Cloud Operations Engineer

Branch

Cloud Operations Engineer joining Branch's Cloud Ops team to implement and maintain cloud infrastructure. Focus on GCP, automation, security, and incident response processes.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $135,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AirflowCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Implement and maintain cloud infrastructure in GCP under the direction of senior engineers.
Contribute to keeping our cloud infrastructure scalable, secure, and highly available.
Build automation that reduces toil and helps infrastructure recover from production incidents.
Troubleshoot issues and provide support for our cloud infrastructure and observability tools.
Help ensure our cloud infrastructure is compliant with relevant security and regulatory standards.
Follow and contribute to incident response process and tooling; participate in monitoring and alerting work across the application stack.
Collaborate within the tech org on infrastructure work, with some exposure to cross-departmental projects, including workflow automation (crons, n8n, Airflow) that bridges infrastructure and business processes.
Participate in Ops team processes: outage incidents, compliance requirements, sprint work, metrics collection, and documentation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
3+ years of professional experience in cloud infrastructure engineering (preferably GCP).
Familiarity with observability tools and processes, such as monitoring, logging, and tracing.
Working experience in at least one programming/scripting language such as Python, Bash, Java, or Go.
Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Some exposure to network and application security practices or teams.
Comfortable leveraging AI tools to accelerate work. The company provides access to Claude, and integrates Copilot and Gemini into automation workflows.
Ability to work in a 24/7 on call rotation.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Market-leading medical, dental, and vision insurance
Stock options
Free Premium-Tier Origin Financial Wellness subscription
Monthly home-office stipend
401k (TransAmerica)
12-weeks paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
Flexible time off + sick and safe time
11 paid company holidays
Branch@Branch Same Day Pay Option

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud infrastructure engineeringGCPPythonBashJavaGoDockerKubernetesobservability toolsnetwork security

Soft Skills

collaborationtroubleshootingincident responsedocumentationmetrics collectionworkflow automationcommunicationproblem-solvingadaptabilitytime management