Senior Cloud Engineer: Kubernetes, Automation, Hybrid

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Pleasanton (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus eligible

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Stock Options

Vacation Time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Pleasanton, CA is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join the Technical Operations team. The role is hybrid, three days per week onsite, focusing on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, automation, and cloud-native platforms across public clouds.

You will operate and improve highly available infrastructure, manage containerized environments, advance automation, support databases, and enhance observability and reliability for a cloud-based SaaS platform.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating cloud-native apps with Kubernetes and Docker.
• Hands-on production Kubernetes and container workloads experience.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure public clouds.
• IaC and automation with Terraform or similar.
• Strong cloud administration and cloud-native operations.
• Shell scripting and infrastructure automation.
• Linux or Windows systems administration background.
• Developing or supporting production web apps.

Responsibilities

• 40% Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• 30% Kubernetes & container platforms.
• 20% IaC & automation.
• 10% Databases, monitoring & observability.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

Automation

Shell scripting

Linux

Windows

Go/Java/Powershell

Networking

Troubleshooting

Tools

Jenkins

Artifactory

Consul

Prometheus

Fluentd

Elasticsearch

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC in Pleasanton, CA is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join the Technical Operations team. The role is hybrid, three days per week onsite, focusing on cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, automation, and cloud-native platforms across public clouds.

You will operate and improve highly available infrastructure, manage containerized environments, advance automation, support databases, and enhance observability and reliability for a cloud-based SaaS platform.