Senior Cloud Engineer

Overview

Our Company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. That’s why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customers—and our customers’ customers—to make better, more confident decisions. The world’s top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.

Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics. Our platform enables customers to solve complex business challenges from start to scale. Only Teradata gives you the flexibility to handle the massive and mixed data workloads of the future—today.

The Teradata Vantage architecture is cloud-native, delivered as-a-service, and built on an open ecosystem. These design principles make Vantage the ideal foundation to optimize price-performance and AI-driven operational efficiency across multi-cloud environments.

We’re looking for engineers who are passionate about building intelligent, scalable, and secure cloud services powered by AI-driven automation.

As part of the Vantage Cloud Platform Engineering team, you’ll design and implement services that use AI and data-driven insights to manage, optimize, and scale infrastructure across Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure.

You’ll work in a fast-paced environment focused on innovation, automation, and reliability—contributing directly to Teradata’s next generation of self-managing cloud systems.

• Design and build cloud services that manage compute, networking, and control-plane functions across multiple clouds.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and monitoring workflows using intelligent agents.
• Develop threat models to ensure the Cloud platform services are secure and meets our compliance standards.

We are the Cloud Engineering team within a Product Engineering Organization made up of architects and senior engineers collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems on public clouds (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis.
• Experience with Dev Ops methods and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, or Cloud Formation).
• Proficiency in one or more of Java, Go, Python, or C++.
• Familiarity with using AI/ML models or APIs for automation, optimization, or predictive insights.

• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with using AI/ML models or APIs for automation, optimization, or predictive insights.
• Experience with Teradata, RDBMS, or No
  
  SQL databases.
• Knowledge of observability frameworks.
• Enthusiasm for AI-assisted software development tools.

We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are committed to actively working to foster an inclusive environment that celebrates people for all of who they are.

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Teradata is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We welcome and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply and join our team, bringing their unique perspectives and experiences to help us innovate and grow.

Pay Rate:  -  -  Annually

Starting pay for the successful applicant will depend on geographic location, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and candidate experience. Sales roles will be eligible for commission payments tied to quota achievement. All other permanent roles will be eligible for one of our annual incentive plans, which are based on company financial attainment and individual performance.

Employees in this position are also eligible to participate in the Company’s comprehensive benefits programs, which include healthcare, life and disability insurance plans, a 401(k)-retirement savings plan, and time-off programs. Specific details of these benefits, including eligibility criteria and plan options, will be provided during the hiring process and can be reviewed here: