Principal Cloud Engineer

2 days ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States NinjaTrader Full time
Transformative Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

We're on a mission to revolutionize the retail trading platform landscape, and we need a highly skilled Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our Platform team. As a senior-most engineer, you'll play a pivotal role in scaling our cloud infrastructure for continuous optimization, driving down costs while enhancing performance and utilization.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Design, implement, and evolve our cloud infrastructure to support applications, services, and ever-growing scale
  • Collaborate with engineering, operations, and security teams to define and implement cloud architecture for moving on-prem applications and services to cloud while maintaining a high bar for security, reliability, and scalability
  • Enhance monitoring and optimize the cloud infrastructure for performance, cost, and security
  • Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines for cloud-based applications
  • Automate cloud operations and infrastructure management tasks using tools like Terraform
  • Ensure compliance with security policies and industry standards
  • Mentor and guide peers and junior engineers in cloud infrastructure and DevOps best practices
Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in Site Reliability or adjacent disciplines (Platform, Backend Engineering, etc.)
  • 5+ years of experience in deploying, managing, and supporting modern cloud-based environments and infrastructure like AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, IaC, etc.
  • Experience supporting a 24/7 cloud-based environment via on-call
  • Exceptional troubleshooting, debugging, and diagnostic skills for cloud and web-based technologies using industry-standard observability tooling and frameworks
  • Proven experience in designing, deploying, and managing large-scale cloud infrastructure
  • Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, Bash, or equivalent
  • Deep understanding of web applications and ability to troubleshoot HTTP/HTTPS, WebSockets, TLS, DNS, TCP/IP, and similar protocols
  • In-depth knowledge of networking, security, and identity management in cloud environments
  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or equivalent
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate a technical problem in a concise manner to a non-technical audience
What We Offer:
  • Hybrid schedule with extra remote flexibility (totaling over 55% remote time)
  • Generous PTO
  • 7 paid holidays annually + 5 conditional holidays annually
  • 1 service day annually
  • 401k with 3.5% company match
  • Health, vision, dental coverage
  • Life and disability insurance covered 100% by NinjaTrader
  • Flexible spending accounts for transit and parking
  • Gym membership

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.



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