Cloud Reliability Engineer
US$150,000 – US$180,000 / yr base salary
Posted 22 Jun 2026
Advertised as “Senior Cloud Reliability Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 5+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
| Base salary | US$150,000 – US$180,000 / yr |
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WHAT YOU’LL DO
The Senior Cloud Reliability Engineer will be responsible for writing and integrating various open source and closed sources tools. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of systems engineering and automation, including configuration management, containerization, and scripting.
THE DAY-TO-DAY
- Develop, configure, and deploy tools for cloud based systems and services
- Containerize new and legacy applications
- Maintain awareness of new and exciting technologies
- Provide LOE/scoping for projects
- Support development and operations teams
- Enhance, modify or debug developer code as needed
- Ensure comprehensive observability across all aspects of application and system performance through maintenance, enhancement, and detection efforts
- Required to participate in an on-call rotation for timely response to system incidents and maintenance needs
QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
- 5+ years experience in a DevOps or SRE-related role
- 3+ years experience with Linux administration in a professional setting
- 3+ years experience with one or more large cloud providers (AWS, Google)
- 2+ years experience with serverless architecture (AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions)
- 2+ years using Docker and or Kubernetes
- 2+ years experience using Terraform - writing vanilla Terraform to instrumenting modules
- Ability to create CI/CD pipelines GitHub Actions
- Demonstrated proficiency in at least one of programming the following languages: Python, GoLang.
- Experience working with SQL and Google BigQuery
LIFE AT VIANT
Investing in our employee’s professional growth is important to us, but so is investing in their well-being. That’s why Viant was voted one of the best places to work and some of our favorite employee benefits include fully paid health insurance, paid parental leave and unlimited PTO and more.
Base compensation range: $150,000 - $180,000 In accordance with California law, the range provided is Viant’s reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. Final title and compensation for the position will be based on several factors including work experience and education.
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