Cloud Engineer F/H

Are you ready to invent the future of cloud infrastructure? Join us to shape a new era in cloud computing and build a career that matches your ambition. We are looking for Cloud Engineers to design, deploy, and operate the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) layer of the Outscale cloud.

You will work at the intersection of our Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and the underlying physical infrastructure, driving automation, expanding services to new regions, and ensuring the platform is secure, resilient, high-performing, and compliant. You will partner with infrastructure development, automation, and operations teams to implement cloud best practices and deliver production-ready, compliant cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities AREA WHAT YOU’LL DO

Automation & Operations

• Deploy, manage, maintain, and operate Outscale cloud using best-practice patterns for scalability, performance, and security.

• Build, implement, and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) pipelines with Terraform, Ansible/SaltStack, Packer, Jenkins, etc.

• Own the full lifecycle of our IaaS environment, from initial provisioning to continuous supervision, placing a strong emphasis on process automation.

Industrialisation of Deployments

• Automate and industrialise deployments, updates, and regional expansions; ensure repeatable, auditable release pipelines.

Innovation & Optimisation

• Propose and implement system improvements that boost performance, resilience, and cost-efficiency.

• Contribute directly to the technological evolution of the platform.

Performance, Monitoring & KPIs

• Define, implement, and refine critical KPIs (SLI, SLO, SLA).

• Build and maintain observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, ELK) to proactively detect and resolve issues.

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise system performance, reliability, and scalability.

Reliability & Resiliency

• Identify and remediate single points of failure and security risks; ensure system resiliency.

• Analyse and address performance and scalability challenges with durable solutions.

Knowledge Sharing & Documentation

• Write clear technical documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks.

• Conduct knowledge-transfer sessions and internal training to keep the team up-to-date.

Level 3 Incident Investigation & On-Call

• Perform deep-dive investigations on escalations from client-support.

• Participate in on-call rotations and provide timely resolutions.

Collaboration

• Strengthen relationships with internal (development, security, product) and external (vendors, partners) teams to foster a collaborative, innovative environment.

Capacity Planning & Road-Mapping

• Assist in capacity planning and roadmap development for future infrastructure growth.

Compliance

• Ensure all cloud engineering practices comply with internal standards and regulatory requirements (e.g., VA standards).

Minimum Qualifications

• This position requires U.S. citizenship or valid U.S. work authorization.

• Additionally, the selected candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance as a condition of employment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• 3 to 8 years of experience in Linux system administration and infrastructure virtualization.

• Good working knowledge of core AWS infrastructure services with strong scripting/automation skills using Bash and Python

• Expert-level proficiency with SaltStack or Ansible (SaltStack preferred).

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of networking fundamentals, physical and virtual system & storage infrastructure.

• Hands-on experience provisioning, orchestrating, and managing virtual resources.

• Familiarity with data protection, disaster-recovery strategies, and compliance frameworks.

• Working knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operations.

• Strong troubleshooting mindset with an automation-first approach.

| CATEGORY | EXAMPLES | |---|---| | Operating Systems | Linux (CentOS / Rocky) | | Scripting | Python3, Bash | | IaC & Automation | Git, Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack (preferred), Packer, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes | | Virtualisation | QEMU, KVM, VMware ESXi | | Monitoring & Observability | Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix, ELK Stack | | Web & Data Services | HAProxy, Nginx, LevelDB, MongoDB, Redis, Node.js, SQL databases | | Networking | Strong understanding of L2/L3 concepts, physical & virtual networking, storage infrastructure | | Cloud Platforms | Experience with any public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) |