Climate & Environment
Full-time
Senior Cloud Engineer (Network)
Planet
Location
San Francisco, CA (hybrid - 3 days/week in office)
Type
Full-time
Posted
Oct 24, 2025
Compensation
USD 162600 – 203200
Mission
What you will drive
- Work with key stakeholders to design, implement, and manage complex network solutions for our data centers and cloud environments (AWS and GCP)
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for network automation and provisioning
- Implement and maintain network security best practices
- Document network designs, configurations, and procedures
- Configure and manage network devices, including routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers
- Participate in on-call rotations
Impact
The difference you'll make
This role helps build Planet's next generation cloud infrastructure that delivers unprecedented satellite imaging data to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors, enabling customers to solve the world's toughest obstacles.
Profile
What makes you a great fit
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- 6+ years of experience in network engineering
- Extensive experience with AWS and GCP cloud networking - VPCs, Route Tables, Security Groups, NACLs, etc.
- Experience with application networking requirements - Load Balancers, HA-Proxy, Nginx, etc.
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform (preferred), Ansible or Crossplane
- Experience working in an Agile development environment
- Advanced understanding of networking protocols and technologies (BGP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, VPNs, etc.)
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Benefits
What's in it for you
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
- Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
- 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Home Office Reimbursement
- Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
- Equity
- Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
- Volunteering Paid Time Off
- Salary range: $162,600 - $203,200 USD
About
Inside Planet
Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history, delivering empirical data via a cloud-based platform to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors to help solve global challenges.