Staff Cloud Engineer

Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure Design, architect, and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS across multi-account, multi-region environments. Define and enforce cloud architecture standards, best practices, and governance policies using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and SCPs. Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation — writing reusable modules consumed across all product teams. Improve and optimize cloud environments for cost, performance, and reliability — owning FinOps practices including Savings Plans, Spot strategy, and Graviton adoption. Collaborate with engineering, data, and security teams to build resilient distributed systems. Drive innovation and continuous improvement initiatives across the platform. Design, deploy, and manage production EKS clusters at multi-tenant financial-services scale. Plan and execute cluster upgrades, patching, and Kubernetes version lifecycle management with zero customer impact. Build and maintain internal Helm chart libraries and GitOps-driven cluster configuration using ArgoCD or Flux. Implement zero-trust network principles and enforce IAM least-privilege across all AWS accounts. Drive SRE practices: define and enforce SLOs for EKS, API Gateway etc. Lead incident response, postmortem analysis, and blameless RCA processes for platform-level outages. Build chaos engineering exercises and disaster recovery testing across availability zones and regions. Partner with software engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions from design through production. Evaluate new AWS services and open-source tooling to continuously improve infrastructure capabilities. Required Qualifications Strong, hands-on experience with AWS cloud services: EC2, VPC, IAM, EKS, S3, CloudWatch, API Gateway, Route 53, and more. Proven experience operating Amazon EKS in production: cluster lifecycle, RBAC, IRSA, node groups, and autoscaling. Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation. Solid understanding of containerization: Docker, Kubernetes architecture, and container lifecycle management. Experience with monitoring and logging tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, OpenSearch, ELK/Loki. Strong Linux/Unix systems administration and scripting in Bash, Python, or similar. Deep knowledge of cloud security best practices: IAM, RBAC, secrets management, and network security. Solid networking fundamentals: VPCs, subnets, load balancing, DNS, and Kubernetes ingress controllers. Ability to troubleshoot distributed systems and debug complex production issues at scale. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to drive technical decisions across teams in a fast-paced environment. Preferred Skills AWS Certifications: Solutions Architect Professional or DevOps Engineer Professional. Kubernetes Certifications: CKA or CKAD. Experience with Helm and GitOps tools (ArgoCD, Flux). Experience with Rancher/ArgoCD or similar tools for EKS node provisioning. Exposure to microservices architecture and distributed systems at scale. Experience with AWS API Gateway and Lambda Authorizers for JWT/OIDC-based auth flows. Background in cost optimization and performance tuning (Graviton, Spot, Savings Plans). Familiarity with CIAM/identity federation: OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, Auth0 integration. Understanding AI/ML infrastructure: model training pipelines, deployment on EKS, and model monitoring. Thank you for your interest in a career with Clearwater! Clearwater Analytics (NYSE: CWAN) is transforming investment management with the industry's most comprehensive cloud-native platform for institutional investors across global public and private markets. While legacy systems create risk, inefficiency, and data fragmentation, Clearwater's single-instance, multi-tenant architecture delivers real-time data and AI-driven insights throughout the investment lifecycle. The platform eliminates information silos by integrating portfolio management, trading, investment accounting, reconciliation, regulatory reporting, performance, compliance, and risk analytics in one unified system. Serving leading insurers, asset managers, hedge funds, banks, corporations, and governments, Clearwater supports over $8.8 trillion in assets globally. Learn more at www.clearwateranalytics.com. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to still apply! You may be just what we're looking for.