Techfellow Limited ยท 6 days ago
Senior Cloud Platform Engineer | Dynamic Asset Management Leader
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$0/yr - $300K/yr
6+ years expTechfellow Limited is partnering with a leading multi-strategy investment firm to hire a senior-level cloud engineer. This role involves designing, delivering, and operating public cloud platforms to support enterprise workloads, while collaborating closely with application engineers and infrastructure teams.
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Responsibilities
Design, evolve, and operate scalable public cloud environments that support production-grade applications and data workloads
Act as a senior technical contributor and mentor within the cloud engineering function, helping raise engineering standards and best practices
Partner with developers and platform teams to translate application and business requirements into well-architected cloud solutions
Build and maintain infrastructure using code-first approaches, with automation and repeatability as default principles
Develop internal self-service tooling and workflows that enable teams to provision and manage cloud resources efficiently
Ensure cloud services integrate cleanly with on-premise systems, delivering a seamless hybrid experience
Support container-based platforms, including cluster lifecycle management, application deployment, and platform security
Embed observability, reliability, and resilience into cloud-hosted systems through monitoring, alerting, and operational tooling
Contribute to cloud security and governance efforts, ensuring environments meet internal standards and regulatory expectations
Participate in an on-call rotation, supporting critical systems and driving continuous operational improvement
Qualification
Required
6-10 years of experience building and operating large-scale infrastructure, with a significant focus on public cloud platforms
Deep hands-on experience with AWS (Azure exposure beneficial), including core compute, networking, storage, and managed services
Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, with a track record of designing maintainable, production-ready environments
Solid experience running container platforms in production, including Kubernetes cluster build-out, upgrades, and workload management
Proficiency in automation and scripting using languages such as Python and/or Bash
Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible
Strong Linux systems knowledge, particularly in enterprise or RHEL-based environments
A clear understanding of cloud-native security concepts, including identity, network segmentation, and workload protection
Experience working in hybrid environments where cloud and on-prem infrastructure must interoperate cleanly
Exposure to CI/CD tooling and modern delivery pipelines
The ability to troubleshoot complex systems methodically and communicate solutions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences
A degree in computer science, engineering, or a closely related technical discipline
Preferred
Experience applying FinOps principles or optimising cloud cost at scale
Experience supporting data, analytics, or AI/ML workloads in cloud environments
Relevant cloud or Kubernetes certifications
Company
Techfellow Limited
We partner with trading, investment and fintech firms who depend on high-calibre engineering to compete.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase