DevOps Engineer - Assistant Vice President

iCapital is powering the world’s alternative investment marketplace. Our financial technology platform has transformed how advisors, wealth management firms, asset managers, and banks evaluate and recommend bespoke public and private market strategies for their high-net-worth clients. iCapital services approximately $209 billion in global client assets invested in 1,690 funds, as of November 2024.

iCapital has been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 for seven consecutive years (2018-2024); a three-time selection by Forbes to its list of Best Startup Employers (2021-2023); and a four-time winner of MMI/Barron’s Solutions Provider award (See link below). 

About the Role

The Platform Infrastructure Group at iCapital plays a critical role in ensuring smooth, reliable software delivery and maintaining secure, scalable environments. As part of the team, you will wear multiple hats in a highly visible position, interacting with several external stakeholders within the business. This AVP-level position assumes willingness to think like an owner, helping move projects along, providing technical advisory capabilities, and being proactive in continually automating and scaling our environment.

Please note that this role is open across multiple teams within the Platform Infrastructure Group. As such, candidates may be interviewed by and ultimately placed on a different team within based on alignment of skills, interests, and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for applications and machine learning models
• Architect infrastructure with proven experience building secure, automated, and scalable AWS infrastructure
• Build, enhance, and support cloud services including Kubernetes clusters, API gateways, and other edge and compute services
• Monitor and optimize the performance of applications and ML models in production
• Apply SRE principles to troubleshoot performance and deployment issues while improving monitoring strategies
• Write and update self-service tools used internally by developers
• Implement AWS best practices and security standards
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices to drive innovation within the team

General Qualifications

• 6+ years of DevOps or SRE experience with at least 4 years of AWS experience
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (GitLab, ArgoCD, Artifactory, etc.)
• Strong Linux OS-level and command-line/scripting knowledge and configuration management principles
• Strong knowledge in Terraform and ability to code in Python or Ruby
• Experience with cloud architecture and networking principles
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• A desire to share, teach, and learn as part of a team

Desired, but not required:

• Cloud Architecture: Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including cluster management, deployment strategies, troubleshooting, and performance optimization; demonstrated ability to architect and implement containerized microservices solutions
• DevOps: Working knowledge of databases such as MongoDB, Postgres, DynamoDB
• DevOps: Familiarity with Maven build systems and/or Rail service build processes is preferred.
• DevOps: Experience with Kubernetes, AWS Lambda services, troubleshooting skills, and the ability to implement containerized microservices solutions.

Benefits

The base salary range for this role is $120,000 to $170,000. iCapital offers a compensation package which includes salary, equity for all full-time employees, and an annual performance bonus. Employees also receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes an employer matched retirement plan, generously subsidized healthcare with 100% employer paid dental, vision, telemedicine, and virtual mental health counseling, parental leave, and unlimited paid time off (PTO).

We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office Monday-Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Friday.

For additional information on iCapital, please visit https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/about-us  Twitter: @icapitalnetwork | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/icapital-network-inc | Awards Disclaimer: https://www.icapitalnetwork.com/about-us/recognition/

iCapital is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.