Cloud Engineer - AWS

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role within QRT

- Collaborate with development teams to translate business requirements into cloud-based solutions.

- Design, develop, and manage cloud infrastructure and applications using AWS services and AWS CDK.

- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated code deployment using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI.

- Write and maintain scripts in Python to automate cloud operations and infrastructure tasks.

- Apply best practices in DevOps and infrastructure as code (IaC) to ensure security, scalability, and high availability.

- Monitor cloud environments, analyse performance metrics, and take proactive measures to minimize downtime and improve user experience.

- Stay updated with the latest cloud technologies and advancements to recommend improvements to current processes and technologies.

Your present skillset

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

- 5+ years of experience in a cloud engineering role with a strong focus on AWS, DevOps, and Python programming.

- Strong communication and collaboration skills, aligning to a market-facing business unit.

- Proficiency with AWS services, specifically AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK), CloudWatch, Elastic Container Service, Lambda.

- Experience with automating tasks in Bash or Python.

- Extensive knowledge of CI/CD tools and practices.

- Understanding of containerisation and orchestration technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.

- Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like AWS CloudFormation or Terraform.

- Excellent problem-solving abilities and a strong commitment to best practices in security and compliance.

- Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, and ELK Stack.

- Experience in deploying microservices architecture and serverless frameworks.

- Knowledge of python-based parallel computing frameworks.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.