Veeam Software

Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud Workloads)

Veeam Software$172K — $320K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in cloud platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure roles for commercial SaaS products
  • Extensive experience with Elastic Stack, building dashboards, and managing Fleet
  • Proficient in operating multi-tenant workloads on Azure and AWS
  • Strong understanding of various Azure services like AKS and Key Vault
  • Experienced in incident response, including runbook creation and post-incident reviews
  • Familiar with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Azure Bicep and Terraform
  • Strong scripting abilities in Bash, Python, or PowerShell
  • Cross-functional collaboration with SRE and customer support teams

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain observability pipelines using Elastic Stack across cloud environments
  • Develop SLO/SLI dashboards and error budget reporting for platform services
  • Lead incident response for cloud workloads and maintain runbook documentation
  • Create proactive support tools to prevent reactive ticket burdens
  • Manage Elastic Fleet agent policies and log streaming across cloud fleets
  • Collaborate with various teams to enhance observability and operational processes

Benefits

  • Unlimited paid time off and 12 paid holidays, including 4 global self-care days
  • Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision from day one
  • Mental health support and therapy sessions through an Employee Assistance Program
  • 401(k) plan with company matching contributions
  • Support for fertility, adoption, and surrogacy
  • Access to virtual veterinary care at no cost
  • Legal services and identity protection options
  • Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare and commuting
  • Opportunities for professional development through learning resources and events
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join the Workload team within the Veeam R&D Department. You will own critical observability infrastructure, drive incident response maturity, and help scale proactive support capabilities as operational accountability.
What You'll Do
  • Design, build, and maintain observability pipelines using the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Fleet) across Azure and AWS workloads
  • Develop and own SLO/SLI dashboards and error budget reporting for BaaS platform services
  • Respond to and lead incident response for distributed, multi-tenant cloud workloads; own runbook creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement
  • Build and refine proactive support tooling, including pattern analysis, tenant correlation dashboards, and baseline deviation alerting, to reduce reactive support burden
  • Manage and maintain Elastic Fleet agent policies, enrollment health, and log streaming pipelines across Azure and AWS worker fleets
  • Partner with SRE, R&D, and Proactive Support teams to close observability gaps, including tenant identification workflows and admin portal integrations
Technologies we work with
  • Elastic Stack - Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic Fleet, KQL, Query DSL
  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Apps, VMs
  • Azure Security - Entra ID, Managed Identities (user/system assigned), App Registrations, Key Vault
  • Infrastructure as Code - Azure Bicep, Terraform, or Pulumi
  • CI/CD - Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions
  • ITSM tooling - ServiceNow, Salesforce, Jira, Incident.io (for tenant and incident workflows)
What You'll Bring
  • 5+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure roles supporting commercial SaaS products
  • Deep hands-on experience with Elastic Stack: Building dashboards, writing KQL/Query DSL, managing Fleet
  • Proven experience operating and troubleshooting distributed, multi-tenant workloads on Azure and/or AWS
  • Strong understanding of Azure cloud services: AKS, Entra ID, Key Vault, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Private Endpoints, etc.
  • Experience with incident response in production cloud environments, including runbook development and post-incident review
  • Experience with IaC tools (Azure Bicep, Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions)
  • Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or PowerShell
  • Ability to work cross-functionally with SRE, product, and customer-facing support teams
Bonus Skills
  • Familiarity with Veeam Data Platform products

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What you'll get
  • Unlimited paid time off, 12 paid holidays including 4 global VeeaMe Days for self-care and 24 paid volunteer hours annually through Veeam Cares
  • Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on your first day
  • Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via our Employee Assistance Program
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions
  • Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time
  • AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost
  • Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options
  • Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting
  • Opportunities to learn and grow through on-demand libraries (LinkedIn Learning, O'Reilly), mentoring, workshops, and learning events like our annual Global Day of Learning

Pay Transparency

Veeam is committed to pay transparency and equitable compensation. For this role, the compensation range below reflects the expected total target compensation (TTC), inclusive of base pay and a competitive performance-based bonus. For roles with a commission plan, the compensation range represents On Target Earnings (OTE), which includes base salary plus variable commission. When determining compensation, Veeam takes into consideration factors such as experience, education, skills, and geographic zone. Offers are typically made below the midpoint of the range.

In addition to compensation, Veeam provides a comprehensive benefits package, including health coverage, retirement plans, and unlimited time off.

Compensation Range (TTC / OTE)

$172,800-$320,900 USD

About Veeam Software

Veeam Software is a privately held information technology company that develops backup, disaster recovery and intelligent data management software for virtual, physical and multi-cloud infrastructures. The company's headquarters are in Baar, Switzerland, and it has offices in more than 30 countries. Veeam has more than 375,000 customers worldwide, including 82% of the Fortune 500 and 69% of the Global 2,000 enterprises. The company was founded in 2006 by Ratmir Timashev and Andrei Baronov.
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