Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer - Milpitas, CA, United States
$110,000 - $187,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 15 September 2026.
Build, automate, secure, and operate cloud-based platform solutions across multiple cloud platforms, with a preferred focus on GCP and Azure.
About the role
This role involves building, automating, securing, and operating cloud-based platform solutions across multiple cloud platforms. The focus includes GCP and Azure, with AWS also in scope.
What you'll do
- Build scalable, resilient, and secure cloud platforms on IaaS/PaaS across GCP, Azure, and AWS.
- Execute cloud migrations with automation and security posture improvement.
- Drive application and infrastructure modernization for scalability, performance, and efficiency.
- Implement and maintain cloud security controls and governance guardrails aligned with industry standards.
- Build secure cloud networking, including VPN, Cloud Interconnect, ExpressRoute, and Direct Connect.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Azure Bicep/ARM, Google Config Connector, and AWS CloudFormation.
What you'll need
- Eight years of hands-on cloud platform engineering or infrastructure experience, including ownership and operation of secure production environments.
- Proficiency in at least one major cloud platform (GCP or Azure preferred, with AWS in scope) and strong cross-cloud fundamentals.
- Practical understanding of cloud networking, cloud security, containers, Kubernetes, serverless technologies, and microservices.
- Hands-on experience with cloud security controls, including IAM, encryption, key management, network security, and zero-trust principles.
- Working knowledge of cloud governance, monitoring, observability, FinOps, and cost management.
- Demonstrated experience embedding security into IaC and CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps).
Skills: cloud platform engineering, GCP, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
This role has been open 76 days — well above the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
962
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | KLA Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (962 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 21 | 962 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 210 | 6118 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 95 d | 51 d (+44 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: cloud platform engineering, GCP, Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 274 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm · 62 open roles · median 53 d
- AMD · 54 open roles · median 19 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 93 d
- Intel Corporation · 43 open roles · median 12 d
- Cerebras · 36 open roles · median 83 d
How we counted: 962 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.