Manager, Cloud

Precision Labs; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Group medical insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Pharmacy coverage

401k with discretionary employer match

Short and long-term disability

Life and AD&D insurance

Health savings accounts

Flexible spending accounts

Annual discretionary bonus

Job summary

DRW, headquartered in Chicago, seeks a Cloud Manager to define strategy for a multi-cloud environment and lead a high-performing team of cloud engineers. You will oversee AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, and Snowflake with on-prem dependencies, ensuring security, availability, and cost visibility.

You will collaborate with security and networking to drive operational excellence, performance, and scalable architecture across the firm.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in production cloud environments across multi-cloud/hybrid setups with strong AWS exposure.
• 4+ years of experience leading a cloud engineering team with mentoring and workload management.
• Ability to fuse strategic vision with technical leadership to evolve platforms.
• Proven track record delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions in mission-critical settings.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security, and IaC (Terraform), Python, CI/CD, Git.
• Service-first approach with reliable, cost-visible cloud infrastructure and FinOps.
• Collaborates effectively with peer teams to improve velocity, reliability, and efficiency.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Previous experience in financial services or trading is a plus.
• Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for production clouds.

Responsibilities

• Platform Management: Design, implement, and manage DRW's cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba, Snowflake) including hybrid/on-prem dependencies.
• Vision & Strategy: Own the cloud roadmap and workplan, setting priorities for scalability and innovation.
• Team Leadership: Mentor and lead a high-performing engineering team, including hiring and performance reviews.
• Stakeholder Support: Act as primary contact for internal customers, delivering cloud solutions and cost optimization.
• Integration & Collaboration: Work with security, networking, and other tech groups to ensure seamless connectivity.
• Operational Excellence: Establish observability, monitoring, alerting, and manage production issue escalations.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic vision

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Communication

Cloud engineering leadership

Team coordination

Cost optimization

Tools

Terraform

Python

CI/CD

Git

AWS

Azure

GCP

Alibaba Cloud

Snowflake

Job description

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it's how we do it. DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

As Cloud Manager, you will define the strategy, vision, and direction for DRW's multi-cloud environment, overseeing architecture, design, implementation, optimization, and support across the firm while leading a high-performing team of cloud engineers. You will ensure our cloud infrastructure is secure, highly available, and optimized to deliver the performance, scalability, and reliability our continued growth demands.

Partnering closely with engineering, security, and business teams, you will set the standard for operational excellence and innovation across DRW's cloud platforms.

What You'll Do:

• Platform Management:Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing management of DRW's cloud platforms, including but not limited to AWS, Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, and Snowflake, along with the associated hybrid and on-premises dependencies, applying best practices for performance, security, and availability.
• Vision & Strategy:Own the cloud roadmapand workplan, setting strategic priorities that meet business needs while promoting scalability, sustainability, and innovation.
• Team Leadership:Mentor, grow, and lead a collaborative, high-performing engineering team, including hiring, performance reviews, career development, day-to-day guidance, and holding the team accountable for delivery.
• Stakeholder Support:Serve as the primary point of contact for internal customer teams, delivering cloud solutions that meet their requirements andoptimizeoperational costs.
• Integration & Collaboration:Work closely with security, networking, and other technology groups to engineer resilient cloud connectivity and ensure seamless integration across environments.
• Operational Excellence:Establishproactive observability, monitoring, and alerting, and act as the escalation point for complex production issues.Maintain operational work tracking

What We're Looking For:

• 10+ yearsof technical experience engineering and administering production cloud environments in multi-cloud and hybrid settings, with strong AWS experience and exposure to one or more of Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud, and Snowflake.
• 4+ yearsof experience managing and leading a team of cloud engineers, including performance reviews, mentoring, and workload management.
• Ability to combine strong strategic vision with technical leadership to drive platform evolution.
• A proventrack recordof delivering secure, scalable, and high-performance cloud solutions in mission-critical environments.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, cloud security fundamentals, and infrastructure as code, including Terraform, Python, CI/CD, and Git.
• A service-first approach, deliveringhighly reliable, utility-grade cloud infrastructure with clear cost visibility and FinOps practices.
• Effective collaboration with peer engineering teams to improve velocity, reliability, and efficiency.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Previousexperience in financial services or trading environments is a plus.
• Willingness toparticipatein a 24/7 on-call rotation supporting production cloud environments.

The annual base salary range for this position is $225,000 to $275,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.

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