Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, New York (374)

We are seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our newly created sub-practice, dedicated to serving a mature and impactful long-term client in the financial services industry. This role requires a balance of independent work and teamwork, focusing on advancing the client's agenda. The ideal candidate will possess some understanding of the financial services sector, coupled with a proven track record of independent work, team collaboration, and client relationship management. Join us to make a meaningful impact and contribute within our innovative team. 

• Work with Infrastructure Leadership to develop and implement container orchestration strategy. 
• Engage with other infrastructure engineers to build modularized terraform infrastructure as code (IaC) templates to standardize implementations. 
• Engage with architects, developers, and technical support teams to achieve success in deployment of Cloud application services within a managed service environment. 
• Collaborate with our System IT partners to advance cloud technological capabilities to meet business requirements. 
• Develop advanced cloud strategies for streamlined support and direction for new engagements. 
• Contribute to innovation and help anchor Proof of Concepts to assess service fitness. 
• Assess foundational services, integration services, cloud operations and management capabilities. 
• Plan and deliver in an Agile environment. 
• Communicate clearly and honestly within and outside the squads. 
• Solve complex problems as and when they arise. 
• Produce comprehensive documentation. 

• 6-10 years of Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Experience with AWSand/or Azure environments 
• Experience building and managing enterprise cloud infrastructure. 
• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation. 
• Strong hands-on experience working with various AWS services including but not limited to IAM, EC2, S3, ELB/ALB, RDS/Aurora, ElastiCache, MKS, MQ etc.  
• Specialized expertise with cloud native data platforms such as RedShift, Glue, EMR, Data Pipelines 
• Specialized expertise with Modern data platforms such as Databricks, Starburst preferred. 
• Specialized expertise with data governance/security platforms such as Immuta, Collibra preferred. 
• Specialized experience in building modularized terraform infrastructure as code (IaC) templates with integrated policy-as-code, compliance-as-code frameworks.  
• Proven experience in setting up DevOps infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, driving automated build management using GitLab preferred. 
• Specialized expertise with Monitoring & Observability solution implementation using industry leading technologies such as Dynatrace, Grafana, Datadog etc. 
• Extensive expertise in providing guidance, building highly available/fault-tolerant enterprise class infrastructure with multiple-region and multi-AZ models.  
• Working knowledge of implementing cloud identity and access management solutions to enforce security guidelines.  
• Experience working in Agile teams.  
• Development experience using Python and/or Java preferred.  
• Proven experience translating architectural plans and business requirements into infrastructure implementations.  
• Self-starter with the ability to effectively plan, prioritize and manage multiple projects, tasks and deliverables throughout project lifecycle. 

Lab49 is a specialist strategy, design, and technology consulting company dedicated to the financial services industry. We were founded in 2002 to fill a need in the Financial Technology marketplace for high-end execution and reliable delivery of technology projects. 

We have office hubs in Midtown Manhattan, Washington DC, London, Budapest, New Delhi and Sydney. 

Our Hybrid Work Model 

At Lab49, we embrace a hybrid work model, offering you the flexibility to work from the office or remotely. We expect our Lab49ers to average 2-3 days per week in person and this could be at our midtown office in NYC or at a client site. We believe that both the flexibility and in person connection to each other and our clients build a collaborative culture and the opportunity to accelerate growth and innovation. 

Lab49/ION is committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive environment for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We respect the varied identities, abilities, cultures, and traditions of the individuals who comprise our organization and recognize the value that different backgrounds and points of view bring to our business. 

Lab49/ION adheres to an equal employment opportunity policy that prohibits discriminatory practices or harassment against applicants or employees based on any legally impermissible factor.