Cloud Operations Engineer

About Our Client

The organization operates in the financial technology sector, focusing on expanding financial access and empowering workers through innovative financial products. It addresses challenges related to payment acceleration and access to transparent, inclusive financial services for working Americans. With a remote workforce distributed across the United States, the organization emphasizes innovation, diversity, collaboration, and technology-driven solutions.

About the Opportunity

The Cloud Operations Engineer supports and maintains cloud infrastructure to ensure scalability, security, reliability, and availability. This role contributes to infrastructure automation, incident response, observability, and compliance while collaborating with technical teams to improve cloud operations and business workflows. The position plays an important role in maintaining a stable, secure, and efficient cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain Google Cloud Platform infrastructure under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Support cloud infrastructure scalability, security, reliability, and high availability.
• Develop automation that reduces manual operational work and improves production recovery.
• Troubleshoot cloud infrastructure, applications, and observability tools.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and maintain effective alerting and logging practices.
• Participate in incident response, outage management, and on-call operations.
• Support compliance with applicable security and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate on infrastructure projects and automation initiatives that connect technical infrastructure with business processes.
• Contribute to sprint planning, operational metrics, documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, operational efficiency, and infrastructure workflows.
• Maintain clear documentation for infrastructure, operational procedures, incidents, and system changes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, preferably with Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with observability practices and tools for monitoring, logging, and distributed tracing.
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as Python, Bash, Java, or Go.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of network and application security principles and practices.
• Ability to use AI tools to improve productivity, automation, and operational efficiency.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with infrastructure, engineering, and business teams.
• Availability to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Pay

Base salary range of $135,000–$150,000 per year. Actual compensation may vary based on qualifications, experience, and other relevant factors.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Stock options.
• Financial wellness subscription.
• Monthly home-office stipend.
• 401(k) plan.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents.
• Flexible time off plus sick and safe time.
• 11 paid company holidays.
• Same-day pay option.