Cloud Platform Engineer

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An industry-leading hedge fund seeks skilled Software Engineers with strong Computer Science fundamentals. The role involves building cloud platforms and utilizing modern database solutions to tackle significant business challenges. Ideal candidates will have experience in cloud migration, working in agile environments, and a relevant degree.

Benefits

Significant salary

Bonus

Comprehensive benefits

Opportunity to build complex software solutions

Qualifications

• Solid experience with deploying and managing services in a cloud environment (AWS or GCP).
• Proficiency in Linux, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a modern cloud platform.
• Work with application teams on new design patterns.
• Handle large-scale databases and microservices architectures.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

GitOps

Infrastructure-as-Code

Terraform

Ansible

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

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Industry-leading hedge fund using innovative and cutting-edge technology, with data at the core of the investment process. Great opportunity for talented software engineers with strong CompSci fundamentals to join the team using modern cloud-based technology to develop innovative solutions for the biggest business challenges.

In this high-impact role, the successful engineer will be responsible for building out and managing a modern cloud platform – security, networking, and structure – and working with application teams on new design patterns. Projects are varied and involve modern, large-scale databases (BigQuery, MongoDB), cloud-based object/file/block storage solutions, and microservices architectures.

The ideal candidate is a strong generalist and has experience of moving software from on-prem to the cloud (GCP or AWS) at scale.

Requirements

• Solid experience with Linux, Kubernetes, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code and tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Experience deploying and managing services in a cloud environment (AWS and/or GCP would be ideal)
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineer, Electrical Engineering (or related field)
• Finance experience not required

Rewards and Incentives

• Significant salary + bonus + benefits
• Build complex software solutions to solve challenging problems in agile environment