Principal Cloud infrastructure Engineer

Company: Freestone Grove

Positions: Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Base Salary:

Perks: Strong bonus structure on top of competitive base salary + world-class benefits

Location: On-site in SF or NYC

Tech: Tech Stack to be decided by you and the CTO

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps/Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our team at Freestone Grove, an innovative multi-manager, fundamental investing hedge fund startup that combines quantitative strategies. We pride ourselves on developing industry-leading internal tools and quant research tools that have been the secret sauce for one of the most successful Hedge Funds in recent history.

The Opportunity:

At Freestone Grove, our focus spans eight different sector teams, covering all major industries including technology, consumer, healthcare, industrials, energy, and more. Additionally, we are developing two supplementary strategies: ECM (equity capital markets) and potentially risk ARB. As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the company's cloud infrastructure and ensuring its availability, reliability, and scalability.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement highly scalable and secure infrastructure solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP from the ground up.
• Develop and maintain Docker images and Kubernetes configurations to support various applications across multiple teams.
• Manage and administer repositories and maintain code deployment and version control.
• Develop, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for our various sector teams and supplementary strategies.
• Build a robust Data Observability platform and ensure data integrity by writing unit and integration tests and exploring out-of-the-box solutions.
• Develop and maintain monitoring and observability solutions using tools such as Datadog, Nagios, Splunk, Prometheus / Graphana, or similar tools to ensure system uptime and performance.
• Ensure high availability and reliability of the system by designing and implementing fault-tolerant solutions.
• Maintain and enhance cloud cybersecurity by designing and implementing security controls and policies, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Automate cloud environment using DevOps tools such as CICD, Terraform, Packer, and Python.
• Administer cloud resources (Identity and Access Management) and maintain access control.
• Troubleshoot applications and Linux systems.
• Have a knowledge and understanding of network protocols (HTTP/S, SSH, SSL, DNS).

Requirements:

• Strong experience in designing and implementing highly available, scalable, and secure infrastructure solutions on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience in managing and administering repositories and maintaining code deployment and version control.
• Experience in developing and maintaining monitoring and observability solutions using tools such as Datadog or similar tools.
• Good understanding of cloud cybersecurity and experience in designing and implementing security controls and policies.
• Strong IaC experience leveraging Terraform.
• Strong experience in IAM administration and access control to cloud resources.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to Haves:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or related field.
• AWS or Azure Certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, AWS DevOps Engineer).