Cloud Governance Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

Join us in bringing joy to customer experience. Five9 is a leading provider of cloud contact center software, bringing the power of cloud innovation to customers worldwide.

Living our values everyday results in our team-first culture and enables us to innovate, grow, and thrive while enjoying the journey together.

We celebrate diversity and foster an inclusive environment, empowering our employees to be their authentic selves.

We are seeking a skilled and passionate Cloud Governance Engineer to join our Infrastructure team. In this role, you'll develop governance strategies for multi-cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure) to ensure regulatory compliance.

You'll enforce IAM policies, track key security metrics, and work with various teams including IT, Finance, Security, DevOps, and Cloud Architects to maintain consistent controls and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop and implement governance strategies, policies, frameworks, and procedures in a multi-cloud environment (GCP, AWS, Azure) to standardize business operations and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and regulations (SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR, FedRAMP).
• Work with security teams to effectively enforce Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and network security best practices across the organization.
• Develop and maintain dashboards that would track cloud governance metrics such as security posture, timely key rotation, and compliance.
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to identify service level objectives (SLOs), key performance indicators (KPIs), and metrics for measuring operational efficiency and compliance.
• Work closely with IT, Finance, Security, DevOps, Cloud Architects, and Product Engineering development teams to maintain consistent governance controls across all environments.

Requirements :

• 3+ years of working with modern public cloud services such as EC2, VPC, S3 / GCS, IAM, and AWS / GCP CLI.
• Hands-on experience with cloud security controls, identity and access management (IAM), network security, encryption, and data protection tools such as GCP Organization Policy, AWS Config, or Azure Policy.
• Proficiency in CI / CD programming, scripting (e.g., Python, PowerShell) and automation tools (e.g., Ansible) for cloud governance and infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of automation principles and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager (ARM).
• Experience establishing and maintaining strong working relationships with a wide variety of business groups (Development, Product, Network Engineering, Voice Engineer, Security, etc.

and being able to translate technical information into business-friendly language.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other relevant technical field.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes best practices.
• Experience with Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS).
• Experience with Okta integration.
• Result orientated, self-starter.
• AWS certified.
• GCP certified.

Work Location : This role is fully remote for candidates who reside outside the 50 mile radius of our San Ramon office. For candidates who reside within 50 miles of our San Ramon location, this role is Hybrid and would require 3 days a week (M, W, TH) in our San Ramon office.

As part of our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Five9 supports pay transparency during the entire recruitment process.

Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including, but not limited to : skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location.

The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the job across the United States. Your recruiter can share more about the specific compensation package during your hiring process.

Additionally, the total compensation package for this position may also include an annual performance bonus, stock, and / or other applicable incentive compensation plans.

Our total reward package also includes :

Health, dental, and vision coverage, beginning on the first day of employment. Five9 covers 100% of the employee portion of the health, dental and vision coverage and shares a high portion of the dependent cost.

We also offer Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance, and a 401k saving plan with employer matching.

• Access to an innovative mental health support platform that offers personalized care and resources in areas such as : therapy, coaching and self-guided mindfulness exercises for all covered employees and their covered dependents.
• Generous employee stock purchase plan.
• Paid Time Off, Company paid holidays, paid volunteer hours and 12 weeks paid parental leave.

All compensation and benefits are subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in the applicable plan documents and any written agreements between the parties.

The US base salary range for this role is below.

$86,500 $161,900 USD

Five9 embraces diversity and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.

The more inclusive we are, the better we are. Five9 is an equal opportunity employer.

Our headquarters are located in the San Francisco Bay Area with global hubs in the United Kingdom, Germany, Philippines, Portugal, and Australia.

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Note : Five9 will never request that an applicant send money as a prerequisite for commencing employment with Five9.