Cloud Engineer

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking a senior cloud infrastructure professional to design, deploy, and manage a scalable cloud platform for a leading investment manager. The role focuses on building production-grade AWS-based infrastructure, Kubernetes (EKS), and automation using Terraform and Ansible.

The candidate will collaborate with engineering and business teams to translate requirements into robust, high-availability infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments, with strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• Strong experience delivering projects from design through to production deployment.
• Experience collaborating with engineers, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Strong production support and incident response in high-pressure environments.
• Experience managing and operating cloud-native infrastructure at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure for a high-performance investment platform.
• Deploy, manage, and scale production Kubernetes (EKS) environments.
• Administer and support Linux-based systems (RHEL and Debian).
• Use Terraform to build and maintain cloud infrastructure.
• Leverage Ansible for configuration management and automation.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in mission-critical environments.
• Partner with development teams and stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable infra solutions.
• Apply engineering best practices balancing quality, reliability, and speed of delivery.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Linux

IaC

Automation

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Salary: USD200000 - USD250000 per year

This Company is a leading global alternative investment manager with a strong track record across macro, fixed income, foreign exchange, and digital asset strategies. Managing significant assets on behalf of institutional investors worldwide, the firm serves a diverse client base that includes pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, government entities, private banks, and fund-of-funds. With a global footprint spanning major financial centers across North America, Europe, and Asia, the organization is recognized for its investment performance, operational excellence, and robust risk management practices.

The Team

This role offers an exciting opportunity to help design and build a best-in-class cloud infrastructure environment within a high-performance investment organization. The successful candidate will leverage deep technical expertise while helping shape the future direction of the firm's cloud platform in a fast-paced, collaborative setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Deep understanding of AWS cloud services, including networking, storage, load balancing, containers, messaging, serverless technologies, and observability solutions.
• Deploy, manage, and scale production Kubernetes (EKS) environments.
• Administer and support Linux-based systems (RHEL and Debian-based distributions).
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
• Enhance and maintain configuration management frameworks using Ansible.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in mission-critical environments.
• Partner with development teams, business stakeholders, and other internal groups to translate requirements into scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Apply engineering best practices while balancing quality, reliability, and speed of delivery.

Required Experience

• Demonstrated success delivering projects from design through production deployment.
• Experience collaborating with engineers, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Strong production support and incident response experience in high-pressure environments.
• Experience managing and operating cloud-native infrastructure at scale.

Preferred Experience

• Building highly available platforms supporting financial services, trading systems, or large-scale internet-facing applications.
• Working within hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
• Experience in financial services, hedge funds, asset management, or other regulated industries.

Technical Requirements

Required:

• Strong expertise across core AWS services.
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing containerized applications in production.
• Understanding of service mesh concepts and modern distributed systems architectures.
• Strong automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and configuration management experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred:

• Experience supporting both cloud and physical infrastructure, including servers, networking hardware, and storage systems.
• Familiarity with modern and emerging AWS services.
• Security-focused mindset with a pragmatic approach to risk management.

Location

• New York City (4 days onsite, 1 day remote).