DevOps - Cloud Engineer

Location: Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite - NY/NJ Metro Area

Type: Full-time / Direct hire role

Industry: Financial Services / Enterprise Technology

US Citizen / Green card holders Only

Are you an experienced DevOps or Cloud Engineer who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments? Were partnering with an investment management firm that's undergoing significant digital transformation. This is a high-impact opportunity to work cross-functionally with development, infrastructure, and business teams to modernize their cloud platforms and drive DevOps automation across mission-critical systems.

You'll play a key role in designing scalable infrastructure, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and supporting the application lifecycle for internal enterprise systems across functions like Portfolio Management, Compliance, Finance, Risk, and Data Governance.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering teams to support application development and deployment within a robust cloud-first ecosystem (AWS/Azure).
• Identify and implement self-service tools to accelerate CI/CD workflows and improve engineering productivity.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and software deployment using modern IaC frameworks.
• Contribute to DevOps best practices across build automation, source control, containerization, and monitoring.
• Use scripting and programming (Python, Shell, Groovy) to build internal tools and support cloud integrations.
• Engage with Agile/Scrum teams and participate in daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint planning.

Tech Stack & Tools You'll Work With

• Cloud Platforms: AWS (primary), Azure (a plus)
• IaC & Deployment: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
• Languages & Scripting: Python, Shell, Groovy, Java, JavaScript
• CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
• Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab
• Build Tools: Maven, Gradle
• Package Managers & Artifacts: pip, npm, Artifactory, ECR, Nexus
• Project Tools: Jira, Confluence
• Application Domains: Infrastructure-as-Code, Configuration-as-Code, Application Security (SAST, DAST, SCA)

What Were Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability, or Platform Engineering roles.
• Hands-on expertise deploying and managing cloud-based applications (especially in AWS).
• Solid understanding of source control branching strategies, code merging, and conflict resolution.
• Strong documentation and communication skills to interface with both engineers and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently or within Agile development teams.

Nice to Have

• AWS or Azure Certifications
• Financial services or enterprise tech experience
• Experience building internal developer platforms or self-service tooling
• Familiarity with security-focused tooling (SAST, DAST, xSPM)

Interested?

Apply today to explore this opportunity with a top-tier enterprise tech team making serious investments in cloud and DevOps innovation.