Cloud Architecture - Assistant Vice President

iCapital is powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. Our financial technology platform has transformed how advisors, wealth management firms, asset managers, and banks evaluate and recommend bespoke public and private market strategies for their high-net-worth clients. iCapital services approximately $210 billion in global client assets invested in 1,690 funds, as of November 2024.
iCapital has been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 for six consecutive years (2018 – 2024); a three-time selection by Forbes to its list of Best Startup Employers (2021-2023); and a three-time winner of MMI/Barron’s Solutions Provider award (See link below).

About the Role

The Platform Infrastructure Group at iCapital plays a critical role in keeping the all Platform environments running smoothly and securely.  As part of the Cloud Architecture Team, the AWS Cloud Engineer will be wearing multiple hats in a highly visible role interacting with several external stakeholders within the business.  This AVP/VP role assumes willingness to think like an owner, helping move projects along, provide technical advisory capacities and be pro-active in continually automating and scaling our environment.

Responsibilities

•  Act as infrastructure architect with proven experience building secure, automated and scalable AWS infrastructure
• Use a good understanding of DevOps principles and cloud networking to promote and implement AWS best practices and security
• Build, enhance and support EKS clusters, and many other service such as API gateways, Transit Gateway, and other edge and compute services
• Wear an SRE hat, helping to troubleshoot performance and deployment issues as well as improving our monitoring strategies
• Write and update self-service tools used internally by developers.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of DevOps or SRE experience with at least 4 years of AWS experience
• Microservices (Docker, Kubernetes) experience in a production environment is a must
• Strong Linux OS-level and command-line/scripting knowledge and configuration management principles 
• Able to code in Python or Ruby desired
• Good written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to design and implement complex, but easily-managed, automated infrastructure
• A desire to share, teach and learn as part of a team

Employees in this role will work fully remote. Every department has different needs, and some positions will be designated in-office jobs, based on their function.

Benefits

iCapital offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a total compensation program consisting of competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and equity for all full-time employees; healthcare with 100% employer-paid health and dental insurance; and generous paid time off (PTO).

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