The Role
As a Lead Cloud Engineer, you will automate and manage network solutions in a public cloud environment, enhance developer agility and scalability, and lead network infrastructure projects.
Summary Generated by Built In
Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.
Why join Coupa?
🔹 Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.
🔹 Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.
🔹 Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.
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The Impact of a Lead Cloud Engineer, Networking at Coupa:
As a Lead Cloud Engineer, Networking in our Cloud team, you will help architect, develop, and deliver the infrastructure, tools, and platforms that power Coupa’s SaaS offerings. You will enable developer agility, scalability, and reliability across our global cloud environment through automation and cloud-native engineering practices. Your work will be foundational to Coupa's continued success as we scale for the future.
What You'll Do:
- Automate, deploy, and support network solutions in a massive-scale public cloud environment (AWS, Azure, and GCP).
- Create and develop automation frameworks for multi-cloud architecture
- Apply relevant programming experience.
- Utilize your strong knowledge of networks and protocols.
- Manage Linux-based servers.
- Participate in design reviews and provide network support and leadership to the Engineering organization.
- Champion a development mindset, focusing on managing network infrastructure as code, eliminating toil, and fostering a strong sense of accountability and service ownership.
- Evaluate, implement, and support network performance, capacity, and availability monitoring tools.
- Help to grow the global network function by onboarding new engineers.
- Stay up to date with the latest developments in network infrastructure, network with peers, and attend industry events.
- Participate in an on-call rotation.
- Occasional travel may be required to perform job functions.
What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with 7+ years of professional experience, including some within an enterprise SaaS organization.
- Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python, Ruby).
- Development experience with Chef, Ansible, or equivalent configuration management tools.
- Strong runbook automation experience using Rundeck or equivalent tools.
- In-depth, hands-on experience deploying cloud network infrastructure using Terraform, CDK for Terraform, and CloudFormation, or extensive experience with Chef & Ansible.
- Experience deploying infrastructure as code using CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions/Workflows, or equivalent).
- Knowledge of Firewalls, IDS/IPS, DNS, BGP, and Cloud network constructs (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Experience with the administration of Linux-based servers.
- Confidence in owning and delivering projects and issues to resolution.
- A passion for excellence, natural problem-solving abilities, and critical thinking, with a drive to understand and resolve complex issues.
- A solid understanding of networking systems and protocols, particularly as they pertain to a public cloud environment.
- A desire to work in a collaborative and supportive work environment.
Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.
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Top Skills
Ansible
AWS
Azure
Azure Devops
Bash
Bgp
Cdk For Terraform
Chef
CloudFormation
Dns
Firewalls
GCP
Github Actions/Workflows
Ids/Ips
Jenkins
Python
Ruby
Rundeck
Terraform
What the Team is Saying
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Operations Analyst, Order Management
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Technical Support Specialist
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Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud
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The Company
What We Do
Coupa is a global technology company that helps businesses run smarter by connecting all the ways they spend money — from procurement and expenses to payments and supply chain decisions — in one intelligent platform. In simple terms, Coupa gives organizations the visibility and control they need to make better financial choices, reduce waste, and drive real impact. It’s where technology meets purpose: helping companies manage their resources more responsibly while creating a positive ripple across their people, partners, and the planet.
Why Work With Us
At Coupa, we prioritize an inclusive and empathetic workplace where every voice is valued. Our teams are proactive and accountable, ensuring we collaborate effectively to achieve our goals. The foundation of our culture rests on our people; we believe in fostering an environment that encourages innovation and curiosity.
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Employees work remotely.
Our virtual-first approach is intentional. It gives you the freedom to do your best work in a space that supports focus, balance, and creativity, while staying connected to a global team of changemakers who are redefining the future of business spend
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