The Company

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. 

We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.

We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. 

Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.

Job Summary:

Meet our Team:
This role is within the Cloud Platform Engineering group at PayPal. The team is responsible for implementing next generation Cloud Platform with cluster managers (Kubernetes) and containers (docker/containerd) in Multi Cloud (public and private) to support PayPal business teams to scale their applications that serve millions of customers worldwide and process billions of dollars in payments.

What you need to know about the role
The Sr. System & Cloud Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing cloud-based systems and solutions. This role involved enabling business and product teams with their cloud requirements, while optimizing cloud resources, ensuring data security, and supporting applications that utilize cloud infrastructure.

Your role is crucial in pushing our technology forward to optimizefunctionality, performance, reliability, and scalability. You will gain an in-depth understanding of our products and services to drive next-generation cloud platform development. This involves estimating engineering efforts, prioritizing projects, planning implementations, and triaging production issues.

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Oversee load balancers, Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) equipment, Content Delivery Network (CDN) platforms, and troubleshoot client/server issues.
• Handle proactive and reactive outages, work with vendors, and take ownership of network incidents, escalations, and root cause analysis.
• Lead backbone network design and architecture for on-premises and public cloud migration, and build hybrid connectivity solutions.
• Work with business unit leadership, product managers, and customers to develop project objectives, timelines, and feature requirements.
• Support network system availability, manage network capacity, and ensure compliance with Information Security standards.
• Deploy equipment, manage SSL certificate hosting and renewal, and build infrastructure for data centers and cloud environments.
• Implement and continually improve operational procedures, systems, and network engineering best practices.
• Offer on-call support, monitor infrastructure and hosted services, and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Manage and influence global teams, provide guidance and support, and mentor team members in areas of expertise.
• Communicate incident impacts, risks, and mitigation plans to executives, document incident information, and create network engineering documentation and best practices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator Associate)
• 4+ years of experience in cloud engineering or a related field.
• Proficiency in cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash).
• Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., Puppet, Chef).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices.
• Knowledge of networking concepts, firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers.
• Participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation.
• Comfortable with REST, JSON, XML and similar web service concepts
• Several years’ experience administering Production Linux systems (RHEL/CentOS preferred) in a 24x7 Production environment
• Strong understanding of the OSI layering model, (HTTP/S, DNS, NFS, SMTP, SSH)
• Strong understanding of network architecture and protocols for LAN and WAN (TCP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, BGP)
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable infrastructure in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Operate both cloud-based and Kubernetes systems during our migration journey to Kubernetes
• Ensure infrastructure follows best security practices (IAM, encryption, secrets management)
• Build and maintain cloud-native services such as EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, Azure Functions, etc
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools
• Design and deploy scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Implement and manage cloud services, including storage, compute, and security services.
• Infrastructure Automation: Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance.

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

20

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PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.

The total compensation for this practice may include an annual performance bonus (or other incentive compensation, as applicable), equity, and medical, dental, vision, and other benefits. For more information, visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

The US national annual pay range for this role is $123,500 to $212,850

For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com.

Who We Are:

Click Here to learn more about our culture and community.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at [email protected].

Belonging at PayPal: 

Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal.

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We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.