Senior AWS Cloud Engineer for Quant Research Platform

Quberesearchandtechnologies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect/Engineer focused on AWS to design scalable research platforms and secure, resilient cloud solutions. You will collaborate with researchers and developers to translate requirements into robust cloud architectures, automate deployments, and optimize performance and costs.

The role emphasizes high availability, security governance, and staying current with AWS best practices within a fast-paced research environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience as a Cloud Architect or Engineer with a strong focus on AWS technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services, including EKS, EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch.
• Experience in designing highly available, resilient, and secure cloud solutions for research or finance environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security practices, encryption, and governance.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and automation tools (Terraform).
• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) and serverless architecture.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructures.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse technical and research teams.
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, etc.) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement custom AWS architectures to enhance the quantitative research and modelling processes of the desk.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, developers, and data scientists to translate needs into scalable, flexible cloud solutions.
• Ensure the optimal performance, availability, and reliability of cloud infrastructure for high-performance research and large-scale data analysis.
• Automate infrastructure deployment, management, and monitoring to streamline research operations.
• Continuously review and optimize cloud systems for scalability and cost efficiency.
• Stay up to date on AWS services and drive best practices within the AWS Specialists team.

Skills

AWS

Cloud architecture

DevOps

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud security

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is seeking an experienced Cloud Architect/Engineer focused on AWS to design scalable research platforms and secure, resilient cloud solutions. You will collaborate with researchers and developers to translate requirements into robust cloud architectures, automate deployments, and optimize performance and costs.

The role emphasizes high availability, security governance, and staying current with AWS best practices within a fast-paced research environment.