Cloud Architect (Trading) in London

About Keyrock

Since our beginnings in 2017, we have grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. Today, we rock with over 180 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels, Singapore and Paris, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight. We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks.

But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We are pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives. At Keyrock, we’re not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We’re actively building it.

Position Overview

The Cloud Infrastructure Architect is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining an organization's IT infrastructure, ensuring it is scalable, secure, and efficient to support business operations and future growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing and Implementing Infrastructure Solutions: Plan and implement robust and scalable infrastructure solutions that meet business requirements and align with industry best practices.
• Ensuring Infrastructure Security and Compliance: Implement security measures, policies, and procedures to safeguard the infrastructure and data from unauthorized access, breaches, and cyberattacks.
• Collaborating with Cross-Functional Teams: Work closely with development, operations, and other teams to ensure smooth integration and alignment of infrastructure with overall IT strategy.
• Staying Abreast of Technological Advancements: Keep up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends in infrastructure architecture to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation.
• Optimizing Infrastructure Performance: Monitor and analyze infrastructure performance, identify bottlenecks, and implement optimizations to enhance efficiency and scalability.
• Documentation and Knowledge Sharing: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation of infrastructure designs, configurations, and processes.
• Cost optimization: Reduce the overall cost of cloud services while maintaining or enhancing performance.

Technical Requirements

• Extensive experience in IT infrastructure design and implementation.
• Extensive experience in cloud-native architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP), with proficiency in AWS.
• Strong experience with multi-cloud environment deployments preferred.
• Proven experience in designing data-intensive, large-scale, high-performance trading data platforms.
• Proven ability to design and implement scalable and secure Kubernetes-based infrastructure solutions, including container orchestration, cluster management, and deployment optimization.
• Experience with financial services data workflows, including trading, middle office, and back office operations.
• Proficient in GitOps tools and methodologies for infrastructure automation and deployment.
• Strong background in DevSecFinOps, ensuring compliance, security, and cost efficiency across the development lifecycle.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and monitoring tools.
• Extensive experience in disaster recovery planning and backup system management.

Education & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Preferred certifications (optional): AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional, Terraform Associate or Professional.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Passion for building scalable, reliable, and secure systems in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable insights for technical teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.

Our recruitment philosophy

We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process. We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals. We’re after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership and delivers solid, scalable outcomes.

Our offer

• Competitive salary package.
• Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely.
• The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence.
• As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance.

Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock.