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Cloud Platform Engineer jobs are open across technology, financial services, healthcare, and enterprise software, from junior to staff and principal level, with specializations in Kubernetes orchestration, cloud infrastructure automation, and multi-cloud architecture. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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INTRODUCTION
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Austin, TX, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience in technology related sales or business development at a business-to-business (B2B) software company.
- 3 years of experience in coaching, mentoring, or developing team members.
- Experience in sales management and delivering against sales attainment goals.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Technology sales experience focused on breaking into accounts and working on net new customer acquisition.
- Experience working with, and influencing, executive stakeholders.
- Experience analyzing and presenting business performance data.
- Experience managing multiple tasks with shifting priorities and varying deadlines.
ABOUT THE JOB
The Google Cloud Small/Medium Businesses (SMB) team focuses on working with small and medium-sized businesses, startups, and digital native customers. As an SMB Sales Manager, you will have the opportunity to help transform how SMB organizations operate in the region. You'll build and manage a team of sales representatives, working to drive awareness, adoption and business growth for Google’s public cloud. You'll also participate in all aspects of building the business, including attainment of assigned strategic objectives, business planning, demand generation, customer engagement, and at-scale marketing activities.
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $124000 - $180000 (USD) + 66.67% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of SMB sellers to acquire new Google Cloud customers, achieve team goals to maximize business growth by focusing on motivating, enabling and developing the team to be successful.
- Manage the business operation to function at scale, prioritizing methods to operate more efficiently while maintaining high-touch customer engagement.
- Manage a weekly forecasting cadence through detailed pipeline reviews. Provide regular updates to leadership on progress against quarterly goals.
- Coach, develop and maintain a high-performing culture that attracts and retains talent.
- Manage productive relationships with sales development, marketing leaders, and representatives as well as our partner ecosystem, to drive strategy and execution.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.
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Who's Hiring
- Google17

- Accenture Federal Services8

- JPMorganChase5

- Palo Alto Networks5

- The Hartford4

Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software33
- Insurance8
- Banking & Financial Services7
- Aerospace & Defense4
- Agriculture & Farming3
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in cloud platform engineer jobs.
- 3 or more years of hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Proficiency with Kubernetes and container orchestration in production environments
- Experience writing infrastructure as code using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD
- Understanding of networking concepts including VPCs, load balancers, DNS, and security groups
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
Tips for Your Cloud Platform Engineer Job Search
Tailor your resume to cloud stacks
List the specific cloud providers and tools you've used, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, Helm, in your resume's skills section and in context within each role description. Recruiters and automated filters screen for exact tool names, not general phrases like 'cloud experience.'
Highlight infrastructure-as-code contributions
Hiring managers for platform roles want to see that you've written and maintained IaC, not just used pipelines someone else built. Call out specific Terraform modules, Helm charts, or Ansible playbooks you authored and what they automated or replaced.
Target openings by platform specialty
Cloud platform engineer is a broad title. Filter your search by the cloud provider or orchestration layer you know best, Kubernetes-focused roles differ significantly from FinOps or networking-heavy platform jobs. Matching your specialty to the opening improves your interview hit rate.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists cloud platform engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare for system design questions on platform scale
Platform engineer interviews almost always include a system design round focused on reliability, autoscaling, or multi-region failover. Practice designing systems that balance cost optimization with availability SLAs, since interviewers want to see how you think about trade-offs, not just architecture patterns.
Negotiate using scope, not just title
When discussing compensation, anchor on the breadth of infrastructure you'll own, number of clusters, cloud spend under management, or team size you support. Platform engineers who frame their impact in operational scope tend to negotiate stronger offers than those who focus on title alone.
Cloud Platform Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most cloud platform engineers?
The companies hiring the most cloud platform engineers right now include Google, Accenture Federal Services, and JPMorganChase, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is concentrated at companies running large-scale internal platforms or managing cloud infrastructure for enterprise clients.
How many cloud platform engineer jobs are remote?
About 65% of cloud platform engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting how much of the work is done through terminals, dashboards, and configuration files rather than on-site hardware. Sub-specializations in cloud automation, SRE, and DevOps platform engineering tend to have the highest share of remote-eligible roles.
How do you become a cloud platform engineer?
Start by building a foundation in Linux administration, networking fundamentals, and scripting in Python or Bash. Then gain hands-on experience with a major cloud provider by working through labs, personal projects, or an entry-level DevOps or systems role. Earning a cloud associate certification validates your baseline. From there, focus on Kubernetes, IaC tooling, and CI/CD pipelines, which are the core skill set most platform teams hire for at the mid-level and above.
Can you get a cloud platform engineer job with no experience?
Direct hires into cloud platform engineer roles with no professional experience are rare, but you can build a credible entry point. Set up a home lab using free-tier cloud accounts to deploy Kubernetes clusters, write Terraform configurations, and automate deployments. Document that work in a public repository. Many engineers land their first platform role by moving laterally from a systems administrator, software developer, or DevOps support position where they contributed to infrastructure work.
What does the cloud platform engineer interview process look like?
Most processes run three to four rounds. An initial recruiter screen is followed by a technical phone interview covering cloud fundamentals and your experience with specific tools. A system design round then asks you to architect a scalable or highly available platform solution, often with cost and reliability trade-offs built in. Final rounds typically include a coding or scripting exercise and a team interview focused on how you approach incidents, oncall, and cross-functional collaboration.
Where can I find and apply to cloud platform engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to cloud platform engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your cloud provider experience, seniority level, and preferred work arrangement, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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