Cloud Engineer

Precision Labs; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k with employer match

Disability coverage

Life and AD&D insurance

Health savings accounts

Job summary

DRW is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate DRW's cloud and hybrid infrastructure across a multi-cloud environment, taking ownership and accountability for reliability, security, and performance of what you deliver.

You will partner with engineering, security, networking, operations, and business teams to enable appropriate use of public cloud, private infrastructure, and hybrid architectures, focusing on scalable, secure solutions that support growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in production cloud environments, multi-cloud/hybrid
• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation (Terraform, Python, APIs/SDKs)
• Strong cloud networking knowledge (VPCs, DNS, firewalls, load balancers)
• Knowledge of cloud security fundamentals (IAM, encryption, secrets management)
• Experience with observability and incident resolution in cloud environments
• Understanding of cloud cost models and FinOps practices
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Proven track record delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions
• Willingness to participate in 24/7 on-call rotation
• Background in financial services or trading is a plus

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate DRW's multi-cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructure
• Maintain cloud foundations: accounts, identity, policy guardrails, logging, tagging
• Own root cause analysis for complex production issues and coordinate with providers
• Develop automation and reference architectures for reliable deployment
• Ensure resilient cloud connectivity between providers and on-prem environments
• Improve observability: metrics, logs, traces, alerts
• Advise teams on architecture choices for reliability, security, cost
• Partner with Finance on cost visibility and FinOps
• Explore new cloud services to improve reliability and developer experience

Skills

Multi-cloud experience

AWS expertise

Terraform

Python

CI/CD

Git

Networking

Security fundamentals

FinOps

Tools

Terraform

Python

APIs/SDKs

CI/CD tools

Job description

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

We are seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate DRW's cloud and hybrid infrastructure across a diverse multi-cloud environment, taking ownership and accountability for the reliability, security, and performance of what you deliver. This role helps ensure our cloud infrastructure is secure, highly available, and optimized to support our continued success and growth.

You will partner closely with engineering, security, networking, operations, and business teams to enable appropriate use of public cloud, private infrastructure, and hybrid architectures.

What You'll Do

• Platform Management:Manage and evolve cloud platforms, including but not limited toAWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP),Alibaba Cloud (AliCloud),and Snowflake,along withthe associated hybrid and on-premises dependenciesrequiredtooperatethem reliably.
• Cloud Foundations:Design andmaintaincloud foundations, including account/subscription/project organization, identity integration (federation, workload identity), policy guardrails, logging, tagging, and shared services.
• Operational Excellence:Serve as the escalation point for complex production and cloud/hybrid-infrastructure issues, owning root cause analysis and holding yourself accountable for durable fixes,engaging cloudproviderand partner support teams as needed.
• Automation & Standards:Build andmaintainautomation, standards, reference architectures, and documentation that strengthen deployment consistency and enable teams to consume cloud services safely and consistently.
• Integration & Collaboration:Engineer and support resilient cloud connectivity, includingtransit architecturesand connectivity between cloud providers and on-premises environments.
• Observability & Monitoring:Implement and improve observability across cloud services, including metrics, logs, traces, alerting,andcapacitydashboards.
• Stakeholder Support:Advise application and infrastructure teams oncloud, hybrid, and on-premises architecture choices based on reliability, performance, security,and cost.
• Cost Management:Partner with Finance andPurchasing oncloud cost visibility, forecasting, and commitments, holding yourself accountableforthe team's FinOps and efficiency goals.
• Continuous Improvement:Research, evaluate,and implement new cloud services andcapabilities that improve reliability, developer experience, security, orefficiency.

What We're Looking For:

• 5+ years of experience engineering and administering production cloud environments in multi-cloud and hybrid settings, with strong AWS experience, exposure to one or more of Azure, GCP,Alibaba Cloud (AliCloud), and Snowflake;and integration with on-premises infrastructure.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation, includingTerraform, Python, APIs/SDKs, CI/CD, andGit.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, including VPCs, routing, DNS, firewalls, load balancing, private connectivity, andinterconnect providers.
• Working knowledge of cloud security fundamentals, including IAM, encryption/key management,secretsmanagement, andleast-privilegedesign.
• Experience with cloud observability, monitoring, and alerting, and a proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex production problems while making sound decisions under pressure.
• Understanding ofcloud cost models and practical approaches to cost allocation, optimization, capacity planning, and FinOps.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to learn quickly, take initiative, and adapt to changing technologies and business needs while working effectively across technical teams and cloud providers.
• A proventrack recordof delivering secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions, with strong ownership and accountability for production outcomes.
• Willingness toparticipatein a 24/7 on-call rotation supporting production cloud environments.
• Previousexperience in financial services or trading environments is a plus.

The annual base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $250,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

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