AWS Infrastructure Engineer

Q-Tx LLC, based in Houston, Texas, is an independent commodities trading business, leveraging our passion for data, research, technology and trading expertise to deliver consistent and high-quality returns for our investors.

Q-Tx is affiliated with Qube Research & Technologies, a global quantitative and systematic investment manager.

Your future role within Q-Tx:

The successful candidate will join the global Cloud Infrastructure team to design, build and support services and solutions to meet a wide variety of business requirements. You will be working closely with the trading, research and wider business teams to drive adoption of cloud-based services, implementing a cloud-first approach to problem solving. Cloud computing infrastructure is at the heart of Q-Tx’s IT platform, and spans across many business areas including research technology, trading tools, market execution and data processing.

• Design and implement highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Develop automation scripts to manage and maintain cloud infrastructure using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
• Monitor and optimize the performance and cost-effectiveness of cloud infrastructure
• Collaborate with development teams to support the deployment and operation of applications on AWS
• Evaluate and recommend new technologies to improve the reliability, scalability, and security of the company's cloud infrastructure
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues related to AWS infrastructure

Your present skillset:

• Extensive experience with AWS, including experience with EC2, S3, VPC, and other core services
• Proficiency with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash)
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Terraform)
• Experience with containers and orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker, ECS, Kubernetes)
• Experience with monitoring and performance tuning in a cloud environment
• Familiarity with agile software development methodologies
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills