Cloud Infrastructure Automation Specialist

3 days ago


San Francisco, California, United States Earnest Current Job Openings Full time

Earnest is a financial technology company that aims to make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone. Our mission is to empower students with financial support and help them pay down their debt quickly.

We build innovative tools that simplify the financial future of individuals, including private student loans, student loan refinancing, and scholarships. Our goal is to free students from the stress of student debt and help them live their best lives.

About the Role

The Cloud Infrastructure Automation Specialist position will report directly to the Lead Cloud Engineer. As an automation expert, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and resilience of our cloud infrastructure and systems.

  • You will set up and maintain comprehensive monitoring, create and refine playbooks, build dashboards, and adopt industry-standard practices to enhance system reliability.
  • Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure reliable, scalable, and high-performance systems.
  • Implement and maintain both in-house and SaaS-based tools to measure Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs), and Service Level Indicators (SLIs).
  • Identify opportunities for automation across the infrastructure to minimize manual interventions and improve response times.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, respond to incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and contribute to post-incident reviews.
About You

To be successful in this role, you should have:

  • 3+ years of professional experience in Site Reliability Engineering or a similar role, with a focus on infrastructure, automation, and system reliability.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud providers (AWS), containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools.
  • A willingness to travel to our Oakland office monthly to collaborate with team members.
Compensation Package

This role offers a competitive salary range of $155,000-$175,000 USD, based on job-related qualifications and experience. Our benefits package includes:

  • Health, dental, and vision benefits plus savings plans
  • Mac computers and a work-from-home stipend
  • Monthly internet and phone reimbursement
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Robust tuition reimbursement program
  • $1,000 travel perk on each Earnie-versary
  • Competitive days of annual PTO
  • Competitive parental leave
Company Culture

We value a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging at Earnest. Our culture emphasizes:

  • Drivers - Individuals who take ownership of projects and teams, demanding high standards from themselves and others.
  • Humility - Team players who prioritize the needs of the team above their own, seeking feedback and giving feedback to others.
  • Growth Mindset - Individuals who approach challenges and failures as learning opportunities, seeking feedback and genuinely wanting to perform well.


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