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Senior Cloud DevOps Infrastructure Engineer / Onsite in Midtown Manhattan

Motion Recruitment · New York, NY · 3 mo ago
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time

About the role

This New York City–based organization is building an agentic AI platform transforming financial services. As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will design and manage scalable, secure infrastructure powering advanced generative AI products. This is a full-time role offering the opportunity to work alongside a high-caliber team from leading financial institutions and top-tier engineering organizations. You’ll directly influence platform scalability, security, and performance while helping redefine how financial institutions leverage AI. The position provides strong exposure to cutting-edge AI workloads, modern DevOps practices, and real-world impact on enterprise customer deployments.

Responsibilities

Tech Breakdown

  • 60% AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture (ECS, Lambda, VPC design, networking)
  • 25% CI/CD, Automation & Infrastructure-as-Code
  • 15% Monitoring, Security, and Optimization

Daily Responsibilities

  • 30% Architecting and deploying scalable cloud infrastructure for AI workloads
  • 20% Managing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines for rapid and reliable delivery
  • 15% Developing and maintaining Infrastructure-as-Code solutions
  • 15% Monitoring system performance, logging, and observability improvements
  • 10% Enhancing security, compliance, and multi-tenant infrastructure capabilities
  • 10% Collaborating with engineering teams and driving infrastructure enhancements

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or related roles
  • Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services (ECS, EC2, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch, RDS, IAM, SSM)
  • Strong experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes, gRPC)
  • Expertise building and managing CI/CD pipelines (AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI/CD)
  • Experience designing infrastructure-as-code using tools like AWS CDK or CloudFormation
  • Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance, and best practices (especially in regulated industries)
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineering teams and align infrastructure with product goals
  • Proven problem-solving skills with a focus on scalability, efficiency, and cost optimization

Qualifications

  • Experience with hybrid cloud deployments or multi-cloud environments
  • Familiarity with GCP and/or Azure
  • Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries
  • Knowledge of microservices architecture patterns and distributed systems
  • Exposure to observability tools and logging frameworks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
  • Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar)
  • Experience supporting multi-tenant environments and customer-specific deployments

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan with employer contributions
  • Generous paid time off and company holidays

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule (4 days onsite in Manhattan, Fridays remote)

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