Hiring: Principal Cloud Engineering and Production Operations Engineer Company: A10 Networks, Inc Location: San Francisco Bay Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:46:35 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Ansible, ArgoCD, Azure, Bash, CI/CD, Change Management, Chef, CloudFormation, Configuration Management, Datadog, Docker, ELK Stack, GitLab, Grafana, IaC, Jenkins, Kubernetes, OCI, PowerShell, Prometheus, Puppet, Python, Root Cause Analysis, SaaS, Terraform, Zero Trust About the job Experience: •Knowledge of FinOps, cost optimization, and multi-cloud governance frameworks •Operational familiarity with Zero Trust, identity federation, and cloud access security model •Exposure to AI/ML infrastructure or data-driven pipelines is a plus Required Skills: •Design, implement, and maintain cloud and hybrid infrastructure supporting production workloads, enterprise systems, and CI/CD pipelines •Lead the adoption of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools to enable repeatable, auditable, and secure deployments •Architect scalable and fault-tolerant solutions across OCI, AWS, Azure, and on-prem data centers, ensuring high availability and cost efficiency •Evaluate emerging cloud services and technologies for applicability to business needs and long-term scalability goals •Serve as the technical lead for production operations, ensuring uptime, performance, and reliability of customer-facing and internal systems •Develop and maintain observability frameworks leveraging metrics, logs, and traces to ensure proactive detection and rapid response •Partner with engineering teams to implement SRE-inspired practices, including service level objectives (SLOs), error budgets, and post-incident reviews •Drive root cause analysis, performance tuning, and continuous improvement of production services Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field; Master’s preferred •10+ years of experience in cloud and infrastructure engineering, including 3+ years in a senior or principal role •Expertise with OCI (preferred), AWS and/or Azure cloud services, including networking, compute, storage, and identity management •Proven experience managing production-scale environments supporting mission-critical applications and services •CI/CD and DevOps toolchains (Jenkins, GitLab, ArgoCD) •Monitoring and observability platforms (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK) •Scripting and automation (Python, Bash, PowerShell) •Solid understanding of security, compliance, and networking principles in hybrid environments •Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and incident management skills •Demonstrated ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept to execution Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!