Infrastructure Engineer

The Phoenix Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Phoenix Group in New York seeks a motivated DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer to own and architect scalable infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments. You will lead end-to-end infrastructure strategy and work directly with executive leadership.

You will design and maintain cloud-native architectures, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and security controls to support AI, data processing, and financial analytics while ensuring high availability and resilience.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering.
• Proficiency with cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP) and container orchestration.
• Hands-on CI/CD, Git, and automation tooling experience.
• Strong monitoring, observability, and incident management skills.
• Excellent communication to explain architecture to executives.
• Ability to work independently as the sole DevOps/SRE resource.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design for cloud-native infrastructure and networks.
• Design, deploy, and maintain scalable infra with high availability.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines and release workflows.
• Manage registries, secrets, storage, and network configurations.
• Implement monitoring and incident response tooling for reliability.
• Collaborate with engineering on AI/data workflows and security.
• Drive infrastructure roadmap, automation, and operational resilience.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Git/GitOps

Monitoring tools

Security best practices

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Prometheus

Grafana

DataDog

ELK Stack

Kubernetes

Job description

Looking for a motivated and experienced DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to own and architect scalable infrastructure in a fast-paced, technologically innovative environment within a leading investment and data analytics firm. This is a key role reporting directly to executive leadership, perfect for a builder who thrives on end-to-end ownership and driving infrastructure strategy.

Role Overview

This role involves designing, deploying, and maintaining robust cloud and on-premises infrastructure, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability of the core platform supporting AI, data processing, and financial analytics. The successful candidate will serve as the sole DevOps/SRE professional, making strategic decisions that influence platform reliability and operational excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design and implementation for cloud-native infrastructure, including virtual networks, container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), and cloud resources on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, release workflows, and version control management to ensure smooth deployment processes.
• Manage container registries, secrets management (Key Vaults), storage solutions, and network configurations for secure and efficient system operation.
• Implement monitoring, observability, and alerting solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, DataDog, or similar) for comprehensive system health tracking and incident response.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to support scalable, reliable systems, integrating infrastructure with AI and data workflows as needed.
• Provide strategic input into infrastructure roadmap, automation, and security best practices, ensuring compliance and operational resilience.
• Own and troubleshoot production incidents, ensuring rapid resolutions and continuous system improvements.

Core Qualifications & Requirements

• 3+ years of proven experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, or infrastructure engineering with a track record of building, deploying, and maintaining production-scale systems.
• Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure management (AWS, Azure, GCP), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and orchestration.
• Extensive hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and automation tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or similar).
• Proficiency in monitoring, observability, and incident management tools (Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, ELK, Splunk).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical options and system architecture to executive stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently as the sole DevOps/SRE resource, making strategic decisions and leading infrastructure initiatives.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience in financial services, hedge funds, trading platforms, or fintech environments.
• Familiarity with infrastructure for AI and machine learning, including model deployment, MLOps pipelines, and AI workload orchestration (LangChain, MCP, MLflow, Langfuse).
• Hands-on experience with private package repositories (Artifactory, PyPI).
• Knowledge of security best practices, compliance standards, and non-compete considerations in finance.
• Prior experience at high-profile tech or quant firms such as Two Sigma, Renaissance Technologies, or similar.

Core Technical Skills

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM templates
• Orchestration & workflow automation: Prefect, Airflow, Dagster

This position offers the opportunity to redefine infrastructure standards within a cutting-edge data-driven organization, impacting investment decisions and high-stakes financial systems.