Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Corporate Title: Vice President

Department: Technology

Location: Philadelphia

The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $130,000 -$160,000 per year* (see below footnote for additional compensation and benefits information).

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit

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Division Overview:

The Information Technology department at Nomura is at the forefront of innovation, driving technology solutions that empower our business and enhance client experiences. We leverage cutting-edge technologies to develop and maintain robust systems and infrastructure, ensuring the security, reliability, and efficiency of our operations. Join our team and be part of a dynamic and collaborative environment that embraces technological advancements to deliver value and drive our digital transformation journey.

Role Description:

As a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer at Nomura, you will take a leading role in end-to-end solution delivery for strategic platforms that deliver value for our business and engineering teams.

In this role, you will be a subject matter expert in our Cloud platform and contribute to its roadmaps and features, drive operational excellence and make the platforms easier for the broader engineering community to consume.

Your work will center around AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), and Terraform and will contribute to the evolution of our cloud control plane and foundational infrastructure and platform capabilities as the organization migrates into a new cloud environment.

You will develop and support User Experiences for our platforms, contribute to Cloud-related frameworks and practices, and collaborate with other Platform Engineering teams to evolve the platforms and foundational engineering patterns and achieve enterprise-level synergies. You will achieve a high degree of self-service and ease-of-use for application development teams while maintaining robust enterprise governance and control frameworks.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required :

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or similar discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of professional experience in Cloud, DevOps, SRE, Platform, or similar roles.

Expertise with:

• • Cloud Infrastructure in AWS (core services, networking, IAM, etc.)
  • Kubernetes and related technologies (EKS, Docker, Helm, Flux)
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC), particularly using Terraform
  • CICD, particularly using Gitlab
  • Observability, particularly using LTGM (Grafana, Loki, Mimir/Prometheus, Tempo).
• Proficiency in Python and/or Go for building pipelines and microservices
• Working knowledge of databases, APIs, and modern authentication/authorization mechanisms.
• Familiarity with Linux, shell scripting, load balancing, and networking/OS concepts.
• Ability to design solutions considering user experience, automation, security, performance, resilience, cost, scale, and reusability.
• Understanding of design patterns, testing methodologies, and the overall SDLC. Comfort in proposing designs, gathering feedback, building reusable solutions, and documenting them effectively.
• Experience using AI from both a personal productivity standpoint as well as a platform-productivity standpoint

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