Cloud DevOps Engineer

National Futures Association; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

The National Futures Association is seeking a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer to join their high-performing team. This role involves implementing cloud infrastructure with a focus on application availability, scalability, and security. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering, at least five years of Cloud DevOps experience, and strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell. The position offers a hybrid work model, enabling remote work two days a week.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid maternity leave

Child care support

Paid paternity leave

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years of Cloud DevOps experience.
• Industry certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified) preferred.
• Expertise with multiple cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Develop automation scripts, pipelines and tools for CI/CD.
• Deploy applications consistently across environments.
• Maintain robust monitoring and logging solutions.

Skills

Cloud security best practices

Scripting in Python

Scripting in Bash

Scripting in PowerShell

Problem-solving

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Version control systems

Job description

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National Futures Association provided pay range

This range is provided by National Futures Association. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$98,200.00/yr - $172,800.00/yr

When you join NFA as a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer, you'll join a high-performing team of dedicated professionals responsible for deploying cloud applications and infrastructure.

Bring your analytical and innovative mindsets.

Bring your technical know-how, problem solving and project management skills and an eye for detail. Beginning your first day and throughout your career, you'll utilize your critical thinking and decision-making skills to support our important regulatory mission.

What you'll do:

The Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer implements cloud infrastructure with a high degree of application availability, scalability and security. Specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Developing automation scripts, pipelines and tools for continuous integration, delivery and deployment (CI/CD).
• Deploying applications consistently across primary and secondary environments.
• Maintaining robust monitoring and logging solutions to track system performance, identify issues and ensure reliability.
• Implementing security best practices, access controls and vulnerability management.
• Optimizing cloud infrastructure and application performance with new tools and technologies.
• Utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools to provision, manage and maintain infrastructure and ensure consistency, scalability and repeatability across environments.

What we’re looking for:

Diligent, detail-oriented individuals thrive in this analytical role. If you're eager to apply your technical abilities to serve a public good—supporting the integrity of the derivatives markets—and meet the qualifications below, we encourage you to apply to join our team as a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related field
• Minimum of five years of Cloud DevOps experience
• Industry certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified) preferred
• Expertise with multiple cloud platforms
• In-depth knowledge of cloud security best practices
• Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, Bash or PowerShell for automation and system administration
• Experience with implementing and managing cloud infrastructure using IaC and configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Proficiency with using version control systems for code management.
• Understanding of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing services and firewalls
• Demonstrated ability to implement security controls at the infrastructure level
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders

The salary range for this position is: $98,200 - $172,800

Please note: NFA cannot provide any form of sponsorship or transfer sponsorship for this position. This means candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. Additionally, NFA offers a flexible work environment to support our employees.

This position follows a hybrid model, allowing team members to work remotely two days per week while collaborating in the office on other days.

The job title listed on LinkedIn is used to optimize the search and may differ slightly from the official title at NFA. The responsibilities and opportunities described in the post accurately reflect the role.

NFA is not seeking assistance from external staffing agencies or third-party vendors at this time.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology and Engineering

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid maternity leave

Child care support

Paid paternity leave

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

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