Cloud Platform Tech Lead — AWS, Azure & Kubernetes

Winston Fox; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Onsite in New York

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Winston Fox, a technology-driven hedge fund, seeks a senior Cloud Platform Engineer to shape a cloud-first, hybrid infrastructure and drive platform evolution. This is a hands-on engineering role with ownership, visibility, and impact on software and systems used across the firm.

Based in New York, you will work five days onsite with a small, high-calibre team to design scalable and secure cloud solutions, set engineering standards, and lead technically on complex infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years’ experience designing and engineering cloud infrastructure in production.
• Expertise across AWS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Strong scripting in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM and security.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and IaC.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives and work with senior stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and passion for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve cloud infrastructure across both AWS and Azure.
• Lead the delivery of cloud-native platforms using Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and modern engineering practices.
• Architect Kubernetes-based container platforms, microservices infrastructure and cloud-native application environments.
• Drive improvements across automation, CI/CD, platform reliability, observability and operational resilience.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and influence platform strategy through thoughtful technical leadership.
• Partner with internal stakeholders and external MSPs to deliver complex infrastructure initiatives while maintaining exceptionally high engineering standards.
• Define technical standards, architecture patterns and reusable infrastructure that enable the business to scale efficiently.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Winston Fox, a technology-driven hedge fund, seeks a senior Cloud Platform Engineer to shape a cloud-first, hybrid infrastructure and drive platform evolution. This is a hands-on engineering role with ownership, visibility, and impact on software and systems used across the firm.

Based in New York, you will work five days onsite with a small, high-calibre team to design scalable and secure cloud solutions, set engineering standards, and lead technically on complex infrastructure initiatives.