Cloud Engineer

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Harness is a high‑growth company disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable 30 million software developers worldwide to deliver code reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs.

The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.

As a Staff Cloud Engineer at Harness, you will design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure. You will ensure reliability, scalability, and performance, combining Cloud Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices. This role requires a strong technical background, a passion for innovation, and the ability to collaborate in a fast‑paced environment.

• Design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable cloud infrastructure using GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Develop infrastructure‑as‑code using tools such as Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar.
• Implement SRE practices to ensure reliability, availability, and performance of cloud services.
• Develop and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to detect and address issues proactively.
• Perform capacity planning and demand forecasting to ensure system scalability and performance.
• Deploy, manage, and scale applications using Kubernetes (K8s).
• Utilize Helm for packaging, deploying, and managing applications on Kubernetes.
• Design and implement continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to automate delivery of applications and infrastructure.
• Develop automation scripts and tools to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
• Ensure cloud infrastructure and applications meet security and compliance standards.
• Implement security best practices and perform regular security audits and assessments.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑quality solutions.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, sharing best practices and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, site reliability engineering, or related roles.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and cloud‑native services.
• Proficiency in infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform), Helm package manager, and configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Experience with AI‑OPS.

• Experience with SRE principles, including error budgets, SLIs, SLOs, and incident management.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, GCM).

• Expertise in building and managing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Git Lab CI, or Circle
  
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• Strong coding skills (Python, Go, etc.) and familiarity with version control systems (Git).

• Understanding of security best practices for cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Experience with compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS) is a plus.

• Excellent problem‑solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a proactive and innovative approach.

This role will be out of our Mountain View office on a hybrid capacity.

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Time Off and Parental Leave
• Quarterly Harness TGIF‑Off / 4 days
• Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team‑building events
• Recharge & Reset Program
• Monthly internet reimbursement
• Commuter benefits

$181,000—$226,000 USD

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