Platform Infrastructure Lead: Network & Systems Engineering

Clearwater Analytics, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 171,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

PTO

Parental leave

Medical leave

STD/LTD insurance

Job summary

Clearwater Analytics, LLC seeks an experienced infrastructure engineering leader to manage Network and Systems squads, shaping architecture from data center LAN to cloud integration. You will remain hands-on in BGP, MPLS, Linux, and Kubernetes while mentoring teams to deliver reliable, compliant infrastructure.

You’ll drive automation, IaC, and modern CI/CD practices across on-prem and AWS, ensuring carrier-grade reliability for a regulated financial platform.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on experience in network engineering, systems administration, infrastructure operations, or DevOps with at least 5 years in a senior/lead role.
• 3+ years of people management experience in engineering teams at enterprise scale.
• 2+ years in a financial services or FinTech environment with regulated infrastructure familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and scale both Network Engineering and Systems Engineering squads; set technical direction, hire high performers, and create a culture of operational excellence.
• Own network infrastructure strategy: design scalable data center LAN architectures on Cisco, edge routing on Arista, and edge security on Palo Alto; drive BGP routing strategy for external connectivity.
• Drive MPLS strategy, implementation, and optimization across hybrid on-premises/public-cloud environment; ensure MPLS-based traffic engineering and failover meet carrier-grade reliability.
• Lead data center network operations: manage LAN/WAN/MAN networks, provisioning, reviews and purchasing decisions.
• Own full-stack systems engineering: Linux systems administration, hypervisor/VM operations, Kubernetes cluster strategy and operations, CI/CD pipeline architecture, and IaC.
• Drive observability and reliability: design monitoring, alerting, log aggregation; establish SLIs/SLOs/SLAs aligned with financial platform requirements.
• Architect and operate the platform’s hybrid cloud footprint: manage on-prem, AWS integration, co-location facilities, and seamless connectivity/failover across environments.
• Champion infrastructure automation: advocate Ansible, Terraform, and IaC frameworks; promote configuration management and versioning practices.
• Support financial data connectivity: ensure robust integration patterns for market data feeds, custodian integrations, FIX/SWIFT/SFTP protocols.

Skills

BGP routing

MPLS

Data center design

Linux systems

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Observability

Security fundamentals

Education

BS in CS/Engineering

Tools

Cisco data center LAN switching

Arista edge routing

Palo Alto firewalls

GitHub Actions / Jenkins / GitLab CI

Job description

Clearwater Analytics, LLC seeks an experienced infrastructure engineering leader to manage Network and Systems squads, shaping architecture from data center LAN to cloud integration. You will remain hands-on in BGP, MPLS, Linux, and Kubernetes while mentoring teams to deliver reliable, compliant infrastructure.

You’ll drive automation, IaC, and modern CI/CD practices across on-prem and AWS, ensuring carrier-grade reliability for a regulated financial platform.