Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Bessemer Trust•Woodbridge Township, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join a leading wealth management firm dedicated to delivering reliable, scalable, and secure technology services that enable the business. We are seeking a proactive, self-directed individual with a strong sense of ownership and commitment to delivering high-quality results. Someone who is a highly hands-on Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to build, automate, and operate our AWS-based infrastructure environment. Comfortable operating in challenging environments and able to drive initiatives end-to-end with precision and attention to detail and requires minimal oversight and consistently follows through on commitments. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on infrastructure engineering, automation, and platform development. You will spend the majority of your time working with Terraform, building cloud infrastructure, and improving platform reliability and scalability. This role also supports and enables the firm’s evolving AI initiatives by providing secure, scalable infrastructure for AI-enabled applications. You will partner with application, data, and AI teams to deliver reusable platform capabilities that support both traditional and AI-driven workloads.

Requirements

7+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles
Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments
Strong Terraform experience
AWS infrastructure (IAM, networking, compute, storage)
Scripting (Python, Bash, or similar)
Understanding of cloud networking and security fundamentals

Nice To Haves

Experience in regulated environments is a plus
Experience with containers, serverless, or CI/CD pipelines
Familiarity with AI/LLM platforms (e.g., AWS Bedrock, OpenAI, Anthropic)
Experience integrating AI services into applications
Exposure to observability, FinOps, or advanced automation tooling
Hands-on builder with a strong engineering mindset
Focused on automation, reliability, and continuous improvement
Comfortable working across teams (engineering, security, operations)
Curious and adaptable, with interest in emerging technologies including AI

Responsibilities

Build and maintain AWS infrastructure (EC2, IAM, S3, RDS, VPC, etc.)
Support multi-account environments using AWS Organizations and security controls
Design and implement scalable networking and infrastructure patterns
Deploy and support modern application workloads, including containerized, serverless, and API-driven services
Develop and maintain Terraform code and reusable modules
Automate provisioning and operational workflows using scripting and configuration tools
Integrate infrastructure into CI/CD pipelines
Continuously improve automation and reduce manual processes
Support infrastructure for AI-enabled applications (e.g., API-based model access, inference endpoints)
Help establish scalable and secure patterns for integrating AI services into cloud environments
Partner with engineering teams to enable safe and efficient use of AI capabilities within platform guardrails
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting
Troubleshoot infrastructure and application issues
Participate in incident response and continuous improvement efforts
Ensure infrastructure meets security, compliance, and governance standards
Support cost optimization and performance tuning

Benefits

Competitive base salary plus discretionary annual bonus for select positions
A 401(k) plan with a generous annual profit-sharing contribution
Personalized development and career opportunities, including tuition reimbursement support
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with zero contributions for employee coverage
Employee assistance (EAP) and wellness programs
Hybrid work environment: 60% in office, 40% remote for most positions
Paid time off and paid parental leave
Employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage
Legal services and financial wellness plans at no cost to employees

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