Cloud Engineer (AWS / Azure / IBM Cloud)

Cloud Engineer (AWS / Azure / IBM Cloud)

Job Overview

We are seeking experienced Cloud Engineers to support an urgent proposal requiring strong expertise in financial services domains, specifically: • Payments • Investor Services & Trade • Pricing & Billing • Liquidity Management

The successful candidates will design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud solutions across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and/or IBM Cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities • Design and implement cloud-native architectures across AWS, Azure, or IBM Cloud • Build and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure • Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (developers, analysts, DevOps) • Ensure high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions • Manage cloud networking, IAM, and security policies • Optimize cloud costs and resource utilization • Support data integration and migration initiatives • Ensure compliance with financial services regulations and standards

Required Skills & Experience

Cloud Platforms (at least one required, multiple preferred): • AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, CloudFormation) • Microsoft Azure (App Services, Azure Functions, AKS, Azure DevOps) • IBM Cloud (IBM Kubernetes Service, Cloud Foundry, Watson services)

Core Technical Skills: • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform, ARM, CloudFormation) • Containerization using Docker & Kubernetes • CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI) • Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) • API integrations and microservices architecture • Database technologies (SQL / NoSQL)

DevOps & Monitoring: • Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor) • Logging tools (ELK Stack, Splunk)

Security & Compliance: • Identity & Access Management (IAM) • Cloud security best practices • Understanding of compliance frameworks in financial services

Domain Experience (Highly Required)

Candidates must have experience in one or more of the following: • Payments systems • Investor Services & Trade lifecycle • Pricing and Billing platforms • Liquidity and Treasury systems

Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field • Cloud certifications preferred: • AWS Certified Solutions Architect / DevOps Engineer • Microsoft Certified: Azure Engineer • IBM Cloud Certifications

Soft Skills • Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking • Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement • Ability to work in agile, fast-paced environments • Self-driven and proactive mindset

Nice to Have • Experience in banking or financial institutions • Exposure to hybrid and multi-cloud environments • Knowledge of event-driven architectures • Experience with big data and streaming platforms (Kafka, Spark)

Should you not receive any feedback within three (3) weeks of submitting your application, please consider your application unsuccessful.