Principal Cloud Engineer

WSS Associates; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

WSS Associates in New York is seeking a strong Cloud Engineer to own the AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a sophisticated financial data platform. You will work with the CTO, Director of Engineering, and Platform team to ensure scalable, reliable deployments across environments.

The role focuses on DevOps, infrastructure automation, and observability improvements, with a fast-moving startup culture and client-focused delivery.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in a startup, technology company, or financial institution
• Strong AWS experience, including Cloud networking (Route53, load balancing) and security (IAM, WAF, Security Groups, etc)
• Strong understanding of Docker, ECR (or equivalent), and container orchestration
• Experience with GitLab and GitLab CI (or equivalents)
• Experience with observability platforms (Datadog)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Own and manage AWS infrastructure across single tenant production and multi-tenant UAT environments using Terraform
• Build, deploy scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud-based solutions with Engineering
• Design, build, and improve our DevOps posture, including CI/CD pipelines and repo/package management
• Improve site reliability, observability, and resiliency, and support the on-call process

Skills

Self-directed

Strong communication

Organized

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Terraform

Docker

ECR

Container orchestration

GitLab CI

Datadog

Job description

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR REMOTE ONLY PLEASE DO NOT APPLY

About the Role

We are looking for a strong, driven, and self-starting Cloud Engineer to join a fast-moving team, and lead the hardening of the infrastructure that supports a sophisticated financial data platform. You'll work closely with our CTO, Director of Engineering, and Platform team to support the services and applications that extract meaningful data from both structured and unstructured complex finance documents and deliver them to our clients.

You will own the AWS infrastructure where our applications and services reside. You will also own our CI/CD pipelines that enable our engineers to deploy quickly and reliably. You will work closely with our Platform team to setup, organize, and optimize the cloud services where our products operate.

Reports to: Director of Engineering

What You'll Do

• Own and manage our AWS infrastructure across both single tenant production and multi-tenant UAT environments. You will manage our cloud networks and services using Terraform
• Work with Engineering to build and deploy scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud-based solutions
• Design, build, and improve our DevOps posture, including CI/CD pipelines, and assisting with repo and package management
• Improve our site reliability, observability, and resiliency, and help support our on-call process

What We're Looking For

Required:

• 9+ years of experience in a startup, technology company, or financial institution
• Strong experience in supporting AWS Cloud Services, including:
  • Cloud networking (Route53, load balancing)
  • Security (IAM, WAF, Security Groups, etc)
• Strong understanding of Docker, ECR (or equivalent), and container orchestration
• Experience with GitLab and GitLab CI (or equivalents)
• Experience with observability platforms (Datadog)
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

You are:

• Self-directed and driven. You don't wait to be told what to do next; you bring ideas to the table
• A clear communicator who can work well across technical and non-technical teams
• Organized and adaptable in a fast-paced environment

Nice to have:

• Experience working with financial data and clients
• Familiarity with Python repo and package management, including mise, wheel, and/or uv