Cloud Engineer: Fast, Scalable Pipelines + Mentorship

Energy Innovation Corp; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Flexible schedule

Growth opportunities

Job summary

DE Shaw in Alexandria, VA seeks a Cloud Engineer to enhance Datadog infrastructure, streamline pipelines, and mentor teams. The role emphasizes ownership, proactive problem solving, and strong collaboration with Alexandria teams.

Requirements include 1+ year in a tech role, solid Kubernetes skills, and the ability to learn quickly. Mentorship and structured growth are highlighted, with a flexible schedule in the favor of the candidate.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role.
• Ability to communicate effectively and disagree constructively.
• Willingness to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate in a pipeline to extend DE Shaw's capabilities.
• Wire Teamwork APIs to Jenkins consumers so data lands where Alexandria teams expect it.
• Keep Datadog dependencies patched before CVEs become incidents.
• Present GitHub Actions tradeoffs to DE Shaw executives in clear language.
• Catch and mentor regression issues in staging before reaching Alexandria customers.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.

Skills

Teamwork

Kubernetes

Communication

Learning agility

Problem solving

Experience 1y

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Datadog

Helm

Job description

DE Shaw in Alexandria, VA seeks a Cloud Engineer to enhance Datadog infrastructure, streamline pipelines, and mentor teams. The role emphasizes ownership, proactive problem solving, and strong collaboration with Alexandria teams.

Requirements include 1+ year in a tech role, solid Kubernetes skills, and the ability to learn quickly. Mentorship and structured growth are highlighted, with a flexible schedule in the favor of the candidate.