About the company
CAIS is the pioneer in democratizing access to and education about alternative investments and structured investment solutions for independent financial advisors, empowering them to engage and transact with leading asset managers on a massive scale through a wide variety of alternative investment products and technology solutions. CAIS provides financial advisors with access to a broad range of alternative investment strategies, including structured investments, hedge funds, private equity, private credit, real estate, and digital assets. CAIS also delivers industry-leading technology, operational efficiency, and world-class client service throughout the pre-trade, trade, and post-trade experience. CAIS supports over 50,000 advisors who oversee more than $6 trillion in network assets.
Job Summary
Key Responsibilities:
📍Design, build, and operate Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS, with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and security 📍Troubleshoot and resolve issues within the Kubernetes environment, including networking, workloads, and cluster operations 📍Support the automation and maintenance of AWS infrastructure using infrastructure as code principles 📍Implement and manage Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and least-privilege access across clusters and supporting AWS services 📍Collaborate with developers and product teams to improve the efficiency and reliability of deployment workflows 📍Contribute to the design and implementation of observability practices, ensuring systems are monitored effectively and meaningful metrics are captured to measure reliability and performance 📍Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews to continuously enhance platform resilience and operational maturity 📍Help define and implement best practices for platform engineering, including deployment standards, environment consistency, and operational excellence 📍Be open to learning and leveraging AI tools and techniques to improve platform reliability, automation, and efficiency
Required Technical Skills / Experience:
📍Strong understanding of Kubernetes and hands-on experience operating and troubleshooting clusters in Amazon EKS 📍Working knowledge of AWS core services such as IAM, S3, RDS, and networking fundamentals 📍Experience implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform or similar tools 📍Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools, with GitHub Actions preferred 📍Experience administering artifact management systems such as Nexus, Artifactory, or equivalent 📍Understanding of observability principles including monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing 📍Solid grasp of Git-based workflows and version control best practices 📍Foundational understanding of programming concepts; familiarity with languages used by CAIS developers—including Java/Kotlin, JavaScript/TypeScript (React), and Python—is a plus 📍Comfortable collaborating with developers and cross-functional teams to support deployment and platform needs
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