ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC · 1 day ago
Cloud Engineer
Chicago, IL
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$110K/yr - $110K/yr
5+ years expABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC is a global clearing firm providing integrated financial services. They are seeking an AWS Cloud Platform Engineer to design and evolve a secure and scalable AWS platform, collaborating with a global team to support the migration of workloads to the cloud.
Financial Services
Hiring Manager
Jo Lutow
Responsibilities
Design and evolve AWS landing zones that serve as the secure, automated foundation for global workloads
Collaborate with a world-class team of AWS engineers to deliver a safe, scalable, and developer-friendly cloud platform
Build powerful automations using Everything as Code and Infrastructure as Code components to reduce ticket-ops operations and accelerate innovation using your software engineering practices
Drive the cloud-first transformation by guiding teams from on-premise to AWS and DevOps practices
Continuously innovate—expand platform capabilities and introduce cutting-edge solutions to meet business needs
Implement governance frameworks for automated compliance checks against internal risk standards
Standardize infrastructure components to ensure consistency and reliability across workloads
Develop automated testing strategies to guarantee quality and resilience
Enhance CI/CD pipelines for faster, safer deployments
Scale the AWS platform globally, expanding into new regions to support business growth
Lead migration efforts from on-premises to AWS cloud in line with strategic roadmaps
Collaborate with developers to translate software requirements into robust cloud solutions
Act as the local ambassador for the department—communicating effectively with stakeholders and representing the team
Qualification
Required
5+ years Deep knowledge and experience of AWS with a deep understanding of building complex cloud infrastructure using AWS CDK. Hands-on experience with wide variety of AWS services (networking, governance, integration, compute) is required
5+ years Strong software development skills in Python (Python development experience). Clean code is not a mystery to you. We are AWS CDK-first company. Having experience in Terraform is appreciated, but strong software development skills are required
2+ AWS Serverless services (Step functions, Lambda, SNS)
Good understanding of IT networking
Professional experience using CICD pipelines (Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline)
Professional experience with automated software testing
Proficiency in GIT
Good understanding of observability tooling (eg: Splunk)
Computer science, or equivalent experience
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to operate independently, part of larger team language
Experience with stakeholder interaction/education
Preferred
Financial services industry experience
Experience working on global teams
Benefits
Competitive health benefit offerings, including choice of three medical plans through BCBS-IL, dental, vision and flexible spending accounts
Complimentary annual membership to One Medical as well as an EAP
Robust 401(k) Plan with a generous match and vesting schedule
Use it or lose it pre-tax commuter benefits, corporate Divvy memberships and employer paid benefits such as term life and AD&D and disability insurance
Generous paid time off, sick days, a robust holiday schedule and parental leave plans.
Monthly wellness subsidy used towards wellness activities
Flexible hybrid work schedules
Open communication including regular Town Hall meetings with the Management Team
Forward-thinking, culture-based organization with collaborative teams that promote diversity, equity and inclusion
Free coffee & tea and “bagel Wednesday”
Employee-led Social and Philanthropy Committee to bring awareness and fun to the employees
Awesome office space with a large kitchen/meeting gathering area – including a foosball and ping pong table
Private, well-equipped Mother’s room
Office is conveniently located in the Chicago Loop Financial District – close to CTA and Metra
Well maintained building (an architectural “masterpiece”) and a part of Chicago history – also includes a robust business center with a café, game-room and a shared rooftop terrace with green space
Company
ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC
ABN AMRO Clearing USA LLC (AAC-USA) is engaged in the clearing of listed equities, options, and futures.
201-500 employees
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Boudewijn D.
Chief Executive Officer
Jeff Arnold
Chief Operations Officer
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