Assistant Vice President, Cloud Engineer
About The Position
We are seeking an experienced Assistant Vice President of Cloud Engineering to lead the design, governance, and evolution of our Microsoft Azure cloud environment. This role is highly technical and will work closely with cloud architecture, security, and operations teams to implement standards, migrate workloads, and drive automation and observability across our Azure environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial services, a strong understanding of cloud engineering best practices, and a passion for building scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
Requirements
- 6-8 years of hands-on cloud engineering experience, with a strong focus on Microsoft Azure.
- Experience in financial services or other regulated industries preferred.
- Proficiency in Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), and CI/CD tools.
- Solid understanding of cloud networking, identity management, and security principles.
- Familiarity with FinOps, cloud cost management tools, and observability platforms.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Technically curious and self-motivated with a passion for continuous learning and staying ahead of the threat landscape.
- Excels under pressure and with time constraints in complex, fast-paced environments.
- High integrity with strong professional and personal ethics, particularly when handling highly confidential information.
- Pragmatic problem-solver who balances stringent security requirements with business enablement and operational needs.
- Team-oriented with strong collaboration skills, able to bridge silos and foster teamwork across departments.
- Outstanding organizational skills with high attention to detail.
- Demonstrated ability to lead by doing, providing hands-on technical guidance and contributing directly to technical solutions.
Nice To Haves
- Preferred certifications: Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator, or equivalent.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with cloud architects to implement modern Azure architectural patterns and standards.
- Translate architectural concepts into actionable engineering tasks and infrastructure deployments.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of secure, scalable landing zones and workload environments.
- Lead and support the migration of on-prem and legacy workloads to Azure.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and integrate with CI/CD pipelines.
- Automate cloud provisioning, configuration, and policy enforcement.
- Support the development and implementation of FinOps practices to monitor and optimize cloud spend.
- Collaborate with finance and operations teams to ensure cost transparency and accountability.
- Help define and implement observability standards across Azure workloads.
- Integrate logging, metrics, and tracing tools to improve visibility and performance monitoring.
- Work alongside cloud security teams to ensure secure configurations and compliance with regulatory frameworks.
- Assist in implementing role-based access controls, encryption standards, and policy enforcement.
- Create and maintain detailed documentation for cloud environments, engineering processes, and architectural decisions.
- Develop reusable templates, scripts, and playbooks to ensure consistency and repeatability across deployments and environments.
- Promote knowledge sharing and standardization across teams.
Benefits
- In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives, a comprehensive benefits package and a flexible work arrangement.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Industry
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
