Cloud Engineer

SS&C Technologies; United States; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

401k matching

Medical, dental, vision

Parental leave

SS&C University

Employee discounts

Job summary

SS&C Technologies is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join our Kansas City hybrid team, responsible for designing and delivering cloud infrastructure across Azure and hybrid environments.

You will partner with software engineers to implement secure, scalable solutions, develop IaC patterns with Terraform and GitHub Actions, and optimize costs and performance while adhering to security best practices.

Qualifications

• Kubernetes and Azure experience required.
• Experience designing secure, scalable cloud architectures.
• Strong collaboration with software engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver cloud infrastructure across public and private clouds.
• Use IaC tools to automate and template cloud services.
• Research, test, and build cloud services with workstreams.
• Optimize performance, scalability, and cost.
• Implement security measures for cloud assets.
• Foster cloud knowledge within engineering teams.
• Create thorough architecture docs and procedures.

Skills

Kubernetes

Azure

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting: Python

Scripting: PowerShell

Scripting: Shell

Security best practices

Cloud architecture

Education

Azure Solutions Architect

Cloud Certifications

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Engineer; Kansas City Metro (HYBRID)

Location: Kansas City MO/ Hybrid (MUST LIVE IN KANSAS CITY AREA)

You must have had the title of "Cloud Engineer" or need not apply

Getting to know us:

SS&C / Calastone is the largest global funds network, connecting the world’s leading financial organisations.

Our mission is to reduce complexity, risk, and costs, enabling the industry to deliver greater value to investors. Over 4,500 clients in 56 countries and territories benefit from SS&C/Calastone’s services, processing over 250 billion of investment value each month. Calastone is headquartered in London and has offices in Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Taipei, Singapore, New York and Sydney.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Wide Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

Kubernetes and Azure Experience are Required to Apply.

• You will bring in-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in public and private cloud infrastructure solution design, security, implementation, and delivery to enable and cultivate Calastone software engineering teams’ knowledge to ultimately enable them to take ownership of full cloud stacks.
• Utilise infrastructure as code tooling to automate and template cloud services.
• Research, evaluate, test, and build cloud services in tandem with workstream requirements.
• Optimize and fine-tune cloud services for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.
• Implement and enforce security measures to protect cloud-based assets and data.
• Help develop a deeper knowledge of cloud technology within Calastone's technical teams.
• Follow best practices, focusing on quality, collaboration, mentorship, and continuous improvement.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation of architectures, configurations, and procedures.

What you will bring:

• Full public and private cloud (Azure) infrastructure environments, including networking and routing design and implementation.
• Security principles. Implementation and practices across public and private cloud environments.
• Kubernetes, container workload design, management, and optimization.
• Working with software engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and performant solutions.
• GitHub Actions.
• Terraform.
• Scripting languages, such as Python, PowerShell, or Shell.

The ideal candidate would have some level of knowledge in one or more of the following:

• Adherence to industry standard cloud security and compliance
• Financial services industry experience
• Relevant certifications such Azure Solutions Architect
• Configuration management systems (Ansible, packer)

Person Specification

You have a passion for cutting-edge technology, attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. We take team dynamics seriously, so you thrive on team alliances like us. We view ourselves as enablers for the business and engineering teams, so you ought to be able to contextualize your work for less technical members of the organization. We need your help to modernize the funds industry, bridging the gap between finance and modern technology to create faster and more efficient service for the benefit of the end investor.