Cloud Engineer

• →Platform Management: Manage and evolve cloud platforms, including but not limited to AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Alibaba Cloud (AliCloud), and Snowflake, along with the associated hybrid and on-premises dependencies required to operate them reliably.
• →Cloud Foundations: Design and maintain cloud foundations, including account/subscription/project organization, identity integration (federation, workload identity), policy guardrails, logging, tagging, and shared services.
• →Operational Excellence: Serve as the escalation point for complex production and cloud/hybrid-infrastructure issues, owning root cause analysis and holding yourself accountable for durable fixes, engaging cloud provider and partner support teams as needed.
• →Automation & Standards: Build and maintain automation, standards, reference architectures, and documentation that strengthen deployment consistency and enable teams to consume cloud services safely and consistently.
• →Integration & Collaboration: Engineer and support resilient cloud connectivity, including transit architectures and connectivity between cloud providers and on-premises environments.
• →Observability & Monitoring: Implement and improve observability across cloud services, including metrics, logs, traces, alerting, and capacity dashboards.
• →Stakeholder Support: Advise application and infrastructure teams on cloud, hybrid, and on-premises architecture choices based on reliability, performance, security, and cost. 
• →Cost Management: Partner with Finance and Purchasing on cloud cost visibility, forecasting, and commitments, holding yourself accountable for the team's FinOps and efficiency goals. 
• →Continuous Improvement: Research, evaluate, and implement new cloud services and capabilities that improve reliability, developer experience, security, or efficiency. 

• 5+ years of experience engineering and administering production cloud environments in multi-cloud and hybrid settings, with strong AWS experience, exposure to one or more of Azure, GCP, Alibaba Cloud (AliCloud), and Snowflake; and integration with on-premises infrastructure. 
• Experience with infrastructure as code and automation, including Terraform, Python, APIs/SDKs, CI/CD, and Git. 
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, including VPCs, routing, DNS, firewalls, load balancing, private connectivity, and interconnect providers. 
• Working knowledge of cloud security fundamentals, including IAM, encryption/key management, secrets management, and least-privilege design. 
• Experience with cloud observability, monitoring, and alerting, and a proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex production problems while making sound decisions under pressure. 
• Understanding of cloud cost models and practical approaches to cost allocation, optimization, capacity planning, and FinOps. 
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to learn quickly, take initiative, and adapt to changing technologies and business needs while working effectively across technical teams and cloud providers. 
• A proven track record of delivering secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions, with strong ownership and accountability for production outcomes. 
• Willingness to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation supporting production cloud environments. 
• Previous experience in financial services or trading environments is a plus. 

The annual base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $250,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.