Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS / Kubernetes

About the role

A global financial technology organisation is expanding its cloud engineering capability in Singapore and is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join a global platform operations team. The team builds and operates highly available cloud infrastructure supporting business-critical applications, in a hands-on engineering role focused on AWS, Kubernetes and infrastructure automation. The environment is moving toward cloud-native architecture and microservices, with significant work on platform build, migration and automation. The role is about 70% project engineering and 30% operational support, with the project share expected to grow.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and operate cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS
• Deploy and manage Kubernetes / EKS platforms and containerised workloads
• Build and maintain infrastructure using Terraform
• Develop and support GitOps workflows using Argo CD
• Work with Helm Charts and wider Kubernetes tooling
• Lead cloud infrastructure projects from design through implementation and operational handover
• Improve CI/CD, automation, observability and platform reliability
• Collaborate with application engineering, security and operations teams
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and production issues
• Contribute to technical standards, platform design and engineering best practices
• Take part in an on-call rotation supporting production environments

Required profile

• 6+ years of professional cloud infrastructure or platform engineering experience
• Strong hands-on AWS experience
• Deep experience with Kubernetes, ideally EKS
• Experience deploying and supporting containerised applications
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across globally distributed engineering teams
• Experience in financial services, trading or other highly available production environments is beneficial but not essential

Required skills

• Terraform
• Argo CD / GitOps
• CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• Linux
• Scripting or automation, ideally Python
• Cloud networking, IAM, observability and security