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Octaura

Cloud Operations Engineer

Octaura, New York, New York, us, 10261


It's time to transform markets

Existing workflows within syndicated loan and CLO markets are painful for clients: they are outdated, overcomplicated, and time-consuming. It's time for a change.

Octaura is reimagining the way these markets trade, with efficiency, transparency and simplicity at the heart of what we do. We bring trading capabilities, data and analytics together for the first time on a digitized platform-fundamentally transforming the markets and streamlining workflows like never before.

At Octaura, everyone belongs

It's essential that Octaurians are confident in knowing they have the space to use their voice and talents. The world is diverse and we actively want our team to reflect this. We're a values-driven company and by engaging, solving and evolving together, we create a culture that is collaborative, transparent, impactful and innovative. And fun!

The role in a nutshell

The Cloud Operations Engineer is responsible for building out our operations platform, ensuring efficiency through automation, deploying product updates, identifying production issues and implementing strategic integrations that meet our clients' needs. The ideal candidate will have good communication skills, a well-rounded understanding of Enterprise Architecture, and an automation background with experience running production environments at scale. The candidate will help develop new architectural patterns for emerging products, contribute to environment standardization, develop new monitoring and security tools, and contribute to maintaining operational BAU.

This is an exciting time for Octaura as we are rapidly growing and are looking for energetic, collaborative and driven thinkers to join us! Please note this role is based out of our NYC office and our current structure is 4 days in the office, 1 day from home.

Core responsibilities

Contribute to operational readiness and platform stability by proactive automation and reactive environment supportDevelop and maintain a platform of integrated systems and tooling to support Agile and DevOps practices across a diverse set of workflows used by multiple development teamsEvaluate and integrate third-party software and configure connectivity with client infrastructureMaintain and enforce compliance with audit controls and external certificationsDesign and implement solutions for managing applications and infrastructure, with goals of increasing the security, reliability, repeatability, and consistency of operational tasksWork with software developers to ensure best practices of development, processes, testing, operations, production deployment and monitoringWork closely with business and technology teams to analyze and resolve issues on the platformProvide day-to-day application-level support for production incidentsDevelop and maintain automation application tools, websites, and utilitiesActively contribute to ongoing process improvement to help streamline the development life cycleDesired experience

5+ years of infrastructure engineering experienceExtensive knowledge of modern cloud environments (preferably AWS)Linux sysadmin and debugging experienceProficiency in 1 or more scripting languages. Python preferredProficiency in Infrastructure-as-code management. Terraform preferredProblem solving and focus on understanding root-cause of issuesExperience with VMs and containersExperience running scalable, multi-region production environmentsStrong communication skillsTeam playerSense of humorThe base pay range for this position in New York is $140,000 - $170,000 annually. Pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Equity and year-end bonus may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via Octaura's internal or external careers site.

Octaura Work Perks

At Octaura, our people are our most valuable asset, and we are pleased to offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

Competitive compensation and equityFlexible Paid Time OffCompetitive Parental LeaveDaily breakfast, coffee and snacks in the office90% company-paid healthcareOnsite gym & discounted membership

We're committed to equal opportunity employment

Octaura is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.