Cloud Platform Engineer: Automation & Reliability (Onsite)

Fortinet; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity program

401(k)

Job summary

Fortinet in Santa Clara, CA seeks a hands-on engineer to develop and maintain Python backend services and automation tooling. You will contribute to infrastructure-as-code, containerized deployments with Kubernetes, and production support after training. Collaboration with global teams and a strong grounding in CS fundamentals are essential.

Ideal candidates have a CS/CE degree, are authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship, and can work onsite four days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/CE or related field.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• Proficient Python programming through coursework, projects, internships, or professional work.
• Solid CS fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, software design.
• Experience with Linux and basic networking concepts.
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative software development.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a willingness to learn new technologies.
• Clear communication and collaboration with local and global teams.
• Ability to work onsite in Santa Clara, CA, four days per week.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services and automation tools, primarily in Python, with guidance from experienced engineers.
• Contribute to automation for provisioning, deployment, upgrades, scaling, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Help maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform/OpenTofu and related tools.
• Support the development and deployment of containerized services using Kubernetes.
• Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational tooling.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment workflows.
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues across backend services, cloud infrastructure, Linux systems, and networking with team support.
• Collaborate with product, QA, SRE, and security teams to deliver reliable and secure cloud services.
• Participate in code reviews, document your work, and learn engineering best practices.
• Gradually take on production support responsibilities, including participation in an on-call rotation after appropriate training and onboarding.

Skills

Python programming

Linux fundamentals

Git & collaboration

Problem solving

US work authorization

Strong communication

Willingness to learn

On-site collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Kubernetes

Prometheus/Grafana

ClickHouse

Cloud platforms (AWS/OpenStack/Azure/GC)

Job description

Fortinet in Santa Clara, CA seeks a hands-on engineer to develop and maintain Python backend services and automation tooling. You will contribute to infrastructure-as-code, containerized deployments with Kubernetes, and production support after training. Collaboration with global teams and a strong grounding in CS fundamentals are essential.

Ideal candidates have a CS/CE degree, are authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship, and can work onsite four days per week.