Senior Engineer, Cloud Solutions

The Team: Cloud Solutions is a horizontal team within Market Intelligence. We provide common services to business lines within Market Intelligence and across other divisions within S&P Global.

Specifically, Cloud Solutions provides:

cloud engineering expertise to fast-track our product teams from on-premise hosting to cloud native architectures

support in implementation of divisional guardrails to ensure the Market Intelligence cloud estate is secure and cost efficient

enablement through upskilling programs to educate our technologists on cloud best practices and corporate technology standards.

We use the open source tool Cloud Custodian to monitor resources in AWS and take corrective action where appropriate. This tool is key to ensuring consistent guardrails across the organisation.

Job Summary: We are looking for an experienced python developer to help support and further develop the MI Cloud Custodian Framework and the internal reporting tied to it.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand cloud governance needs and translate them into actionable policies
• Engage with product teams to define and implement policies aligned with Market Intelligence standards
• Develop and maintain new features and enhancements within the Python framework to improve its functionality and performance
• Design and improve internal reporting to deliver actionable insights from policy execution
• Create and manage GitHub workflows and automation pipelines to improve development and deployment processes

What Were Looking For:

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor or masters degree (or equivalent) in (but not necessarily limited to) Computer Science or Engineering
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• 5+ years experience in Python programming and experience with Python libraries
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in a cross-functional environment
• Hands-on experience with EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and other AWS services

Preferred (Nice to Have)

• Experience with Github workflows and Actions
• Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Understanding of cloud cost optimization and security best practices