Cloud Engineer: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform (NYC Hybrid)

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

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