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Senior Cloud Engineer / Hybrid in Pleasanton

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLCPleasanton, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 30, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Senior Cloud Engineer role offers an exciting opportunity to drive the scalability and reliability of a leading fintech SaaS platform, with a strong emphasis on Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. You'll thrive here if you have a passion for automation, infrastructure as code, and collaborating with engineering teams to build robust systems, all within a flexible hybrid work environment. Don't miss out on this chance to significantly impact a growing organization and advance your cloud expertise.

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

Pleasanton, CA, United States

Posted

1 week ago

DockerMongoDBRubySQLSQL ServerShellAWSAzureC#ConsulGoogle CloudJavaJenkinsKubernetesPostgreSQLPowerShellPrometheusTerraform

Job Description

An established fintech SaaS technology organization is currently hiring a Senior Cloud Engineer to join its Technical Operations team in Pleasanton, CA. This is a full-time hybrid position requiring three days per week onsite and focuses on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, automation, platform reliability, and cloud-native technologies across public cloud environments.
This role will support the continued growth and scalability of a cloud-based enterprise software platform. The engineer will be responsible for operating and improving highly available infrastructure, managing containerized environments, advancing automation initiatives, supporting database platforms, and enhancing observability and operational efficiency. The position involves hands-on work across cloud platforms, DevOps tooling, open-source technologies, and production systems while partnering with engineering teams to strengthen reliability, scalability, and cloud-native best practices.
Required Skills & Experience

Professional experience building and operating cloud-native applications using Kubernetes and Docker
Hands-on experience running Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production environments
Experience supporting AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, or similar public cloud platforms
Hands-on Infrastructure as Code and automation experience using Terraform or comparable technologies
Strong cloud infrastructure administration and cloud-native operations experience
Experience with shell scripting and infrastructure automation
Strong Linux or Windows systems administration background
Experience developing or supporting production web applications
Programming or scripting experience with Go, Java, C#, PowerShell, Ruby, or similar technologies
Experience supporting distributed production environments at scale
Understanding of networking fundamentals, distributed systems, and software development processes
Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills
Ability to develop clean, maintainable automation and operational tooling

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience operating Kubernetes outside of managed public cloud environments, including bare-metal deployments
Experience supporting multiple public cloud providers
Experience administering PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and SQL Server
Experience supporting Jenkins, Artifactory, Consul, or related DevOps platforms
Experience with Prometheus, Fluentd, Elasticsearch, or other observability technologies
Experience contributing to open-source projects
Background working within SaaS or product-focused engineering organizations
Experience supporting highly scalable enterprise software platforms
Experience working in FedRAMP or other compliance-driven environments

What You Will Be Doing
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