Cloud Security Engineer– Quant Trading
Quant Capital
Overview
In this Cloud Security Engineer role, you will help design and secure the firm’s cloud-first infrastructure within a fast-paced, high-scale trading environment. You’ll work with Platform Engineering to integrate cloud and on-premises systems, automate cloud management, and advise development teams on security best practices. The role blends hands-on engineering with policy enforcement to protect critical trading platforms. This is a London-based opportunity at a renowned systematic hedge fund with a strong technical culture and substantial budget for innovation.
Responsibilities- Design and implement cloud security and infrastructure systems
- Automate management of public cloud resources
- Advise developers and peer teams on security best practices
- Interpret and enforce security policy across cloud and on-premises integrations
- Contribute to integration of cloud with on-premises systems
- Support mid-size cloud deployments (hundreds to thousands of nodes) and ensure scalable, secure configurations
- Degree from a top institution
- Extensive knowledge of modern cloud environments (GCP/AWS/Azure) and their security properties
- Strong OS, networking, and infrastructure as code experience (Terraform)
- Proficiency in coding infrastructure products in Python, Go, or similar
- Experience designing and maintaining mid-size cloud deployments
- Knowledge of storage and networking options across cloud providers
- Hands-on, adaptable, and able to thrive in a demanding, agile environment
- hands-on
- ability to work in a demanding or jack-of-all-trades environment
- tech-driven, motivated by technology
- GCP/AWS/Azure cloud platforms
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Python or Go programming
Reference: WJ-747_31157456