Cloud Operations Engineer
Job description
The Cloud Operations Engineer I keeps Varicent's production services highly available and cost-effective, monitoring and resolving production problems with minimal business impact. The role sits in the Cloud Operations team of a growth-stage SaaS company.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote
- Pay
- MXN 450,900 – 591,700 / year
What you'll do
- Follow standard procedures to handle and resolve requests for the Cloud Operations team
- Support, optimize, and improve production environments as part of a squad of cloud engineers
- Carry out proactive maintenance of supported customer environments
- Manage application infrastructures across several geographically dispersed data centers
- Work with application teams to automate application setup, deployment, and configuration
- Provide technical solutions to automate processes or functions to improve business operations
- Continually monitor and tune application infrastructure to ensure optimal performance, availability, and utilization of resources
- Engineer and deploy releases, enhancements, and upgrades or new applications throughout non-production and production environments
- Ensure internal tooling, processes, and procedures are regularly maintained, and provide input into improvement plans and roadmaps
- Provide input on scalability, capacity planning, and high availability concerns
- Work with Architecture, Development, and Quality Assurance teams to contribute to the technical planning of upcoming features in the next release
- Act as the subject matter expert for new features built or enhancements implemented, and propagate that knowledge throughout the team
- Lead technical discussions and design for new projects
- Proactively identify opportunities for process change within the team, and work with stakeholders to improve operations workflows
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
- 2 – 4 years of professional experience in a DevOps role
- Previous experience working on a client-facing product or service in production
- Exposure to modern SaaS application architecture
- Knowledge of IaaS and cloud platforms such as IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform
- Experience in automation and software development with proficiency in languages such as Java, Python, Ruby, C/C++, or PL/SQL
- Scripting capability in PowerShell, BASH, or Python
- Knowledge of configuration management and automation tools such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, and AWS CloudFormation
- Strong technical knowledge of operating system administration for Windows Server and Linux (RedHat/CentOS, Ubuntu)
- Good knowledge of networking principles, with experience in firewalls, load balancers, hardware configurations, and database servers
- Experience implementing, delivering, and troubleshooting CI/CD build pipelines (Jenkins, Git, GitHub, and AWS integration)
- Experience in container technology and microservices, including container application implementation and troubleshooting with Docker (Engine, Images) and management utilities (Kubernetes)
- Experience in SQL and PostgreSQL server administration (backup/recovery) and T-SQL scripting
- Strong knowledge of monitoring and log management tools (NewRelic, CloudWatch)
- Strong troubleshooting and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and frameworks
Your team
Cloud Operations Team
A high-performing team in a growth-stage technology company that values high technical competency and the ability to react quickly to develop solutions for a rapidly growing team.
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About Varicent
Redefining how organizations achieve revenue success
Varicent provides cutting-edge SaaS solutions in the Sales Performance Management (SPM) market.
Mission
Empower revenue leaders globally to design smarter go-to-market strategies, maximize seller performance, and unlock untapped potential.
Key facts
- Sales Performance Management (SPM) SaaS
- Market leader in the 2025 Forrester Wave Report for SPM
- 2023 Ventana Research Revenue Performance Management (RPM) Value Index
- Gartner Peer Insights
- 2024 Gartner SPM Market Guide
Partners & customers
What they value
- Innovate with Purpose
- Join Excellence
- Shape the Future
- Grow Together
