Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Engineering | New York, NY 

What you’ll do:

As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will be a key player in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of our Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. This role is crucial for supporting our growing technology needs and enabling our mission to deliver innovative and values-aligned investment solutions. Working with us, you’ll maintain and optimize our cloud environment, focusing on Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, databases, and data warehousing.

• Manage and maintain our Google Cloud Platform infrastructure
• Ensure the health and performance of our Kubernetes clusters in GCP
• Optimize and troubleshoot our Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines
• Administer and monitor our MySQL database infrastructure in GCP
• Implement and maintain database migration processes
• Maintain and improve the performance and cost of our BigQuery data warehouse
• Implement and enforce security best practices across our cloud environment
• Collaborate with development, security, and data teams on infrastructure needs
• Create and maintain comprehensive infrastructure documentation
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management

Who you are:

• You identify with our company Principles that define our culture, guide our actions, and allow us to do our best work:
• We are In Service of others - our clients, our colleagues, the company, and the world.
• We strive to be World Class - the best at what we do.
• You’re a problem solver, able to and interested in learning new things quickly to solve unique and challenging problems.
• You are driven, possess a strong work ethic, a bias towards action, and a desire to win as a team.
• You can communicate clearly and concisely in a variety of mediums.
• You operate with high integrity, doing the right thing when no one is looking.
• You take a long-term view towards contributing to a strong team with a culture of feedback.
• You’re passionate about positively impacting the future of our planet and humanity.

What you’ll bring to the table:

• Experience managing cloud infrastructure, preferably on Google Cloud Platform
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in GCP (e.g., GKE)
• Experience with Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline management
• Solid experience administering MySQL databases in GCP (e.g., Cloud SQL)
• Experience with Google BigQuery, including performance and cost optimization
• Understanding of core GCP services (Compute Engine, VPC, IAM, Cloud Storage)
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Cloud Deployment Manager)
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

About Ethic:

We at Ethic partner with advisors and institutions to deliver personalized, values-aligned, and tax-smart investing. Our technology enables sophisticated investment solutions through a simple and engaging client experience. We empower advisors and institutions to deliver investments that reflect what matters most to them and their clients.

We're backed by investors including Oak HC/FT, Nyca Partners, Fidelity, UBS, Jordan Park Group, and Kapor Capital. We are an SEC Registered Investment Adviser based in New York City.

Our team is committed to fostering an environment that brings together diverse voices, perspectives, and lived experiences. We are striving to drive positive outcomes for investors and to contribute to a more sustainable and prosperous future for the world.

Compensation & Benefits: 

Compensation at Ethic is a combination of base salary, equity (stock options) in the company, and benefits. 

The base salary for this role will range from $175,000-$195,000 per year, commensurate with experience.

Our benefits package includes; 

• Medical, dental & vision insurance – premiums 100% covered by Ethic (includes dependents) 
• 401k with sustainable investment options and a 3.5% employer match
• Unlimited paid time off 
• 16-weeks of paid parental leave 
• An annual $600 wellness & education stipend
• Sponsored employee resource groups
• Regular lunch & learns and volunteering opportunities
• A fully-stocked office in lower Manhattan + the flexibility to regularly work remotely

Location: New York, NY (in-office at least 3 days a week) 

Submit an application: 

If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit both a resume and a cover letter below. 

Ethic values the diversity of our team and welcomes applications from all backgrounds and life experiences. In order to continuously grow a diverse team, we are taking a data-driven approach to understanding and iterating our hiring practices.