Senior Cloud Engineer

This is a hybrid role. Local candidates only in the San Diego County area. 

About PeopleConnect

People Search is an award-winning web development division within the PeopleConnect portfolio that serves over one million customers nationwide. Our cutting-edge technology connects, informs, and protects people both online and offline.

Our websites consistently rank among the top 500 most visited in the United States, and our products have been featured by Discovery Channel, Mashable, Vice, Entrepreneur, and Business Insider. Our technology has even made a cameo in a Disney animated comedy.

A pioneer of new ideas, we continually develop and deploy innovative strategies and solutions. Our people and culture are innovative, creative, collaborative, and highly talented. Together, we make things happen.

About the Role

PeopleConnect is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to operate, scale, and optimize our existing cloud infrastructure in production environments. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role centered on reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency at scale.

You will partner closely with software engineering, data, and security teams to ensure our cloud platforms are stable, observable, and resilient. This role emphasizes operational excellence and continuous improvement rather than greenfield architecture ownership.

This is an office-based role with a hybrid schedule, including one flexible work-from-home day per week, based in our San Diego office.

Core Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Operations

• Operate, maintain, and continuously improve existing cloud infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code

• Manage and scale production workloads running on Google Cloud Platform

• Support and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable, automated deployments

• Operate and support containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes

Reliability, Performance, and Availability

• Ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of production systems

• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging, and alerting to support strong observability

• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and post-incident follow-ups

• Support backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity processes

Collaboration and Engineering Excellence

• Partner with application, data, and security teams to support infrastructure needs

• Apply and reinforce operational best practices, standards, and documentation

• Identify opportunities for performance, reliability, and cost optimization

• Contribute to initiatives that support team and organizational success

Desired Skills and Experience

Experience and Technical Expertise

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or SRE roles

• Strong hands-on experience operating production environments on Google Cloud Platform

• Strong experience with Cloudflare, including DNS, CDN, WAF, and bot management

• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform

• Experience running containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes

• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security, and identity concepts

• Proven experience supporting high-availability, production systems at scale

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices

• Experience working in Agile development environments

Education and Professional Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

• Strong operational troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

• Clear communicator who collaborates effectively across teams

• Detail-oriented, self-directed, and execution-focused

Salary

Base Range: $120k - $155k

This position is exempt (salaried).

The range reflects what the company reasonably expects to pay for the position. Actual compensation depends on experience, qualifications, and scope of responsibility.

Benefits

• 100% company-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

• Generous bonus package

• Unlimited Vacation policy

• Paid Sick Leave and Paid Holidays

• 401(k) Plan with company match

• Daily company-paid lunches for onsite employees

• Paid Parental Leave and Dependent Care support

• Student Loan Repayment Program and 529 Education Savings Plan

• Training and Education Reimbursement

• Paid Parking

• Pet Insurance and Employee Referral Rewards

• Dog-friendly office, complimentary snacks, beverages, and on-site gym

The Company’s Applicant and Worker Privacy Notice can be found here.

PeopleConnect is an equal opportunity employer.

Local area candidates are encouraged to apply. Please note we are not able to offer visa sponsorship, visa transfer, or corp-to-corp arrangements.

Note for Principal Agencies: Principal agents should not forward resumes to PeopleConnect, as we will not be responsible for any fees arising from resumes submitted without a prior written and signed agreement and authorized job order in place.