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Sr Cloud Engineer
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2025-11-13
Listing for:
Motion Recruitment
Full Time
position Listed on 2025-11-13
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Systems Engineer, Data Engineer -
Engineering
Systems Engineer, Data Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
A leading trading firm is looking to add a Senior Cloud Engineer to their Infrastructure & Platform Services team that’s at the forefront of cloud innovation. This exciting opportunity involves onsite work in Downtown Chicago and offers the chance to make a lasting impact on the firm's cloud implementation, strategy, and architecture design while working alongside some of the smartest and most driven individuals in the industry.
RequiredSkills & Experience
- 7+ years of hands‑on experience architecting and implementing large‑scale, highly available services on public cloud (AWS preferred)
- Strong to Expert understanding of Kubernetes including cluster management, security, and Helm deployment at an enterprise level
- Expert knowledge of immutable infrastructure and provisioning tools (Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation)
- Expert understanding of AWS products: EC2, S3, ALB/NLB, VPC, Lambda, RDS, Elasti Cache, Dynamo
DB, Batch, IAM, SQS, SNS - Strong knowledge of automation scripting using Python and/or Bash
- Strong knowledge of Linux administration (RHEL-based systems)
- Strong operational understanding of networking concepts and hybrid cloud integration
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) or AWS Certified Sys Ops Administrator Associate
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS)
- Additional AWS, Azure, or GCP resource specializations
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible)
- Public cloud architecture and strategy planning experience
- Contributions to open‑source projects
- Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure management
- Experience with platform engineering practices
- Understanding of Fin Ops principles and cloud cost optimization
- 70% AWS and Azure cloud environments
- 20% Kubernetes, Docker, Helm
- 10% Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- 60% Hands On (architecting, coding, automating infrastructure)
- 30% Team Collaboration (mentoring, partnering with stakeholders)
- 10% Research & Innovation (staying current with cloud trends)
- Bonus eligible
- Participate in out‑of‑hours on‑call rotation
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Vacation Time
- Stock Options
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full‑time basis now and in the future.
Posted By:
Kylie Lenz
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