Staff Engineer - Cloud Engineering

Early Warning® • Scottsdale, AZ

1d • $145,000 - $223,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

At Early Warning, we’ve powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle®, Paze℠, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses. Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment. Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship. Overall Purpose The Staff Engineer- Cloud Engineering plays a critical role in Early Warning’s design, implementation, and optimization of scalable, secure and cost-effective infrastructure. The role works closely with cross-functional teams and our engineering partners to deliver high-performance cloud native solutions as we complete our multi-year cloud journey migrating mission critical application and their data from on-premise to AWS.

Requirements

• Education and/or experience typically obtained through a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field.
• At least 8 years in Cloud Engineering or DevOps roles, with 3+ years of hands-on experience in AWS.
• Deep expertise in AWS core services (EC2, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM) and strong knowledge of Kubernetes (EKS) and Linux environments.
• Hands-on Docker experience.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering business-critical systems to the market.
• Ability to influence and work in a collaborative team environment.
• Knowledge of mature engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, secure coding, etc.), plus software development methodologies (Agile, Scrum, LEAN) and DevOps practices.
• Proven track record implementing security & compliance controls aligned with frameworks like PCI-DSS, SOC 2, or FFIEC.
• Experience maintaining Infrastructure as Code with tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Experience in building and automating observability at scale for complex transactional systems.
• High level of customer responsiveness, excellent documentation and communication skills, attention to detail, clear understanding of how to prioritize work and deal with ambiguity.
• Current AWS (and/or other cloud-based) certification(s).
• Background and drug screen required.

Nice To Haves

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting systems (AppDynamics) and container security solutions (e.g., Twistlock, Aqua Security).
• Experience with other languages (C#, Ruby, Python).
• Knowledge of ACH/EFT and real-time payment networks (RTP, FedNow).
• Experience in FinTech, banking, or other highly regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Leads the design, implementation and optimization of cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, EKS, and more and with a keen focus on cost management and optimization.
• Troubleshoots complex infrastructure problems, often spanning multiple layers of the stack and requiring collaboration across teams.
• Leads root cause analyses for incidents and participates in the team’s 24/7 on-call rotation.
• Partners with Security and Compliance teams to ensure cloud environments meet regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS, SOC 2, FFIEC) and leads internal and external audit reviews collecting evidence and responding to audit requests in a timely manner.
• Architects and implements disaster recovery plans ensuring that our systems are highly available, fault-tolerant, and able to recover from failure.
• Implements and enforces cloud security best practices including IAM policies, VPC design, encryption and key management (KMS).
• Drives the adoption and implementation of Infrastructure as code (IAC) using Terraform and leveraging CI/CD best practices.
• Oversees the cloud vulnerability management and configuration program ensuring patching meets our Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Maintains comprehensive technical documentation of cloud infrastructure, policies, and procedures.
• Designs cloud infrastructure for robustness, security, and observability, including logging and alerting solutions (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk).
• Provides leadership and technical expertise in support of building a technical plan and backlog of stories, then follows through on execution of the design and build process through to production delivery.
• Supports the company’s commitment to risk management and protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Benefits

• Healthcare Coverage – Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off – Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning – provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level