Cloud Engineer

Key Responsibilities

Automation & Operations

• Deploy, manage, maintain, and operate Outscale cloud using bestpractice patterns for scalability, performance, and security.
• Build, implement, and maintain InfrastructureasCode (IaC) pipelines with Terraform, Ansible/SaltStack, Packer, Jenkins, etc.
• Own the full lifecycle of our IaaS environment, from initial provisioning to continuous supervision, placing a strong emphasis on process automation.

Industrialisation of Deployments

• Automate and industrialise deployments, updates, and regional expansions; ensure repeatable, auditable release pipelines.

Innovation & Optimisation

• Propose and implement system improvements that boost performance, resilience, and costefficiency.
• Contribute directly to the technological evolution of the platform.

Performance, Monitoring & KPIs

• Define, implement, and refine critical KPIs (SLI, SLO, SLA).
• Build and maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, ELK) to proactively detect and resolve issues.
• Maintain monitoring, troubleshoot, and optimise system performance, reliability, and scalability.

Reliability & Resiliency

• Identify and remediate single points of failure and security risks; ensure system resiliency.
• Analyse and address performance and scalability challenges with durable solutions.

Knowledge Sharing & Documentation

• Write clear technical documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks.
• Conduct knowledgetransfer sessions and internal training to keep the team uptodate.

Level3 Incident Investigation & OnCall

• Perform deepdive investigations on escalations from clientsupport.
• Participate in oncall rotations and provide timely resolutions.

Collaboration

• Strengthen relationships with internal (development, security, product) and external (vendors, partners) teams to foster a collaborative, innovative environment.

Capacity Planning & RoadMapping

• Assist in capacity planning and roadmap development for future infrastructure growth.

Compliance

• Ensure all cloudengineering practices comply with internal standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., VA standards).

Minimum Qualifications

• This position requires U.S. citizenship or valid U.S. work authorization.
• The selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance as a condition of employment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 3–8years of experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Proven expertise in Unix/Linux environments with strong scripting/automation skills (Bash, Python).
• Expertlevel proficiency with SaltStack or Ansible (SaltStack preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of networking fundamentals, physical and virtual system & storage infrastructure.
• Handson experience provisioning, orchestrating, and managing virtual resources.
• Familiarity with data protection, disasterrecovery strategies, and compliance frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operations.
• Strong troubleshooting mindset with an automationfirst approach.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $110800 and $130300, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.

Inclusion statement

OUTSCALE offers virtual twins of organizations and trusted cloud environments that make innovation easier and grow competitiveness in a sustainable way.

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