Junior Cloud Engineer, Tooling

Google is hiring a Junior Cloud Engineer, Tooling to join our fully remote team in the United States. As a Junior Cloud Engineer, Tooling, you'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a full-time, work-from-home role open to candidates across the US (Remote — US (CST)). About the role You'll keep our infrastructure reliable, scalable, and secure, partnering with a friendly, distributed team across US time zones. We care about outcomes over hours and give you the autonomy, tools, and support to do your best work from home. What you'll do: • Monitor systems and respond to incidents • Automate deployments and reduce operational toil • Improve observability, alerting, and reliability • Partner with engineering on scalability and security • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code What we offer: • Competitive salary and meaningful equity • Generous paid time off and company holidays • Home office and wellness stipends • Paid parental leave • Annual learning and professional development budget How we work We're remote-first and async-friendly. Expect clear documentation, regular feedback, supportive teammates, and real opportunities to grow your career. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Minimum qualifications: • 0–2 years of experience or equivalent training • Hands-on with Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar • Scripting skills (Bash, Python, or Go) • Strong troubleshooting skills • On-call and incident response experience Nice to have: • Experience working in a fully remote or distributed team • Comfort communicating clearly and proactively in writing