [Required] Demonstrates history of meeting deadlines and working well under pressure
• [Required] Strong hands‑on experience scripting/development skills in Python, Ruby, Go, Java, JavaScript, etc. in a corporate environment
• [Required] Hands‑on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Kafka, Git Hub, Open Shift, and configuration‑management tools such as Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
• [Required] Relevant experience with configuration and implementation of IaaS, Infrastructure as code, AWS, Azure, etc.
• [Required] Bachelor's degree, preferably in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.) or equivalent education and experience
• [Required] 10+ years experience in IT systems installation, operations, administration, and maintenance of cloud systems / virtualized servers
• [Preferred] Experience working in a financial services or highly regulated environment preferred

• [Required] AWS Solutions Architect Associate Certification or higher strongly desired
• [Preferred] Relevant industry certifications such as Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development