cloud engineer

cloud engineer

Location: 100 percent remote but Jersey city or NYC preferred

Interview process: 1 and done interview

Contract: 6 months extendable

Must have: Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, ArgoCD or Flux and Azure GCP, and Linux

• Administer and support public cloud Kubernetes cluster infrastructure for enterprise workloads.
• Configure and maintain core cluster services, including authentication, routing, logging, monitoring, storage, and networking.
• Partner with development teams to review containerized application requirements and support onboarding of in-house and vendor software components onto the Kubernetes platform.
• Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to implement GitOps and CI/CD automation for patching, maintenance, and vulnerability remediation.
• Support platform reliability, operational stability, and availability through monitoring, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Evaluate and apply relevant technologies and tooling to improve security hardening, observability, and platform performance.
• Follow established BNY standards, engineering practices, and compliance requirements in platform implementation and support activities.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following skills:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience in software engineering, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, or cloud engineering.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience creating, configuring, upgrading, and administering Kubernetes clusters in production environments across cloud, VM, or bare-metal infrastructure.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes ecosystem tools such as ArgoCD or Flux , Helm and/or Kustomize , Prometheus-based monitoring , Terraform , Ansible , and CI/CD automation.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system internals, storage, and networking fundamentals.
• Experience supporting cloud-native platforms and containerized workloads in public cloud environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively in a professional, team-oriented setting.
• Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.