Join a financial services technology company as a Cloud Platform Engineer in a contract role through the end of the year with strong potential for conversion or extension, especially for high performers. This hybrid position requires three days onsite per week with flexibility to choose your days, as long as you remain consistent with your schedule. You'll play a vital role in the design, implementation, and optimization of scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. Working closely with cross-functional teams and engineering partners, you'll deliver high-performance cloud-native solutions as the organization completes a multi-year cloud journey migrating mission-critical applications and their data from on-premises to AWS. This role combines hands-on engineering with strategic thinking, requiring expertise in AWS services, security compliance, Infrastructure as Code, and observability at scale.
Why This Role Stands Out
This is an exceptional opportunity to work on a large-scale cloud migration in a highly regulated financial services environment. You'll gain valuable experience implementing solutions that meet stringent regulatory requirements including PCI-DSS, SOC 2, and FFIEC while working with mission-critical systems that require high availability and fault tolerance. The multi-year cloud journey provides exposure to complex migration challenges, from re-architecting applications for cloud-native architectures to implementing disaster recovery and security best practices. Unlike maintenance-focused roles, you'll be actively building and optimizing new cloud infrastructure using cutting-edge AWS services including EKS, Lambda, and containerized workloads. The hybrid schedule with flexible onsite days offers work-life balance while maintaining team collaboration. With strong potential for conversion or extension for high performers, the organization values talent and won't let rockstars walk away. The role provides significant technical depth across AWS core services, Kubernetes, security compliance, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, and observability platforms. Participation in 24/7 on-call rotation and incident response provides critical operational experience while contributing to continuous improvement. Working in FinTech or banking environments with ACH/EFT and real-time payment networks offers specialized domain knowledge that's highly valuable in the industry.
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field (or equivalent experience)
- At least 7 years in Cloud Engineering or DevOps roles
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in AWS
- Strong expertise in AWS core services including EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, and IAM
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS) and Linux environments
- Hands-on Docker experience
- Experience delivering business-critical systems to production
- Ability to work in collaborative team environment
- Knowledge of mature engineering practices including CI/CD, testing, and secure coding
- Understanding of software development methodologies including Agile, Scrum, LEAN, and DevOps practices
- Experience implementing security and compliance controls aligned with frameworks like PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or FFIEC
- Experience maintaining Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
- Experience implementing observability at scale for complex transactional systems
- High level of customer responsiveness and excellent documentation skills
- Strong communication skills and attention to detail
- Clear understanding of how to prioritize work and deal with ambiguity
- Current AWS certifications (or other cloud-based certifications)
- Ability to pass background and drug screening
- Willingness to participate in 24/7 on-call rotation
- Comfortable with hybrid schedule (3 days onsite per week)
Desired Skills & Experience
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field
- Experience with monitoring and alerting systems such as AppDynamics
- Experience with container security solutions such as Twistlock or Aqua Security
- Programming experience with C#, Ruby, or Python
- Knowledge of ACH/EFT and real-time payment networks (RTP, FedNow)
- Experience in FinTech, banking, or other highly regulated industries
- Additional AWS certifications beyond basic level
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Splunk
- Financial services domain knowledge
- Experience with cloud cost optimization strategies
- Disaster recovery planning and implementation experience
What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown
- 35% AWS Cloud Infrastructure (implementing and optimizing EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, EKS services)
- 25% Security and Compliance (IAM, VPC design, encryption, regulatory requirements)
- 20% Infrastructure as Code and Automation (Terraform, CI/CD practices)
- 20% Observability and Operations (monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, incident response)
Daily Responsibilities
- 50% Hands-On Engineering (building infrastructure, implementing solutions, optimization)
- 30% Security and Compliance Work (implementing controls, audit support, vulnerability management)
- 20% Operations and Collaboration (troubleshooting, on-call, cross-team coordination)
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