AWSOps Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

AWSOps Engineer (AWS/Terraform): Ensuring the stability, security, and efficiency of AWS infrastructure and platform services with an accent on operational excellence and continuous improvement. Focus on automating recurring operational tasks, managing EKS operations, and resolving infrastructure alerts via Datadog.

Location: London, UK

Company

hirify.global is a global asset servicing provider and a division of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, one of the world's largest financial institutions.

What you will do

• Perform system patching, upgrades, and maintenance across AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, and CloudFront.
• Support release cycles through change control, rollback readiness, and post-deployment validation.
• Triage and resolve infrastructure alerts using Datadog to improve observability and reduce noise.
• Manage and contribute to Terraform-based infrastructure and monitoring resources.
• Automate recurring operational tasks to reduce manual effort and increase consistency.
• Participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation and incident response.

Requirements

• 3-4 years of experience in cloud operations, platform engineering, or similar roles.
• Proficiency with AWS core services (EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, ALB/NLB).
• Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) operations and troubleshooting.
• Strong fundamentals in both Linux and Windows server environments.
• Experience with infrastructure monitoring and alert tuning.
• Must be based in London, UK

Nice to have

• Experience supporting production workloads in highly regulated environments (Financial services, PCI DSS, SOC).
• Exposure to incident management and postmortem practices.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and Terraform Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Experience collaborating in multi-team shared-responsibility environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with one of the world's largest and fastest-growing financial groups.
• Vibrant and innovative team culture with a laser focus on client success.
• Supportive and connected team environment.