Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (GCP)

Location: San Salvador, San Salvador Department, sv

Job Description

About You

You are a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer who builds, operates, scales, and maintains infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You manage workloads autonomously, keep environments consistent, and maintain a stable CI/CD pipeline while acting as the first line of troubleshooting in production.

You thrive in environments where autonomy, reliability, and problem solving are highly valued. You stay calm under pressure and bring a hands-on, practical approach to keeping cloud workloads secure, observable, and cost-efficient.

• Note: This position is offered under a 3-month assignment (with the possibility of extension) and follows a hybrid model, with 3 to 4 days per week on-site and 1 to 2 days remote, Monday through Friday.

You Bring to Applaudo the Following Competencies:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field is desired, or equivalent professional experience.
• 2+ years of experience in systems administration, infrastructure, or software development.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience running workloads on GCP.
• Working knowledge of Linux.
• Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of Terraform.
• Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases and IP networking.
• Autonomy and strong problem-solving skills under pressure.
• Working knowledge of English is required; Spanish will be the primary language of communication within the project.
• Google Associate Cloud Engineer certification is desired.

You Will Be Accountable for the Following Responsibilities:

• Administer GKE (node pools and upgrades), Cloud Run, Compute Engine with MIGs, and App Engine.
• Maintain versioned Terraform code, CI/CD with Cloud Build, and images in Artifact Registry.
• Manage the Cloud Storage lifecycle and high availability across Cloud SQL, Spanner, Firestore, or Memorystore.
• Administer VPCs, subnets, Load Balancing, and Cloud NAT.
• Apply least privilege with IAM, Service Accounts, and Workload Identity.
• Implement observability with Cloud Logging and Cloud Monitoring.
• Apply FinOps practices, including right-sizing, labeling, and budgets.
• Ensure parity across environments and act as the first line of troubleshooting in production.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of hands-on experience running workloads on GCP.
• 2+ years of experience in systems administration, infrastructure, or development.
• Working knowledge of Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
• Working knowledge of SQL, NoSQL, and IP networking.

Additional Information

About Us

We Are Engineered Different.

At Applaudo, talented people design, build, and scale meaningful, AI-powered solutions that create real business impact. As an AI-native organization, we collaborate across design, development, cloud, data, and artificial intelligence to turn ideas into scalable products that transform how companies operate, make decisions, and grow.

We are building a high-performance culture grounded in five values: Empowering Excellence, Collaborative Teamwork, Unsolicited Respect, Consistent Transparency, and Efficient Communication. These define how we work, how we support one another, and how we hold ourselves accountable.

Applaudo is a place for people who want to learn fast, take ownership, and work alongside strong teams they are proud to belong to. Joining us means being part of an organization that is evolving intentionally, investing in modern ways of working, and leading AI-native transformation at scale.