Motion Recruitment
Cloud Engineer/ Fintech/ Migration
Motion Recruitment, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
Overview
A leading fintech company that operates regulated trading platforms connecting millions of users globally to both traditional and digital financial markets is looking to bring on a Cloud Engineer for an on‑premises to AWS Cloud migration. Their infrastructure powers mission‑critical exchange systems requiring institutional‑grade security, low‑latency performance, and 24/7 reliability. As they expand their cloud‑native architecture, they seek engineers who can bridge traditional infrastructure expertise with modern cloud practices.
Responsibilities Key responsibilities include:
Migrate and modernize critical infrastructure from on‑premises to AWS and Kubernetes.
Collaborate closely with engineering, operations, and security teams to architect scalable, observable cloud solutions while maintaining high‑availability standards required in financial services.
Build infrastructure, write IaC, and migrate workloads (50–60% hands‑on work).
Collaborate with teams on architecture and participate in on‑call rotation and incident response (10% time).
Design and implement observability platforms (CloudWatch, Datadog, Elastic Stack). 20% focus on observability & automation.
Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of experience in Cloud, Infrastructure, or DevOps engineering roles.
Proven success migrating Linux‑based workloads from on‑premises to AWS or Kubernetes.
Deep hands‑on knowledge of Terraform and Ansible.
Experience designing complex cloud solutions in AWS using Cloud Foundation best practices.
Strong background in networking (VPCs, Transit Gateways, Route 53, load balancing, VPNs).
IaC implementation and GitOps workflows.
Experience with observability platforms (CloudWatch, Datadog, Elastic Stack, or similar).
Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization strategies.
Desired Skills & Experience
Experience in financial services, exchanges, or other high‑availability, low‑latency environments.
Prior work managing on‑premises infrastructure (Nutanix, Puppet, Foreman).
Experience with service mesh solutions (Istio, Linkerd, AWS App Mesh).
Knowledge of API management via AWS API Gateway and Kong.
AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer).
Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go.
Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo) and Bitbucket.
Startup experience or being part of small, agile teams.
Tech Breakdown
50% AWS Cloud Infrastructure (Terraform, EKS, networking)
30% Migration & Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
20% Observability & Automation (Datadog, CloudWatch, CI/CD)
Location & Compensation Chicago, IL – $110,000.00–$130,000.00 per year – Full‑time – Mid‑Senior level.
No Sponsorship or Visa Transfer available at this time.
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Responsibilities Key responsibilities include:
Migrate and modernize critical infrastructure from on‑premises to AWS and Kubernetes.
Collaborate closely with engineering, operations, and security teams to architect scalable, observable cloud solutions while maintaining high‑availability standards required in financial services.
Build infrastructure, write IaC, and migrate workloads (50–60% hands‑on work).
Collaborate with teams on architecture and participate in on‑call rotation and incident response (10% time).
Design and implement observability platforms (CloudWatch, Datadog, Elastic Stack). 20% focus on observability & automation.
Required Skills & Experience
5+ years of experience in Cloud, Infrastructure, or DevOps engineering roles.
Proven success migrating Linux‑based workloads from on‑premises to AWS or Kubernetes.
Deep hands‑on knowledge of Terraform and Ansible.
Experience designing complex cloud solutions in AWS using Cloud Foundation best practices.
Strong background in networking (VPCs, Transit Gateways, Route 53, load balancing, VPNs).
IaC implementation and GitOps workflows.
Experience with observability platforms (CloudWatch, Datadog, Elastic Stack, or similar).
Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerization strategies.
Desired Skills & Experience
Experience in financial services, exchanges, or other high‑availability, low‑latency environments.
Prior work managing on‑premises infrastructure (Nutanix, Puppet, Foreman).
Experience with service mesh solutions (Istio, Linkerd, AWS App Mesh).
Knowledge of API management via AWS API Gateway and Kong.
AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer).
Scripting proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go.
Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bamboo) and Bitbucket.
Startup experience or being part of small, agile teams.
Tech Breakdown
50% AWS Cloud Infrastructure (Terraform, EKS, networking)
30% Migration & Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
20% Observability & Automation (Datadog, CloudWatch, CI/CD)
Location & Compensation Chicago, IL – $110,000.00–$130,000.00 per year – Full‑time – Mid‑Senior level.
No Sponsorship or Visa Transfer available at this time.
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