Senior Cloud Engineer: Cloud-Native Infra for Hedge Fund

Winston Fox; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Winston Fox is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join a fast-growing hedge fund's Cloud & SRE team in London. The role focuses on cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure, IaC, and containerization, with collaboration across time zones and MSPs.

The candidate will work in a hybrid, cloud-first setup, wearing multiple hats and delivering strategically important projects in a high-pressure environment.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years in Cloud Engineering or similar role.
• Hands-on AWS and Azure design, deployment and management.
• Scripting and automation (Python/PowerShell/Bash) with IaC (Terraform, Ansible).
• Docker and Kubernetes in cloud environments; CI/CD familiarity.
• Networking, IAM, security and regulatory considerations in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions on AWS and Azure.
• Collaborate to design cloud-native architectures, microservices, and serverless apps; leverage containers and orchestration.
• Implement and maintain automated deployment pipelines, IaC, and configuration management tools.
• Evaluate new cloud technologies and make adoption recommendations based on business needs and cost-benefit.
• Document architectures, standards, and best practices for cloud computing and align with IT strategy.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Solutions architecture

DevOps

CI/CD

Networking concepts

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Winston Fox is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join a fast-growing hedge fund's Cloud & SRE team in London. The role focuses on cloud infrastructure on AWS/Azure, IaC, and containerization, with collaboration across time zones and MSPs.

The candidate will work in a hybrid, cloud-first setup, wearing multiple hats and delivering strategically important projects in a high-pressure environment.