Senior AWS Engineer

About Caxton Associates:
Caxton Associates, founded in 1983, is a global trading and investment firm with offices in London, New York, Singapore, Monaco, Dubai and Bengaluru. Caxton Associates’ primary business is to manage client and proprietary capital through a suite of products designed to fit the specific needs of investors. Employing a multi-portfolio manager framework, Caxton excels in discretionary global macro investing, leveraging its diversified expertise across asset classes and markets.

About this role:
We are seeking a Senior AWS Engineer for our Bangalore office. The Senior AWS Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing our global cloud infrastructure, with a focus on automation, security, and performance optimization. The role involves supporting existing AWS environments, assisting in cloud migrations, and collaborating with multiple teams across Caxton.

The successful candidate will play a key role in the Systems and Infrastructure team, contributing to the operational efficiency, reliability, and security of our AWS infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Designing robust, scalable, and secure cloud-based solutions using AWS services.
• Manage, monitor, and optimize AWS infrastructure across multiple global environments.
• Select the appropriate AWS services to meet the firm’s requirements and business goals.
• Deploy and maintain EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and related AWS services.
• Support hybrid integrations between AWS and on-premises systems.
• Implement and manage security policies and IAM roles to ensure infrastructure security.
• Collaborate with software development teams on CI/CD pipelines and cloud tools.
• Assist with incident response and performance troubleshooting.
• Staying updated with the latest AWS features and services, cloud computing technologies, and best practices.
• Work closely with teams across the firm to ensure cloud solutions align with company policies, technical requirements, and business objectives.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience with AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, and CloudWatch and university degree in related domain.
• Knowledge of networking, IAM, VPC, and security best practices.
• Proven ability to design and implement AWS solutions based on business requirements and best practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure as code (IaC), using tools like GitLab and Terraform.
• Knowledge of AWS database services (RDS) and storage solutions (S3, EBS, EFS).
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g. CloudWatch).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g. Python, Powershell) and understanding of programming concepts to automate cloud operations and deployments.
• Ability to optimize applications and services for performance and cost efficiency in AWS.
• Strong analytical capability and excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• AWS Associate-level certification (SysOps or Solutions Architect) preferred.
• A commitment to continuous learning and staying updated with the latest technologies and AWS services.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Familiarity with AI tools like Codex, Claude etc.
• Displays and operates at the highest degree of ethics and integrity.