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Our client is a successful securities firm, operating a robust global platform across multiple asset classes. As part of their strategic growth, their market-making division is establishing a new trading operation focused on high-touch, low-latency execution for Securities Borrowing and Lending (SBL) and Delta One products.
They are investing in building a modern AWS-based infrastructure to replace their physical servers, supporting their first major initiative: deploying their proprietary trading platform on a new database, with critical API connections to external vendors.
This role requires experience from a Financial Services Trading Environment. Without this I am afraid thst you cannot be considered.
Role Overview
They are seeking a motivated Junior AWS Engineer to support the buildout of their core cloud infrastructure on AWS. This role will involve working closely with a Senior AWS & Network Engineer to deliver a secure, scalable, and resilient environment that underpins their trading operations.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop advanced AWS skills in a professional trading environment, working directly on foundational systems that will drive their future growth.
Key Responsibilities
* Assist in the design, implementation, and management of AWS infrastructure to host trading applications and databases.
* Help build secure, high-availability VPC networks, incorporating IAM roles, security groups, and VPN connections to external vendors and data providers.
* Support the deployment and configuration of AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and related components.
* Contribute to automation initiatives, employing Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments.
* Assist with the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to facilitate controlled releases and testing cycles.
* Participate in efforts to implement disaster recovery, data backups, and business continuity strategies.
* Maintain thorough documentation of infrastructure designs, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.
Ideal Experience & Qualifications
Required
* 1-2 years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud engineering, or DevOps, ideally with hands-on exposure to AWS.
* Practical knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC).
* Understanding of Linux systems administration and shell scripting (Bash, Python, or equivalent).
* Familiarity with networking fundamentals (IP addressing, subnets, routing, VPN).
Preferred
* Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
* Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines and integrating with Git-based workflows.
* Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and logging stacks (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).
* Knowledge of containerisation (Docker).
* Interest in capital markets infrastructure (e.g. market-making, SBL, or Delta One) or prior experience supporting trading systems.
Example Projects You May Work On
* Deploying their proprietary trading platform to AWS with a new database architecture, integrating API connections to liquidity and data vendors.
* Automating infrastructure deployment pipelines to support rapid, reliable releases.
* Implementing fine-grained IAM policies and secure networking to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
* Supporting disaster recovery planning and multi-region resiliency initiatives to protect trading operations.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
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