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Cloud Engineer

ASML is hiring a Cloud Engineer. It pays $81k-$111k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on ASML.

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  • Level rates this role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
  • Tools and skills the posting cites include Google Cloud, Splunk and Kubernetes.
  • Level classifies it as a mid-level role.
  • Level lists 812 other open roles at ASML.

AI in this role

Cloud Engineer to design and optimize GCP cloud infrastructure, integrating AI/ML services and driving digital transformation.

Google CloudSplunkKubernetesDocker
cloud-architectureci-cdinfrastructureautomation

Introduction to the role

ASML US, including its affiliates and subsidiaries, bring together the most creative minds in science and technology to develop lithography machines that are key to producing faster, cheaper, more energy-efficient microchips. We design, develop, integrate, market, and service these advanced machines, which enable our customers - the world’s leading chipmakers - to reduce the size and increase the functionality of their microchips, which in turn leads to smaller, more powerful consumer electronics. Our headquarters are in Veldhoven, Netherlands, and we have 18 office locations around the United States including main offices in Chandler, Arizona, San Jose and San Diego, California, Wilton, Connecticut, and Hillsboro, Oregon.

You must be work authorized in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship.

Role and responsibilities

The Cloud Engineer designs, builds, and optimizes cloud‑native applications and infrastructure with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), automation, and AI-driven capabilities. You will collaborate with engineering and business teams to deliver scalable, secure, high‑performance solutions. This role blends software engineering, cloud architecture, and operational excellence to accelerate ASML’s digital and AI transformation.

  • Architect, deploy, and maintain GCP-based platforms, integrating AI/ML services, data pipelines, and automated infrastructure.

  • Build and support cloud-native applications, including installation, patching, performance tuning, and systems hardening.

  • Implement monitoring, observability, and logging using tools such as Splunk and native GCP services.

  • Troubleshoot complex distributed systems using diagnostic tools and structured problem analysis.

  • Serve as Tier 1 / Tier 2 escalation for cloud and platform issues, ensuring fast resolution and clear communication.

  • Drive CI/CD automation, Git-based workflows, and cloud release management.

  • Propose and implement improvements to system performance, reliability, cloud cost efficiency, and developer experience.

  • Ensure compliance with IT standards, security policies, and service-level requirements.

  • Support engineering use cases by provisioning environments, automating workflows, and optimizing cloud resource utilization.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field; Master’s a plus.

  • 2-3+ years supporting large-scale software or cloud environments.

  • Expertise with Google Cloud Platform (Compute, IAM, Networking, GCS, Cloud Build, GKE, AI Platform).

  • Experience with Azure and hybrid cloud architectures.

  • Strong background in:

    • Linux (RHEL/CentOS)

    • Networking (TCP/IP, UDP)

    • CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tools

    • Version control (Git/SVN)

    • Application lifecycle tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

    • VM and storage management (NFS, SMB, ZFS, NAS)

    • VMware and enterprise hardware environments

  • Scripting expertise: Python, Bash, Perl, Ruby.

  • Familiarity with Agile/Scrum or SAFe methodologies.

  • Experience supporting AI/ML workflows a plus (e.g., model deployment, GPU workloads, data orchestration).

Skills

  • Strong analytical thinking, initiative, and problem-solving ability.

  • Effective communicator with strong customer and stakeholder focus.

  • Proactive, organized, and detail-oriented.

  • Practical mindset with the ability to assess decisions from a user-impact perspective.

  • Collaborative team player with high motivation and ownership.

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Other Information

  • This position is located on-site in Wilton, CT . It requires onsite presence to attend in-person work-related events, trainings and meetings and to further ensure teamwork, collaboration and innovation.

  • A flexible workplace arrangement may be available to employees working in roles conducive to remote work (up to two days a week).

  • Routinely required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch. Occasionally required to move around the campus.

  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.

  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

  • Must be willing to work in a clean room environment, wearing coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses and gloves for entire duration of shift.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk; hear; use hands to keyboard, finger, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, reach, and stretch.

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Additional Responsibilities: There is potential for exposure to strong magnetic fields, high voltage and currents.

The current base annual salary range for this role is currently:

$80,800-111,100

Pay scales are determined by role, level, location and alignment with market data. Individual pay is determined through interviews and an assessment of several factors that that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and pay relative to other team members.

The Company offers employees and their families, medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Employees are able to participate in the Company’s 401k plan. Employees will also receive eight (8) hours of vacation leave every month and (13) paid holidays throughout the calendar year. For more information, please contact the Recruiter or click on this link Compensation & Benefits in the US.

All new ASML jobs have a minimum application deadline of 10 days.

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Inclusion and diversity

ASML is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that inclusion and diversity is a driving force in the success of our company.

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Request an Accommodation

ASML provides reasonable accommodations to applicants for ASML employment and ASML employees with disabilities. An accommodation is a change in work rules, facilities, or conditions which enable an individual with a disability to apply for a job, perform the essential functions of a job, and/or enjoy equal access to the benefits and privileges of employment. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete an application, participate in an interview, or otherwise participate in the employee pre-selection process, please send an email to USHR_Accommodation@asml.com to initiate the company’s reasonable accommodation process.

Please note: This email address is solely intended to provide a method for applicants to initiate ASML’s process to request accommodation(s). Any recruitment questions should be directed to the designated Talent Acquisition member for the position.

How we rate this

Cloud Engineer at ASML rates 60 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Cloud ArchitectureCI/CDInfrastructureAutomationGoogle CloudSplunkKubernetesDocker

Questions you could be asked

  1. Tell me about a project where cloud architecture was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where ci/cd was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where infrastructure was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where automation was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Walk me through how you've used Google Cloud in your day-to-day work.

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  • List these exact terms on your resume: Cloud Architecture, CI/CD, Infrastructure, Automation, and Google Cloud. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
  • Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
  • Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.

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