PayPal Sr System & Cloud Engineer 

France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 

697097694

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.

Expected Qualifications:

• 3+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience.

Core Technical Skills:Service Mesh Tech: Hands-on experience with Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect, or AWS App Mesh; Envoy Proxy management; strong grasp of service discovery, load balancing, circuit breaking, retries, and fault injection.Programming: Proficient in Go or Python for automation/CLI tool development; knowledgeable in concurrent programming, networking libraries, API integrations, and microservices.Container Orchestration: Practical knowledge of Kubernetes (CRDs, operators, networking), Docker, Helm, and GitOps.Networking & Security: Deep understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP/2, gRPC, TLS/mTLS, network policies, microsegmentation, and zero-trust security.Observability: Experience with distributed tracing, metricslog aggregation, SLI/SLO monitoring.Command Line: Advanced bash scripting, awk/sed usage, packet analysis (tcpdump/Wireshark), and system troubleshooting.

Travel Percent:

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 .

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

Our Benefits:

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