Senior Cloud Engineer (Financial Industry)

We are partnering with a leading global financial technology organization seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join its Cloud Operations function. This team is responsible for building, automating, and supporting large-scale cloud infrastructure that powers mission-critical platforms within a highly regulated, high-availability environment. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and operating secure, cloud-native infrastructure solutions. The successful candidate will play a key role in driving automation, enhancing platform reliability, establishing engineering best practices, and leading the delivery of strategic cloud initiatives. Key Responsibilities • Build, maintain, and automate globally distributed cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform. • Partner with platform engineering and application development teams to design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions. • Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes-based platforms and workloads (EKS, GKE, Cluster API), leveraging GitOps methodologies and tools such as Argo CD. • Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation capabilities. • Perform system administration activities, including deployments, upgrades, patching, backup, and recovery operations. • Support production cloud environments through incident response, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and operational excellence initiatives. • Participate in on-call rotations and contribute to maintaining high platform availability and reliability. • Lead cloud infrastructure projects from architecture and planning through implementation and operational handover. • Drive technical discussions, design reviews, and engineering best practices across the organization. • Establish and evolve infrastructure standards, architecture patterns, and operational processes. • Collaborate closely with engineering, security, and operations teams to ensure secure, compliant, and scalable platform solutions. • Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, operational runbooks, and support procedures. • Mentor engineers and contribute to raising the overall technical capability of the team. Required Qualifications • 6+ years of hands-on experience working with public cloud platforms, preferably AWS and/or GCP. • Strong expertise in Kubernetes administration and operations, including EKS, GKE, GitOps, and Argo CD. • Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions. • Proficiency in scripting and automation, preferably with Python. • Strong background supporting containerized applications and Linux-based environments. • Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM, observability, and core cloud services such as VPC, EC2, S3, SNS, SQS, and Lambda. • Experience managing secrets and sensitive configurations using tools such as HashiCorp Vault. • Proven track record designing, implementing, and operating highly available, fault-tolerant production systems. • Experience supporting mission-critical environments with operational and on-call responsibilities. • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and cross-functional collaboration skills. Preferred Background • Experience working within financial services, capital markets, fintech, or other highly regulated industries. • Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and global cloud infrastructure environments. • Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and influence engineering standards across teams. To Apply: Interested applicants please send your resume in MS Words format to pooja.yadav@ambition.com.sg and attention to Pooja (R1551322) Short listed candidates will be notified www.ambition.com.sg EA Registration Number: R1551322 Data provided is for recruitment purposes only Business Registration Number: 200611680D. License Number: 10C5117