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VP, DevOps Engineering Lead (AWS)

Jefferies LLC
TEMPORARY Remote · US New York, NY, New York, US USD 16667–20833 / month Posted: 2026-05-11 Until: 2026-07-10
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Job Description
The DevOps / Platform Engineering role requires an experienced senior-level engineer with a proven track record of building scalable, high‑performance cloud infrastructure and deployment systems. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a passion for modern DevOps practices and be familiar with recent trends in cloud, containers, and automation. We're looking for someone who works well within a team but is fully capable of independently delivering solutions of significant scope and complexity. Excellent analytical skills and the ability to work quickly and effectively under time pressure are expected. Equities Technology DevOps / Platform Engineer responsible for: Supporting a major initiative to migrate a legacy on‑prem equities system to AWS Designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure , including compute, networking, IAM, and data services Developing CI/CD pipelines to support automated build, test, and deployment workflows Containerizing applications and managing Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and Docker image pipelines Implementing ETL infrastructure and data movement workflows to support the cloud migration Building foundational systems for future BI tooling on top of cloud‑based databases Implementing and maintaining observability tooling (monitoring, logging, alerting) to ensure system reliability Partnering closely with Java development teams to enhance deployment performance and cloud readiness Day‑to‑day support and troubleshooting of platform infrastructure and deployment pipelines Skills and experience required: 5 or more years of DevOps, Platform Engineering, or SRE experience in high‑intensity production environments Strong expertise with AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, CloudWatch, etc.) Deep experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and Docker Strong CI/CD pipeline experience (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, etc.) Experience building or supporting ETL pipelines , data orchestration, or cloud data movement workflows Hands‑on experience with observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch) Strong proficiency with automation and Infrastructure‑as‑Code ( Terraform or CloudFormation) Comfort working alongside teams developing in Java Linux/Unix OS experience Strong pluses: Prior experience migrating on‑prem systems to AWS Experience supporting BI / analytics tooling or large‑scale reporting platforms Strong networking fundamentals and familiarity with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka) Experience with in‑memory datastores (Redis, Memcached) Financial services experience, particularly in equities, trading, or market data systems Working experience on Snowflake Platform Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $200,000 - $250,000.