Specialist, Cloud Operations
Power Factors
Company Overview
Power Factors, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, United States
2013
Approximately 600 employees globally (source: linkedin.com). Revenue of approximately $126 million in FY 2023 (source: powerfactors.com).
What They Do
Power Factors develops innovative software solutions designed for monitoring, managing, and optimizing renewable energy assets across various technologies, including solar, wind, hydroelectric, and battery energy storage systems. Their flagship product, Unity, is a next-generation Renewable Energy Management Suite (REMS) launched in 2023, which integrates field sensor technology with cloud-based analytics to provide comprehensive management capabilities (source: powerfactors.com). The company’s solutions encompass the entire renewable energy asset lifecycle, offering local monitoring and controls, centralized operations, asset management capabilities, and portfolio-level oversight, all designed to enhance operational efficiency and compliance with market demands (source: powerfactors.com). Power Factors serves a diverse clientele, including independent power producers, utilities, and corporate offtakers, ensuring they meet the growing demand for clean energy solutions.
Projects & Track Record
Power Factors has established a strong track record in managing significant renewable energy projects globally. Notably, through its acquisition of Inaccess, the company has been involved in major battery storage projects, including a 300 MWac solar plant paired with a 140 MW/560 MWh battery project in California, where their Energy Management System (EMS) coordinates multiple sub-plants (source: pv-magazine.com). Additionally, the Saticoy project, a 100 MW/400 MWh battery energy storage project by Arevon Asset Management, was successfully commissioned and onboarded to Power Factors' Drive platform in May 2021 (source: pv-magazine.com). With a global footprint that includes nearly 200 GW of managed renewable assets across over 60 countries, Power Factors demonstrates its capability in delivering complex hybrid projects and managing over 34 GWh of battery energy storage systems.
Recent Developments
In July 2024, Power Factors was recognized as a Global Innovator in the COP29 Vision 2045 campaign, showcasing its commitment to sustainability and the clean energy transition (source: powerfactors.com). The company also launched a new website in August 2024, featuring the Unity renewable energy management suite and reflecting its comprehensive product evolution (source: powerfactors.com). In March 2024, Julieann Esper Rainville was appointed as the new CEO, succeeding Gary Meyers, indicating a strategic leadership transition aimed at furthering the company's growth (source: powerfactors.com). Furthermore, Power Factors was recognized in the 2025 Gartner Market Guide for Renewable Energy Management Solutions, solidifying its position as a leader in the industry (source: gartner.com).
Working There
Power Factors offers a variety of roles across multiple departments, including software engineering, product development, operations, customer success, sales, and data science. The company employs over 600 individuals globally, reflecting its growth and the expansion of its operational footprint following the Inaccess acquisition (source: linkedin.com). The organizational culture emphasizes collaboration, automation, and data-driven decision-making, aligning with its mission to empower renewable energy professionals (source: powerfactors.com). While specific employee benefits are not detailed, prospective candidates are encouraged to visit the careers page for information on health insurance, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities (source: powerfactors.com).
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Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Engineer, Cloud Ops to join the Power Factors Cloud Engineering & Operations team to ensure the cloud infrastructure is running properly, efficiently, and securely. In this role, we are looking for someone who can instantly step into the team and be a senior contributor in our engineering and operational areas of our cloud team. As a leading SaaS provider to the renewable energies industry, our applications must be secure, highly available, and scalable with our customers' growing demands.
Regarding the cloud infrastructure, Power Factors works with AWS, GCP, and Azure across its product portfolio. The cloud team works to ensure all infrastructure is created and run in accordance with best practices to ensure cost governance, security, and high availability. Within these cloud environments, Power Factors SaaS products are tested, deployed, and operated. These products are both single tenant and multitenant and employ microservices architectures using a combination of open-source technologies and cloud-specific ones.
The Cloud Engineering & Operations team is responsible for the foundational resources and environments used by the rest of Power Factors - including networks, backups, infrastructure as code, and shared resources used across various development teams, such as Kubernetes clusters and monitoring tools. With these responsibilities, the cloud team often works closely with development, architecture, and information security teams to ensure the cloud environments run in a secure and efficient manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with other teams for cross-functional projects in the cloud
- Cloud Governance / Security standards - ensuring compliance across cloud environments
- Monitoring / Observability stack - Working thru Design and upgrades to ensure platform stability and resiliency.
- Continuous Learning and Innovation - Stay informed about latest trends and technology
- Collaborating with stakeholders, such as developers, engineers, managers, and customers, to ensure the cloud services are delivered effectively and efficiently.
- Work with development teams to ensure high availability and uptime of SaaS applications
Qualifications Required
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or equivalent experience will be considered
- Minimum 5 years of cloud experience with multiple cloud providers ideally including AWS, Azure, GCP
- Experience with Monitoring stack technologies
- Knowledge in cloud networking, security, compliance, and governance
- Desire to automate and code all cloud infrastructure, CICD pipelines and IAC
- Exposure working with supporting microservices-based cloud applications utilizing open source software such as Kubernetes, Cassandra, Kafka, and PostgreSQL
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About the role
March 6, 2026
Full time
Company
- Athens, Greece
- Seville, Spain
Minimum 5 years of cloud experience
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