Team Leader, AWS infrastructure/FinOps

Company Description

Croesus provides innovative, high-performance, and secure wealth management solutions that include portfolio management systems, portfolio rebalancing tools, and application programming interfaces (APIs). These solutions empower wealth management professionals to improve their productivity, enhance their client relationships, make informed decisions, and maximize the management of their assets under management.

Croesus’s mission is to provide a superior experience to its clients, users, partners, and employees and to positively impact the community. With more than 200 employees in its Montréal, Toronto, and Geneva offices, Croesus has won several industry awards for being a high-quality solution provider and an outstanding employer.

Position

As the AWS Platform Team Leader, you will play a key role in the success of our Cloud migration and innovation projects. You will lead a talented team, ensuring that performance objectives are met within set deadlines, budgets, and security standards.

In addition to team management, your deep AWS expertise and experience with DevOps practices will allow you to contribute to technical deliverables. You will play a key role in deploying our strategy, AWS governance, and our Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE). You will be responsible for adhering to AWS budgets (FinOps, cost optimization). Finally, you will actively contribute to the continuous improvement of our processes and working methods.

Your leadership will inspire the team to achieve high performance levels, and you will exercise this position within a positive, collaborative work environment. This hybrid role will allow you to stay connected to ground realities while developing your leadership skills.

Technical Contribution

• Organize and facilitate Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) meetings. Act as the central point of contact for aligning Cloud practices, defining strategy, and driving standard adoption across the organization.
• Assume full responsibility for AWS budgets (FinOps). This includes monitoring, forecasting, and implementing proactive cost-optimization strategies (reservations, spot instances, etc.) to maximize Cloud value.
• Participate in the design, development, implementation, testing, deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of our platform according to current norms and standards.
• Ensure peer reviews are conducted in line with company standards.
• Stay up to date on new technologies, best practices, and market trends.
• Propose innovative solutions to improve team efficiency and work quality.
• Help establish a culture of continuous improvement.

Supervision

• Mentor, motivate, and support team members.
• Create a positive, collaborative work environment conducive to harmonious working relationships.
• Evaluate team members' performance and identify their training and development needs.
• Participate in recruiting and onboarding new employees.
• Provide adequate supervision and ensure ongoing training.
• Promote transparent communication and effective knowledge sharing.
• Ensure timely participation from team collaborators.
• Ensure the team has all necessary resources to function effectively.
• Set individual and collective goals for the team.
• Implement strategies to achieve performance targets.
• Collaborate effectively with other teams to solve issues and enhance customer experience.

Project Management and Monitoring

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define objectives and priorities.
• Estimate workloads and plan activities in collaboration with the director and technical lead.
• Monitor project progress and identify risks.
• Guarantee work quality and adherence to established standards and processes.
• Ensure team efficiency and contribution to on-time project delivery.

Requirements

• Bilingualism in French and English.
• Bachelor’s degree / AEC (Diploma of College Studies) in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of practical, significant experience with AWS services and infrastructure.
• At least 2 years of experience in a Team Lead role or a significant influence role requiring direct or indirect leadership.
• AWS certification, or a minimum of 2 years of experience as a contributor.
• Related certifications (Linux, FinOps, CCNA, Security, or other IT certifications) are assets.
• Experience in the financial sector is an asset.

Technical Skills

• Deep knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, CloudFront, etc.).
• Strong mastery of FinOps practices and AWS governance tools (Cost Explorer, QuickSight, nOps, Cloud Custodian, or equivalents) to drive budget tracking and cost optimization.
• Strong understanding of Cloud architecture principles, compliance standards, and security best practices.
• Proficiency in Cloud networking concepts (VPC, routing, firewalls, and secure access).
• Good understanding of virtualized environments and containerization principles (EKS, ECS, Docker).
• Comfort using scripts and AWS APIs (Python, AWS SDK/CLI, Git) to automate metric collection, compliance tracking, and internal management tool development.

Professional Skills

• Leadership: Ability to advise and influence colleagues, take initiative, and deliver high-quality outputs.
• Communication and Collaboration: Excellent interpersonal communication skills (written and oral) and team spirit. Ability to share knowledge and expertise to interact effectively with stakeholders.
• Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Ability to analyze complex issues, identify root causes, and propose effective solutions.
• Priority Management: Respect for deadlines and ability to work autonomously to reach company objectives.
• Adaptability and Continuous Learning: Ability to adapt quickly to new technologies and environment changes, acquiring new skills as needed.
• Change Tolerance and Perseverance: Ability to handle changing and uncertain situations with ease, staying persistent in pursuing goals.
• Courage: Openness to addressing issues with relevant individuals in a timely, appropriate manner.
• Individual Accountability and Creativity: Proactive mindset, taking responsibility, and demonstrating creativity in finding solutions. Ability to ask the right questions and obtain necessary information to optimize work.

Other information

Why join Croesus ?

• Annual salary + Corporate profit-sharing plan
• Sports program
• Gym available at our Laval head office
• Telemedicine + group insurance (super useful for the family )
• Group RRSP
• Proximity to Montmorency metro
• Ongoing training and development plan
• Referral bonus
• Indoor and outdoor parking & electric car recharging
• Beautifully renovated and spacious office
• Complimentary breakfast every morning
• Weekly Happy hours, prepared by our Croesus Life Partner