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 ResponsibilitiesBuild, 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 Qualifications6+ 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 BackgroundExperience 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.Interested candidates please share your resume to pooja.yadav@ambition.com.sg